California voters have begun unwinding the Golden State’s soft-on-crime experiment, ousting Los Angeles’s progressive district attorney George Gascón and restoring some criminal penalties for drugs and theft. Gascón trailed his challenger, former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman, by more than 20 points with 59 percent of the votes counted when the Associated Press called the race
Iran’s already ailing national currency cratered after Donald Trump’s election victory, heralding tough times for Tehran’s economy as the former president prepares for another term in the White House. The Iranian rial traded at 703,000 to 1 American dollar early Wednesday, an all-time low, before settling at 696,150 to a single dollar, according to the
Vice President Kamala Harris called President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday afternoon to concede the presidential race, Trump’s campaign confirmed. “President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by phone earlier today where she congratulated him on his historic victory,” Trump’s communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement. “President Trump acknowledged Vice President Harris
Though the lower chamber will take time to call, a narrow GOP majority is most likely outcome Mike Johnson, Donald Trump (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Less than 24 hours after the first polls closed in what was teased as one of the closest elections in U.S. history, the only thing standing in the way of a
Wall Street’s main indexes reached record highs on Wednesday after former president Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. The Dow Jones jumped 2.82 percent to an all-time record of 43,499, while the S&P 500 climbed 1.62 percent to 5,887 and the Nasdaq rose 1.69 percent to 18,860, both setting
Wild battled a series of blunders throughout her campaign (Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images) Democratic Rep. Susan Wild (Pa.) conceded her race to Republican challenger Ryan Mackenzie in one of the most closely watched House races in the country. “I lost this election, and my opponent won,” Wild said in a statement to supporters Wednesday morning. “There is
Montana victory comes after Republicans flipped Senate seats in Ohio and West Virginia Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy speaks during a rally. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images) The last Democrat to hold statewide office in Montana, Sen. Jon Tester, was defeated on Tuesday night by Republican businessman and former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy. Sheehy’s win