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California Voters Reject Minimum Wage Hike

Narrowly defeated measure would have raised minimum wage to $18 by 2026

(Newser) - Voters in California have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the country. Opponents, including the California Chamber of Commerce, said it would have increased costs, led to higher taxes, and pushed businesses to cut jobs....

Eye on Disenchanted Voters, Cruise Line Offers 4-Year Trip

Villa Vie Residences rolls out 1- to 4-year cruises at a starting cost of $40K a year

(Newser) - Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free—of politics, perhaps. That's not the marketing slogan for one cruise line's new shtick, but it might as well be. As the Guardian reports, Villa Vie Residences is offering up a conveniently timed postelection cruise...

Jon Stewart Rips Morning Joe Trump Meeting

You were just calling him Hitler, he points out

(Newser) - Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough are taking flak for their surprise visit to meet President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago from both the left and right. Jon Stewart, for example, played a clip of Brzezinski asking viewers, "For those asking why we would go speak to the president-elect during such fraught...

Republican Senate Candidate Concedes

Eric Hovde had questioned his loss to Tammy Baldwin, drawing criticism from party members

(Newser) - The Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate, who had been skeptical of his election loss and said he was considering seeking a recount, conceded to Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin on Monday. In a video posted on X , Eric Hovde said supporters had urged him to challenge the result, per the Hill . But...

Star of the New Snow White Criticized Over Trump Posts
Disney Star
Apologizes
Over Trump
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Nov 15, 2024 1:18 PM CST

Disney Star Apologizes Over Trump Post

Rachel Zegler says she let her 'emotions get the best of me'

(Newser) - Disney star Rachel Zegler has publicly apologized for her post slamming Donald Trump and his supporters after the election. The Snow White actress wrote on Instagram that she let her "emotions get the best of me," per the Hollywood Reporter . "Hatred and anger have caused us to...

FBI Raids NYC Home of Betting Firm's CEO

Shayne Coplan calls development 'discouraging' after Polymarket correctly predicted a Trump win

(Newser) - Polymarket, the betting market that drew attention by correctly predicting a win by Donald Trump in the 2024 election, is now earning new headlines for a stickier reason. The New York Post reports that early Wednesday, the FBI raided the Manhattan residence of CEO Shayne Coplan, with a source telling...

NY Judge Delays Ruling on Scrapping Trump's Conviction

Juan Merchan kicks can down the road to Nov. 19 in hush money case

(Newser) - A judge on Tuesday postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Trump's conviction in his hush money case as his lawyers argued that his election last week warrants dismissing the case altogether so he can run the country. New York Judge Juan Merchan had been set to rule...

Jon Stewart Isn't Buying the 'Too Woke' Theory
Jon Stewart Isn't Buying
the 'Too Woke' Theory
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Nov 12, 2024 7:28 AM CST

Jon Stewart Isn't Buying the 'Too Woke' Theory

Democrats got 'shellacked' for other reasons, but he consoles them it's not permanent

(Newser) - Jon Stewart weighed in on the election results Monday night, and he took aim in particular at one theory in wide circulation —that Democrats lost because they were "too woke." The problem, says Stewart, is "I just don't recall seeing any Democrats running on woke...

Trump Ally Kari Lake Loses Her Senate Race

Ruben Gallego becomes Arizona's first Latino senator

(Newser) - Democrat Ruben Gallego has been elected Arizona's first Latino US senator, defeating Republican Kari Lake and preventing Republicans from further padding their Senate majority, the AP reports. Gallego's victory continues a string of Democratic successes in a state that was reliably Republican until Donald Trump was elected president...

Maureen Dowd: 'Woke Is Broke'
Maureen Dowd: You
Blew It, White Progressives
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Nov 11, 2024 8:42 AM CST

Maureen Dowd: You Blew It, White Progressives

New York Times columnist declares that 'woke is broke'

(Newser) - Democrats might expect to hear the sentiment "woke is broke" from a conservative pundit gloating about last week's election results. Instead, it comes from one of their own—Maureen Dowd in the New York Times . Democrats' big mistake, she writes, is that they assumed people of all stripes...

