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Trump Media, Tesla, Bitcoin Are Surging
Stock Market Surges
Amid Trump Win
Nov 6, 2024 6:05 AM CST

Stock Market Surges Amid Trump Win

His promise of low corporate tax rates boosts investor confidence

(Newser) - The dollar spiked, bitcoin hit a record high, and US stock futures soared early Wednesday at the prospect of another Donald Trump presidency and a possible red sweep of Congress. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 1,254 points, or about 2.9%. The last time the Dow...

Trump on Brink of Victory After Winning Pennsylvania

Former president also wins North Carolina, Georgia

(Newser) - Donald Trump is on the brink of winning a second presidency after the AP called the battleground state of Pennsylvania for him early Wednesday. Trump earlier won the swing states of North Carolina and Georgia, with four other battleground states—and Alaska—still in play. A win in any one...

Asked About Abortion Vote, Trump Snaps at Reporter

'You should stop talking about it,' he tells reporter after voting in Florida

(Newser) - Donald Trump is refusing to say how he voted on Florida's abortion measure—and getting testy about it. The former president was asked twice after casting his ballot in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday about a question that the state's voters are considering. If approved, it would prevent...

Joe Rogan Makes Last-Minute Endorsement

Podcaster throws his support behind Donald Trump

(Newser) - Joe Rogan had, notably, not endorsed a presidential candidate this election cycle—until nearly the last possible moment. The podcaster and UFC commentator weighed in on Monday night, throwing his support behind Donald Trump. In a post on X touting his latest podcast episode, on which he interviewed "the...

Trump on Eve of Election: Only Way We Blow It 'Is if You Blow It'

Meanwhile, on 'Rocky steps,' Kamala Harris makes 'underdog' reference

(Newser) - Donald Trump and Kamala Harris each continued to make their case to voters well into Monday evening, the night before Election Day in the US:
  • Trump started Monday in North Carolina, then went to Pennsylvania, and finally Michigan (though technically his rally there started very early Tuesday morning), the AP
...

NBC Gives Trump 'Equal Time' After Harris' Appearance on SNL

Republican FCC commissioner had complained about what he saw as a rules violation

(Newser) - After a commissioner claimed Kamala Harris' surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live violated the Federal Communications Commission's "equal time" rules, NBC offered Donald Trump equal time. Brendan Carr, a Republican appointed to the FCC by Donald Trump, posted on X Saturday that Harris' SNL appearance seemed to be...

'Appalling' Halloween Float Mars Pennsylvania Parade

Critics say float showing shackled Kamala Harris evoked racist Jim Crow-era lynchings, slavery

(Newser) - A Halloween parade in Pennsylvania this week was meant to inject a little bit of fun into a tense election season—but instead, one float that got political has now sparked an outcry over its "racist and offensive" content, per the Hill . Videos and photos from the event Wednesday...

Trump Remarks on 'War Hawk' Liz Cheney Raise Eyebrows

He says she'd change 'war hawk' views if guns were 'trained on her face'

(Newser) - Donald Trump is calling former Rep. Liz Cheney, one of his most prominent Republican critics, a "war hawk" and suggesting she might not be as willing to send troops to fight if she had guns pointed at her. Cheney responded by branding the GOP presidential nominee a "cruel,...

Trump Sues CBS for $10B
Trump Sues CBS for $10B
Nov 1, 2024 6:30 AM CDT

Trump Sues CBS for $10B

First Amendment professor calls lawsuit over Harris interview 'ridiculous junk'

(Newser) - Former President Trump is suing CBS for $10 billion over the network's interview with Kamala Harris earlier this month. Trump's lawsuit claims that "deceitful" editing of the 60 Minutes interview "amounts to a brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 US Presidential Election," the Washington ...

Trump Loses $1.3B in a Day
Trump Lost $1.3B Wednesday
Oct 31, 2024 6:04 AM CDT

Trump Lost $1.3B Wednesday

Trump Media stock falls 22.3% in its 'worst-ever day,' and it's not clear why

(Newser) - Former President Trump's net worth fell more than $1 billion on Wednesday as his social media company took a sudden dive. Indeed, it was "the worst-ever day" for Trump Media and Technology Group, whose shares fell 22.3%, the largest percentage since the company went public in March,...

