2024 election live: Trump celebrates victory over Harris; Biden to give a speech

Eric Garcia explains that although MAGA may hate Mitch McConnell, the decision he made in February 2021 planted the seeds that allowed the movement to grow and prosper and return Trump to the Oval Office.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says he will not leave his job even if Donald Trump asks him to resign when he takes office.

When asked if the president has the power to fire or remove him from office, Powell reminded reporters that “it is not allowed under the law”.

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The Democratic governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers, released a statement regarding the 2024 election and Trump’s victory in the Badger state: “Wisconsin is a purple state. For many Wisconsinites, the results of the presidential election were a victory, ‘ and for many Wisconsinites, the loss is grieving.”

The governor noted that a record number of people in the state voted (3.4 million) and did so for the first time in more than a decade under “other legal maps that do not have democracy, which is not working well in America”.

Although Evers reiterated that he will be the governor of all Wisconsinites and will “do what is right is not the most important thing”, he also tried to calm the fears of those who hope for the victory of Kamala Harris.

To Wisconsinites worried about what the future may bring, let me be clear: I will always fight to protect our LGBTQ families and children, especially our trans and non-binary children . I will always fight for women, access to health care, and reproductive freedom. I will always fight to change the climate crisis and leave our children and grandchildren with a more sustainable world, better than the one we inherited. I will always fight to protect democracy and the basic institutions on which our country is built. And I will always – always – fight for our children and the better future they deserve.

The Trevor Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting young people and preventing suicide, revealed that it experienced a nearly 200 percent increase in conversations with election-related keywords such as “choice” and “rights.”

Meredith Clark reports from New York.

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate on Thursday by a quarter point due to the steady decline in interest rates from record highs that angered Americans and helped drive Donald Trump’s election victory. Trump this week.

The rate cut follows a larger halving in September, and reflects the Fed’s renewed focus on supporting the labor market and fighting inflation, which is currently above the bank’s target a median of 2%.

Thursday’s move reduced the Fed’s rate to about 4.6%, from a ten-year high of 5.3% before the September meeting. The currency had held its highest rate for more than a year to combat the worst rate of inflation in four decades. Annual inflation fell from a peak of 9.1% in mid-2022 to a 3 1/2-year low of 2.4% in September.

In a statement after its latest meeting ended, the Fed said that “the unemployment rate has risen but remains low,” while inflation has fallen near the central bank’s target but “is it’s still high.”

Trump cheerleader Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK and member of parliament for Clacton, a seaside town in Essex, spent the night of the election in the United States with Donald Trump.

Has he already encouraged the president to visit his district if, as expected, Trump visits London?

California Governor Gavin Newsom called a special emergency meeting to “help strengthen our law enforcement apparatus and protect our state against any illegal actions by the incoming Trump Administration.”

“Whether it’s our basic human rights, reproductive freedom, or climate action – we refuse to change the times and allow our values ​​and laws to be attacked.”

The special program will begin on December 2.

“The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack — and we will not stand idly by,” Newsom said in a statement. “California has faced this challenge before, and we know how to respond.”

On Wednesday, he wrote in X: “Kamala Harris is committed to fighting to protect our basic freedoms and build a country that works for everyone. She stood up for working families, self-respect and opportunity.

“Although this is not the result we wanted, our fight for freedom and opportunity endures.

“California will want to work with the next president – ​​but make no mistake, we are committed to standing with states across our country to protect our Constitution and uphold the rule of law.

“Federalism is the foundation of our democracy. It is the United States of America.”