Where Things Stand in Fight for the House

GOP has the edge with 19 races left to call

(Newser) - The weekend passed without a call on which party will control the House—a crucial factor in determining how effectively President-elect Trump will be able to enact his agenda. However, the odds were favoring the GOP, reports Reuters .
  • Numbers: The GOP had 213 seats and Democrats 203 as of Monday
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Trump Bettor Says He Spotted Flaw in US Polls
He Made $50M Betting on
'Neighbor Effect' in US Race
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Nov 10, 2024 2:50 PM CST

He Made $50M Betting on 'Neighbor Effect' in US Race

French trader explains what he saw as a flaw in US polls

(Newser) - One of the happiest people about the results of Tuesday's vote isn't a Republican—or even an American. Instead, it's a Frenchman known only as Theo, reports the Wall Street Journal . Theo, notes Business Insider , is on track to make about $50 million because he correctly bet...

FEMA Worker Fired Over Order on Pro-Trump Homes

Supervisors told employees not to help Florida homes with Trump signs

(Newser) - A FEMA worker has been fired after she directed workers helping hurricane survivors not to go to homes with yard signs supporting Donald Trump, the agency's leader said Saturday. "This is a clear violation of FEMA's core values and principles to help people regardless of their political...

Trump Goes 7 for 7 on Swing States
Trump Goes 7 for 7
on Swing States
Nov 9, 2024 9:04 PM CST

Trump Goes 7 for 7 on Swing States

AP calls Arizona for the president-elect

(Newser) - The last outstanding race has been called in the 2024 presidential race: Donald Trump won Arizona, the AP declared Saturday night. The victory over Kamala Harris means Trump swept all seven battleground states in the 2024 race, notes Politico .
  • Final count: With Arizona called, the final tally in the Electoral
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In Texas Border Counties, a Shift Doomed Democrats

Hispanics turned to Trump, a reversal of long voting patterns

(Newser) - Jorge Bazan's family has lived on the US-Mexico border for generations and voted for Democrats as long as he can remember. He broke the family tradition this year and voted for Donald Trump because he doesn't trust the Democratic Party's economic policies. "I think they forgot...

Back Home, Walz Addresses Supporters

Governor promises to fight 'hateful agenda' if it's brought to Minnesota

(Newser) - "It's hard to lose," Gov. Tim Walz said Friday after returning to Minnesota after the presidential election. "It's hard to understand, while so many of our fellow citizens, people that we have fought so long and hard for, wound up choosing the other path."...

Elon Musk Is Now the $300B Man
Elon Musk
Is Now the
$300B Man
Nov 8, 2024 1:18 PM CST

Elon Musk Is Now the $300B Man

Tesla stocks soar in the wake of Donald Trump's win, sending the company's valuation to over $1T

(Newser) - Meet the $300 billion man . That would be Elon Musk, according to Forbes , which reports that Tesla racked up big bucks from Donald Trump's election win, with the company's market value surpassing $1 trillion on Friday for the first time since April 2022, per YCharts . The 53-year-old billionaire...

GOP Flips Another Senate Seat
Another Senate Seat Flips
Nov 8, 2024 5:00 AM CST

Another Senate Seat Flips

Republican David McCormick defeats Bob Casey in Pennsylvania; Casey has yet to concede

(Newser) - Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania's pivotal US Senate seat. The former CEO of the world's largest hedge fund beat three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey in Tuesday's election after accusing the incumbent of supporting policies that led to inflation, domestic turmoil, and war. The victory pads Republicans'...

Black Students Across US Receive Racist Texts

Messages are signed 'a Trump Supporter'

(Newser) - Investigations have begun across the country after Black students in at least 25 states received racist texts on Wednesday. The texts referred to slavery and were signed only, "A Trump supporter." They went to college students on multiple campuses but also to students as young as middle schoolers,...

Sanders Slams Democrats Over Election Losses

He accuses party of abandoning working-class people

(Newser) - Sen. Bernie Sanders was reelected on Tuesday, but he's not surprised that Democrats lost the White House. Sanders, who caucuses with Democrats, sharply criticized the party in a statement posted on social media, USA Today reports. "It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which...

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