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| Trump projected to win battleground Pennsylvania — now 3 electoral votes away from winning presidency |
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Donald Trump has won Alaska and now only needs to win two of the remaining swing states – Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, or Arizona – to cross the 270 Electoral Vote threshold and secure the presidency. Trump appears to have the early advantage in the race for the White House, as he is projected to win the first two crucial swing states. Kamala Harris remains in contention to become the first woman to be elected U.S. president, but her path to victory seems to be narrowing. The pair entered the election neck and neck in opinion polls, with no major surprises in the early projected results. The election is expected to come down to the seven battleground states, as both Trump, 78, and Harris, 60, strive to reach the target of 270 electoral votes. According to NBC News, Trump is projected to win North Carolina and Georgia, while Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are still too close or too early to call. The Democrats haven’t won North Carolina since 2008, with Trump taking the state by a margin of 74,483 votes, or 1.3 points, in 2020. Georgia is traditionally a red state; however, Joe Biden became the first Democrat to win it in 2020 by a small margin, the first since Bill Clinton in 1992. Concerns are growing within Harris’s camp, though her campaign chair, Jen O’Malley Dillon, reassured staff that the race is “razor-thin” but “exactly what we prepared for.” Harris’s path to victory now appears to hinge on winning all three of the so-called “blue wall” states: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. However, Trump is currently leading in all three. Optimism is rising among Trump’s supporters, and he is heading to Palm Beach, Florida, to address some of them. Meanwhile, Harris’s aides say she won’t be speaking tonight. With all polls now closed and votes still being counted, Trump is currently projected to win 246 electoral votes, and Harris 194. He is also leading 51.6% to 46.9% in the national popular vote, which he lost in both 2016 and 2020. NBC also projects that Republicans will take control of the Senate from the Democrats, with a forecast of 51 seats to 40, while the House, currently held by Republicans, remains undecided. |
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| Republicans Regain Control Of Senate In Major Election Night Victory |
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Republicans have captured control of the U.S. Senate, marking a major shift in power after a four-year stretch in the minority. Decision Desk HQ projected the win on Tuesday night, a much-anticipated outcome for the GOP after two previous disappointing election cycles. The Republicans secured the Senate by flipping two key seats: Bernie Moreno’s victory over incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown in Ohio, and West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s win over the seat vacated by retiring Senator Joe Manchin. The victories capped a well-executed Republican strategy to challenge vulnerable Democratic seats across battleground states. Heading into the election, Republicans were widely viewed as favorites to retake the Senate, given that Democrats were defending 23 seats, including several in swing states, while Republicans were defending only 11. Republicans saw an additional boost from voter concerns about the economy and inflation during President Biden’s tenure. A recent poll from The New York Times/Siena College found that nearly a quarter of voters in battleground states, including Arizona, Michigan, and Wisconsin, named the economy as their top issue. |
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| US election: Who’s winning so far – and when will we know for sure? |
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US election results can sometimes take days or even weeks, but this time we might see a result fairly quickly. Donald Trump currently leads in early battleground voting, and with 265 electoral college votes already secured, he may only need a few more hours to reach the 270 needed for victory. Here’s how the process works: How the Election is Called When a winner is declared, whether it happens within hours or takes days, it will initially be as a “projected” winner. This is because official results are confirmed by state officials after a period of 7 to 30 days, depending on the state. Sky News, through its US partner NBC, has access to the most detailed exit poll and vote-counting data across every state, county, and demographic in America. High Voter Turnout There are approximately 240 million eligible voters in the US. When voter turnout is especially high, vote counting can take longer. In 2020, the US saw a record turnout of 158.5 million voters – the highest since 1900. The exact number of voters for this election isn’t known yet, but by Monday, over 77 million Americans had already cast their votes, according to the University of Florida’s Election Lab. Of these, 42.2 million voted in person and 35.2 million by mail. In the 2020 election, it took four days for Joe Biden to be declared the winner. This was not only due to high turnout but also the large number of mail-in ballots (around 100 million) cast due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which took longer to process. Election officials are hopeful that the 2024 count will be smoother without the pandemic-related challenges that affected the 2020 process, NBC News reports. A Tight Race Means a Longer Wait For months, polls have shown this election to be extremely close, especially in key battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The race has been so close that most experts have refrained from predicting the outcome, and even exit polls have offered little separation between the candidates. Overnight, you may have seen that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump were projected to win in certain states as polls closed. These are states where the vote count has leaned strongly in one direction, making it unlikely for the trailing candidate to catch up. In the remaining swing states, however, the race is expected to be much closer. A winner will not be projected until NBC News’ decision desk is certain of an outcome, which may mean waiting until nearly all votes are counted. In some cases, this could take days. |
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| Netanyahu fires Gallant, says disagreements, lack of mutual trust helped the enemy |
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Tuesday evening, citing a lack of mutual trust during a time of war as his reason for doing so. Gallant will be replaced by Foreign Minister Israel Katz, while Minister without Portfolio Gideon Sa’ar will replace Katz in the Foreign Ministry. In a terse letter that the Prime Minister’s Office said was handed to Gallant during an 8 p.m. meeting, Netanyahu informed him that his tenure would end “48 hours from the receipt of this letter.” “I would like to thank you for your service as defense minister,” the curt letter concluded. Following the brief interaction, Netanyahu left the room and recorded the video in which he announced the firing of his longtime Likud party rival, Channel 12 news reported. “Unfortunately, although in the first months of the war there was trust and there was very fruitful work, during the last months this trust cracked between me and the defense minister,” said Netanyahu in the video statement. He said that the two disagreed on the management of the war, and that Gallant had made statements and taken actions that contradicted cabinet decisions. The premier also accused Gallant of indirectly aiding Israel’s enemies. |
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| Why did Netanyahu fire Gallant, and what does it mean for Israel’s strategy in Gaza? – explainer |
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| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant seen following the attack on Iran, October 26, 2024 (credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO) |
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Why did Netanyahu dismiss Gallant? What’s the background? Why does this matter? How does this affect Israel’s military approach? What are the responses to this shift? Who will replace Gallant? |
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