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Clinton’s campaign was crippled by voters who stayed home
On Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton appears to have been the choice of a plurality of voters to be the next president of the United States. As of this writing, she leads Donald Trump by about 35,000 votes nationally, a margin that will likely climb as more votes from heavily populated, Democratic-leaning states are added.
Obama says he’s heartened by Trump’s call for unity
Conceding his Hillary Clinton’s staggering defeat, President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he was heartened by Donald Trump’s call for unity after his stunning victory and “we are now all rooting for his success in uniting and leading the country.”
Oregon man arrested after celebratory gunfire
Springfield police arrested a man who they say fired a shot to celebrate the result of the presidential election.
Clinton: ‘We owe him an open mind, chance to lead’
A day after Donald Trump, against all odds, won election as America’s 45th president, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said the nation proved to be “more divided than we thought” but urged unity and told her supporters, “We owe him an open mind and a chance to lead.”
Cubans fear Trump to reverse opening, army drills announced
Cubans worried on Wednesday that President Donald Trump would throw the United States’ 2-year-old detente with Cuba into reverse, erasing their hopes for a more prosperous future of normal ties with Washington.
With Donald Trump about to learn nation’s deepest secrets, there’s sense of dread in intelligence community
At some point Wednesday, a sober team of analysts will gather their black satchels and secure communications gear and begin making their way toward Donald Trump’s campaign headquarters to give the president-elect his first unfiltered look at the nation’s intelligence secrets.
Trump victory sets off protests in California, Oregon
LOS ANGELES – Donald Trump’s presidential victory set off protests early Wednesday by hundreds of people on California college campuses and in Oregon. Police says at least 500 people swarmed on streets in and around UCLA, some shouting anti-Trump expletives and others chanting “Not my president!”
Russian media celebrates future US President Trump
MOSCOW – Russian state television channels are reveling in the victory of US president-elect Donald Trump, who has vowed to improve ties with Russia and publicly praised the country’s globally controversial leader, Vladimir Putin. State-run news network Russia-24 had wall-to-wall coverage of the US election day, culminating with correspondents in New York covering the long celebrations at Trump’s headquarters as much as the teary-eyed faces at Clinton’s.
Paul Ryan might not be happy about the first agenda item in Donald Trump’s victory speech
In a brief victory speech early Wednesday morning, Donald Trump devoted only a few words to his specific priorities for policymaking in the next administration. At the top of the agenda was a new investment in infrastructure. “We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals,” the president-elect said after making a few introductory remarks. “We’re going to rebuild our infrastructure, which will become, by the way, second to none. And we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it.”
Trump claims astounding victory as America’s 45th president
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America’s 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters’ economic anxieties, took advantage of racial tensions and overcame a string of sexual assault allegations on his way to the White House. His triumph over Hillary Clinton, not declared until well after midnight, will end eight years of Democratic dominance of the White House and threatens to undo major achievements of President Barack Obama. Trump has pledged to act quickly to repeal Obama’s landmark health care law, revoke America’s nuclear agreement with Iran and rewrite important trade deals with other countries, particularly Mexico and Canada.
Trump victory mirrored by nativist movement sweeping Europe
The same nativism that infused Donald Trump’s campaign has a long and sometimes violent history – in Europe, as well as the United States.
Nation plays Trump card
Upending the political establishment and shocking pollsters, an avalanche of disillusioned voters handed the White House to Donald J. Trump and control of both the House and Senate to Republicans.
A president who has never held office? Eisenhower was the last
The last time we elected a president who had previously never held elected office at any level, our country liked Ike.
Spokane Valley conservatives call Trump showing a win for workers, the common man
Conservatives gathered in Spokane Valley were ecstatic at Donald Trump’s presidential victory, calling it a win for workers, God and the “common man.”
Smiles, cheers, excitement – and some surprise – at Spokane County GOP election party
The polls told them it wouldn’t be close. It’s already decided. The election is in the bag. Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States, they heard from media pundits.
A startlingly close race after ugly campaign
Capping a presidential campaign of venom, audacity and history, Donald Trump scored major victories in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina on Tuesday, building steam in a stunningly competitive contest with Hillary Clinton that raged across battlegrounds late into the night.
It’s tight into the night: Will Florida, NC, Ohio decide?
America’s ugly and unpredictable presidential election barreled toward the finish Tuesday night, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump fighting for Florida, North Carolina and Ohio, three of the nation’s most competitive states.
Judge refuses to issue order in Trump’s Nevada lawsuit
A Las Vegas judge refused to go along with Donald Trump’s move to slap a county registrar of voters with a court order to set aside ballots cast by people who spent Friday night at the polls as early voting in the state wound to a close.
Susan B. Anthony died without the right to vote. Now people are covering her tombstone in ‘I voted’ stickers.
A new tradition has sprung up around a famous headstone in Rochester, N.Y. In the days leading up to and following an election, the grave marker in Mount Hope Cemetery sprouts a fresh coat of “I Voted” stickers. The grave marks the final resting place of one of the most famous suffragists in American history, Susan B. Anthony.
Election roundup: The latest developments in the U.S. election
Hillary Clinton has won Virginia. The Democratic nominee has captured its 13 electoral votes.