Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee for commerce secretary. Trump made the announcement Tuesday on his social media platform, Truth Social. Lutnick is a co-chair of Trump’s transition operation helping to find the team that
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An attorney says an unauthorized person gained access to a file containing confidential testimony from women who have made allegations about former Rep. Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s pick to become the next attorney general. Attorneys involved in a civil case brought by a Gaetz associate were notified this week that
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CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Look up at the night sky this weekend for a celestial double feature. November’s full moon will shine bright today as the last supermoon of the year. Sky-gazers may also be able to see the Leonid meteor shower as it reaches its peak on Saturday night into early
Continue Reading Originally Published: 15 NOV 24 07:00 ET Updated: 15 NOV 24 09:00 ET By Meg Tirrell and Katherine Dillinger, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services “is an extraordinarily bad choice for the health of the American people,” Dr. Ashish Jha, dean
Continue Reading Originally Published: 14 NOV 24 04:15 ET By Jillian Sykes and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is offering up to $25,000 in exchange for information about the suspect they believe set fire to several ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest during early voting last month. Hundreds of ballots were destroyed or damaged across three fires
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The cost of all campaign activity in the races for city council in El Paso increased greatly in 2024 over versus the last presidential election year in 2020. There were more races on the ballot this year while overall voter turnout did drop – 254,222 or 48.66% of registered voters
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New Mexico’s top elections regulator says she’s being harassed and threatened on social media By MORGAN LEE Associated Press November 12, 2024, 7:46 PM SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s top elections regulator said Tuesday that she has been the target of harassing and threatening comments on social media after affirming President-elect Donald Trump’s national election
Continue Reading Originally Published: 12 NOV 24 10:05 ET Updated: 12 NOV 24 11:37 ET By Paula Reid, Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — New York Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday agreed to give Manhattan prosecutors and Donald Trump’s lawyers a week to hash out how to proceed in Trump’s hush money case now that
Continue Reading Originally Published: 12 NOV 24 03:28 ET By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — As countries around the globe prepare for a second Trump presidency, one world leader is teeing up a carefully calibrated diplomatic strategy. In South Korea, President Yoon Suk Yeol “recently began practicing golf again for the first
Continue Reading Originally Published: 11 NOV 24 21:04 ET Updated: 11 NOV 24 23:26 ET By Kaitlan Collins, Kristen Holmes and Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump is likely to pick Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as his secretary of state, two people familiar with his thinking told CNN, as he rounds out his national security team in a
Continue Reading Originally Published: 12 NOV 24 01:00 ET Updated: 12 NOV 24 08:50 ET By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as his next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, according to two people familiar with the selection. Noem will be tapped to take over the agency as two
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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US government plans to appeal a military judge’s ruling that plea deals with the alleged 9/11 conspirators at Guantanamo Bay — which were revoked by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin — are valid, a defense official said Saturday. The prosecution is expected to ask the judge, Col. Matthew McCall,
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By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — The White House is racing to dole out remaining funds appropriated from key legislation President Joe Biden signed before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in 10 weeks. That includes finalizing agreements between the Commerce Department and manufacturing companies for federal semiconductor subsidies; allocating grants for climate initiatives; and surging
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By Rosa Flores, Julia Vargas Jones, Ashley Killough, Ed Lavandera, Mark Morales, Alicia Park, Polo Sandoval, Sara Weisfeldt and Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — Immigrants, their employers and groups that work with them are already taking action ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, in which he has promised to deport millions of people. Some
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together for the first time since she lost last week’s presidential election to Republican Donald Trump. Biden and Harris on Monday participated in the annual Veterans Day observance at Arlington National Cemetery. They laid a wreath at the Tomb of the
Continue Reading Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump has filled key posts for his second term in office, prioritizing loyalty after feeling like he was hampered by internal squabbles during his first term. Among his choices are Kash Patel for FBI, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state, former “Fox
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empower him to appoint some nominees without a Senate vote. Republican Sens. John Thune of South Dakota, John Cornyn of Texas and Rick Scott of Florida are running in a
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By Kaitlan Collins, CNN (CNN) — Almost immediately after it became clear that Donald Trump was on his way to reelection Tuesday night, phones began pinging in the president-elect’s orbit and the conversation at several of the dining tables in the Mar-a-Lago ballroom turned to who would staff a second Trump term. Those hushed discussions
Continue Reading EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — Donald Trump is in line to win back the Presidency in the 2024 election. Vice President Kamala Harris has called him to congratulate him on the victory and has officially conceded the race. El Paso County has been a primarily Democratic county for many years now, but Donald Trump has
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County voters approved three of the five Capital Improvement bond propositions on this year’s general election ballot. According to the unofficial final results from the El Paso County Elections Department, the majority of voters approved the following propositions: Proposition A ($95.6 million) to upgrade and expand county parks
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The overall cost per vote cast in the 2024 City of El Paso mayoral election more than doubled versus the previous race for mayor in 2020. Total spending by mayoral campaigns or in-kind spending by donors this year also doubled, while the amount of voters casting their ballot for the
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Update (5:32 PM): Las Cruces voters approved a 0.325 percent gross receipt tax measure at the polls last night. The increase will take effect on July 1, 2025. The City of Las Cruces expects it will add $11 million in revenue each year. Officials say the tax currently makes up 76% of the city’s revenue.
Continue Reading JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum reacted to the results of the U.S. presidential election in a morning news conference. President Sheinbaum told a room full of Mexican reporters that there is nothing to worry about in the projected results showing Donald Trump as president-elect of the U.S. Wednesday morning, after the election
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Republican incumbent, Bill Hicks, conceded to Democrat, James Montoya, in the race for El Paso District Attorney Tuesday night. Hicks received 42% of the vote while Montoya lead by 57%. A big issue among voters in this race was centered around the Walmart shooting case. The case has been through 3
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Update (8:16 PM): Democrat Gabe Vasquez has 52% of the votes, according to early results that are coming in right now. Republican candidate Yvette Herrell has 48%. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Incumbent Representative Gabe Vasquez (D) will take on former Representative Yvette Herrell (R) for the office of New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District
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Update (10:13 PM): Republican incumbent Bill Hicks has conceded to Democrat James Montoya in the race for El Paso District Attorney. Update (8:14 PM): In the race for El Paso District Attorney, early results show James Montoya has the support of 58% of voters. Bill Hicks has 42%. EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — The El
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Update (10:38 PM): ABC News projects Donald Trump will take Georgia’s 16 Electoral Votes. Update ( 10:17 PM): ABC News projects that Kamala Harris has won New Mexico’s five Electoral Votes. Update (9:05 PM): ABC News projects Donald Trump has 214 Electoral Votes and Kamala Harris has 145 Electoral Votes. Update (8:09 PM): ABC News
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