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After decisive Trump win, GOP eyes control of Congress

Biden praises Harris’s campaign, says there will be a ‘peaceful transfer of power’ on Jan. 20
Kamala Harris
Kamala HarrisDem226
270 to win17 undecided
Donald TrumpGOP
295
68,101,652 votes(47.6%)
72,756,634 votes(50.9%)
Donald Trump
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Transition to second Trump term begins swiftly with decisive election victory

Instead of a muddled and contested process of transitioning to a new administration, the new president-elect has the full 75-day period to prepare to take power.

Even in usually blue New England, Trump made significant gains. What happened?

Based on preliminary returns, he got some 48,000 more votes in Massachusetts this year than in 2020.

‘We are all up on the chopping block’: LGBTQ+ voters pledge to fight for their rights after Trump reelection

“I can’t understand how somebody can vote for someone who spews the type of things — the racist rhetoric that he says, the transphobia, the homophobia, the abuse against women’s bodies and their rights,” said Chastity Bowick, a trans activist.

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Maps show where the strongest support for each candidate came from.
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California governor Gavin Newsom calls special session to protect liberal policies from Trump presidency

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Some Harris supporters felt the first Black woman and South Asian candidate had the odds stacked against her.
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I thought women would save us from another Trump presidency. I was wrong.

Women came out to elect Kamala Harris, but not enough of them, as economic concerns outweighed abortion rights and worries about Trump’s demeanor.
State of the nation

Update in 16

Dem.

194

GOP

207

U.S. House

218 seats for the majority

Dem

194(+0)

GOP

207(+0)

Ind

0(+0)

Undecided

34

Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump’s agenda

These 25 House seats will determine control of the House. See live results.

In 2016, Trump’s win helped make Kamala Harris a star. Eight years later, in defeat, she vows to fight on.

Trump’s triumph is likely to have broad implications for reproductive rights

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GLOBE OPINION
Why Harris’s loss is mainly on Biden and other election takeaways from Globe Opinion
Opinion writers weigh in on abortion, the media, Biden, and other questions relating to the presidential election.

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We have entered a dark, democracy-eroding era.

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‘It was a terrible night’: Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and more late-night hosts react to Donald Trump’s election win
Try as they might to make jokes about Trump’s election victory, late-show hosts had a hard time concealing their bitterness Wednesday.

Formula miscalculation caused ballot shortages on Election Day, Wu says

Secretary of State William F. Galvin announced Wednesday he was launching an investigation into Boston's Elections Commission after several issues, including ballot shortages, were reported on Election Day.

Prosecutors in Karen Read case seeking notes, messages from Boston magazine reporter

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I closed my bank account. Now Airbnb won’t send me my refund.

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