In Response to 'Garbage' Comment, Trump Rides in Garbage Truck

He claims Biden's remark 'blows deplorables out of the water'

(Newser) - Donald Trump made the most of President Biden's controversial "garbage" comment , going so far as to don an orange safety vest and ride in an actual garbage truck Wednesday during a campaign appearance in Green Bay, Wisconsin. "How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is...

Trump: 'Nobody's Fault' We Didn't Vet Comedian

Former president says he has 'nothing to do' with Tony Hinchcliffe, while Jon Stewart defends him

(Newser) - Former President Trump says he doesn't know Tony Hinchcliffe and doesn't know who booked him for the MAGA rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, but admits he "probably shouldn't have been there." The comedian caused an uproar with jokes widely described as racist. In...

Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates in Crucial Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates
in Crucial Pennsylvania
the rundown
Oct 29, 2024 10:35 AM CDT

Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates in Crucial Pennsylvania

State has a large population of Puerto Ricans, and the issue is big topic of discussion

(Newser) - Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's joke comparing Puerto Rico to an "island of garbage" has given Donald Trump roughly a half-million problems in the swing state of Pennsylvania. That, reports Politico , is the number of Puerto Ricans who live in the state, where the election is expected to be decided...

Kamala Harris Challenges Trump to Cognitive Test

Vice president is making his age a larger part of her closing message

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been taking shots at Kamala Harris' intelligence on the campaign trail, and the vice president tells CBS News she'd be happy to take a cognitive test—and "would challenge him to take the same one." In the interview, Harris says Trump is "increasingly...

Trump Campaign: We Didn't Like the Puerto Rico Joke

And more from Sunday's Madison Square Garden event

(Newser) - A comedian's speech at Donald Trump's Sunday night rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City was being widely described as racist by media outlets. As the Hill reports, Tony Hinchcliffe, whose stage name is Kill Tony, at one point said:
  • "I don't know if
...

Melania Trump Surprises Attendees at Trump's NYC Rally

Former first lady makes her first speech of this election cycle

(Newser) - Melania Trump made her first rally speech of this election cycle Sunday night at her husband's Madison Square Garden event. The Hill calls it an "exceedingly rare" appearance by the former first lady, and notes that Donald Trump's campaign did not list his wife among the speakers...

Highlights of Trump's Joe Rogan Interview

Former president talked with podcast host for about 3 hours

(Newser) - Two hours and 58 minutes. That's how long Joe Rogan's latest podcast ran, with a very special (and talkative) guest: Donald Trump, who chatted at length on The Joe Rogan Experience on Friday—so long that his own rally in Traverse City, Michigan, later that evening was "...

In Surprise, Washington Post Won't Endorse

Newspaper follows the lead of Los Angeles Times , and not everyone is happy

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times isn't the only major US newspaper steeped in Election 2024 controversy . Now, the Washington Post has also stepped into the fray, like its West Coast counterpart refusing to endorse a presidential candidate—something the paper hasn't done since the late '80s. "We...

Harris' Closing Message Takes a Turn

She's depicting Trump as a dictator, a shift from more optimistic tone when she entered race

(Newser) - Kamala Harris' message about Donald Trump has gotten darker as Election Day nears. She has embraced the Trump-is-a-fascist message—on a podcast , by supporting comments made by former Trump chief of staff John Kelly to that effect, and at a televised town hall . The outlet Vox sees it as a...

In 2 New Polls, Some Worrying Signs for Harris

WSJ finds unfavorable views of her prevail, as NYT finds limited support for her administration

(Newser) - If Kamala Harris is still feeling the party vibe , this might end it. The vice president and former President Trump are neck-and-neck in the final New York Times/Siena College national poll of the election, released Friday, which the Times casts as a "not encouraging" sign for Harris. The poll...

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