Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday.

“Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. No nation has bigger opportunities. Wishing @realDonaldTrump all success in leading and uniting the America we all love,” Bezos wrote.

The statement was the first time Bezos has posted on X since the assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

Prior to Election Day, Bezos blocked the Washington Post editorial board
from endorsing Harris, arguing the lack of endorsement would build trust for the outlet.

Former President George W. Bush congratulated President-elect Trump on his decisive victory in the 2024 election on Wednesday. 

“I congratulate President Trump on his election as 47th President of the United States of America, as well as Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and their families,” Bush said in a statement. 

“I also thank President Biden and Vice President Harris for their service to our country,” he continued. 

“The strong turnout in this election is a sign of the health of our republic and the strength of our democratic institutions. Laura and I are grateful to the election officials, poll workers, and volunteers who oversaw a free, fair, safe, and secure election.

“We join our fellow citizens in praying for the success of our new leaders at all levels of government. May God continue to bless our great country.” 

The former president had declined to make an endorsement in the 2024 race. 

Seattle police arrested five demonstrators at an election night protest near the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, authorities said. 

The suspects were taken into custody for property damage after leaving anarchist and pro-Palestinian graffiti on public property, according to the Seattle Police Department. 

“Protest making its way south along 12 Ave E./E Pike St. Arrests being made for property damage at this time.  Announcements have been made to the crowd via loud speakers,” SPD posted on social media at 6:45 p.m.  

The Seattle Times reported that at least a couple dozen people dressed in black had gathered in Capitol Hill, near where the infamous “autonomous zone” was established in 2020 during the George Floyd riots. 

Police said the group had dwindled to a “dozen people” shortly after arrests began. By  6:17 p.m. the group had broken up.

The protesters were not identified with any major party candidate or campaign for political office. 

Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey’s campaign expressed confidence that the senator will be re-elected Wednesday morning even though he trails Republican challenger David McCormick by more than 50,000 votes.

“There are more votes that need to be counted in areas like Philadelphia and it’s important that every legal ballot will be counted. When that happens we are confident the Senator will be re-elected,” Casey spokesperson Maddy McDaniel told Fox News. 

McCormick, a businessman, currently has 3,307,213 votes while Casey, a three-term incumbent and son of a popular former governor, has 3,255,237. Nearly 97% of precincts are reporting results in Pennsylvania, according to the Associated Press.

A Republican victory in Pennsylvania would expand the GOP’s incoming Senate majority to at least 53 seats and ease the path for President-elect Trump’s nominees to serve in a new administration. 

Earlier, Fox News projected Trump to win Pennsylvania with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris, who earned 48.4%. 

With Sen. JD Vance
 poised to take on the role of vice president next year, Ohioans will need someone else to fill his Senate seat.

Initially, Ohio’s governor will tap someone to fill the void caused by Vance vacating the seat. Later, there will be a special election to fill the remainder of Vance’s Senate term, according to Ohio law.

“The appointee shall hold office until the fifteenth day of December succeeding the next regular state election that occurs more than one hundred eighty days after the vacancy happens,” Ohio law states. 

“At that next regular state election, a special election to fill the vacancy shall be held, provided, that when the unexpired term ends within one year immediately following the date of such regular state election, an election to fill the unexpired term shall not be held, and the appointment shall be for the unexpired term,” Ohio law stipulates.

Since current Ohio Gov. Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, is slated to select Vance’s temporary replacement, the seat should remain in GOP hands.

A special election will be held in November 2026, according to cincinnati.com.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Alex Nitzberg

Fox-projected winner Donald Trump gave his honest reaction to the Republican party taking the Senate majority during his victory speech in Palm Beach, Florida.

“We have taken back control of the Senate–wow, that’s good,” said Trump to his supporters early Wednesday morning.

“And the Senate races in Montana, Nevada, Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, were all won by the MAGA movement, they helped so much. And of those cases, every one of them we worked with the Senators–they were tough races–I mean the, the number of victories in the Senate was absolutely incredible,” said Trump.

“And we did tele-rallies, we did tele-rallies with each one of them,” Trump continued. “Sometimes we did two or three per, and it was amazing to look at all of those victories, nobody expected that. Nobody. So I just wanted to thank you very much for that. You have some great senators and some great new senators, and it also looks like we’ll be keeping control of the House of Representatives.”

Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney acknowledged President-elect Trump’s victory in a statement Wednesday morning that called on all Americans to accept the results of the 2024 presidential election.

“Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect. All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections,” Cheney said in a statement. 

“We now have a special responsibility, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years. Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press and those serving in our federal, state and local governments must now be the guardrails of democracy.” 

Cheney had endorsed Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris in the election and acted as a surrogate for the Harris campaign, arguing that anti-Trump Republicans should cross over and support Democrats. 

Trump repeatedly lashed out at Cheney during the campaign, calling her a “radical war hawk” and
controversially suggesting she would not be in favor of American military intervention if she had to fight herself. 

“Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face,” Trump said at an event in Glendale, Arizona last week. “You know, they’re all war hawks when they’re sitting in Washington in the nice buildings saying ‘Oh gee well, let’s send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy.”

Cheney responded to Trump’s remarks on X Friday, writing, “This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant.”

A spokesman for the Kremlin said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to congratulate U.S. President-elect Trump on his victory. 

Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters at a briefing that U.S.-Russo relations were at “their lowest point in history” and that he could not say anything about Putin’s reaction.

“It is practically impossible to make relations between the United States and Russia any worse as they are already at their lowest point in history,” Peskov said, per Russian state media. 

In a statement, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Trump’s win “obviously reflect Americans’ disappointment in the performance of the Biden administration and the election programme of the Democratic Party formulated by Vice-President Kamala Harris, who was hastily chosen to replace the incumbent President in the race.” 

The foreign ministry’s statement accused Democrats of a “propaganda campaign” against Trump and said the Republican president-elect highlighted issues of concern to Americans “as a counterbalance to the White House’s globalist course.” It also suggested that Trump’s win could “fuel internal tensions and bitterness” between progressives and conservatives. 

But the ministry did not welcome Trump’s win either. 

“We have no illusions regarding the President-elect, who is well known in Russia, or the new Congress, where Republicans have reportedly won control. The US ruling political elite adheres to anti-Russia principles and the policy of ‘containing Moscow.’ This line does not depend on changes in America’s domestic political barometer, no matter if it is Trump and his supporters’ ‘America above all’ or the Democrats’ focus on a ‘rules-based world order.'” 

CNN political commentator Scott Jennings said that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the election over Vice President Kamala Harris was a signal that working-class Americans are fed up with the current administration. 

“This is a mandate,” Jennings said. “He’s won the national popular vote for the first time for a Republican since 2004. This is a big deal. This isn’t backing into the office.” 

The Fox News Decision Desk projected a Trump victory on Wednesday after he accomplished key wins in a handful of battleground states, including Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. 

“This is a mandate to do what you said you were going to do: get the economy working again for regular working-class Americans, fix immigration, try to get crime under control, try to reduce the chaos in the world,” Jennings continued. 

“I’m interpreting the results tonight as the revenge of the working-class American, the anonymous American who has been crushed, insulted, condescended to,” he said. “They’re not garbage. They’re not Nazis. They’re just regular people who get up and go to work every day and are trying to make a better life for their kids. And they feel like they have been told to just shut up when they have complained about the things that are hurting them in their own lives.” 

“I also feel like this election as we sit here and pore over this tonight is something of an indictment of the political information complex,” Jennings said, speaking about the media ecosystem, especially in the lead up to Election Day. “The story that was portrayed was not true.” 

“We were told Puerto Rico was going to change the election. Liz Cheney, Nikki Haley voters, women lying to their husbands,” he said. “Night after night after night, people were told all these things and gimmicks were somehow going to push Harris over the line, and we were just ignoring the fundamentals: inflation, people feeling like they were barely able to tread water at best.” 

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Jeffrey Clark

Ten states voted directly on abortion-related measures Tuesday, with abortion advocates claiming seven victories.

Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Nevada and South Dakota all went to the polls on the issue, with the majority of the ballot measures seeking to amend efforts passed in Republican-led states whose leaders moved to restrict abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo the state’s near-total ban, one of the nation’s tightest restrictions, with an amendment that would allow lawmakers to restrict abortions past the point of a fetus’ viability – usually considered after 21 weeks, although there is no exact defined time frame.

Abortion rights amendments also passed in Arizona, Colorado and Maryland and Montana, per The Associated Press. Montana voted to amend the state constitution to “expressly provide a right to make and carry out decisions about one’s own pregnancy, including the right to abortion.”

Nevada voters also approved an amendment, but they’ll need to pass it again in 2026 for it to take effect. 

Another measure, which bans discrimination on the basis of “pregnancy outcomes,” prevailed in New York. It does not contain the word “abortion,” but rather bans discrimination on the basis of “pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive healthcare and autonomy.”

In Arizona, voters were asked to amend the state constitution to allow abortions through the 24-week mark. The measure enshrines a “fundamental right” to abortion before fetal viability, when a fetus has a “significant likelihood” of surviving outside the uterus.

The amendment replaces the current law that bans abortion after the first 15 weeks of pregnancy.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Michael Dorgan

With the Senate flipping to the GOP column, it’s unclear how many Republicans they’ll have. But they could have well over 50 votes. But they won’t have 60 yeas to crack a filibuster. 

That could mean a pressure campaign to eliminate the filibuster. 

Here’s the other dynamic:
 Democrats are holding the seats they need to potentially win the House. 

Democrats have already flipped one key NY seat in their favor. 

With a GOP Senate and the possibility of a Democratic House, we would be on the precipice of history. 

There has NEVER been a double flip in U.S. history where one body flips in one direction and the other flips in the other. 

With a Republican Senate, there will be a race now for Majority Leader between Thune, Cornyn, and Rick Scott. That leadership vote is scheduled for next Wednesday. 

And it’s possible that Trump could influence who he wants to lead the GOP in the Senate. 

This is an excerpt from an article written by Fox News’ Chad Pergram.

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy credited President-elect Trump with helping Republicans recapture the Senate majority by winning states with key Senate races and predicted the GOP would maintain control of the House too.

“We’re going to keep the House. We wouldn’t if it wasn’t for the president,” McCarthy said Wednesday on Fox News Channel. 

The former House speaker pointed to Trump’s increased support from Latino and Black Americans as an opportunity for Republicans to permanently expand the party’s base of support.

“We need to take this moment as Republicans and not waste it,” said McCarthy. “It should be about addition, not subtraction, welcoming more people into the party. But what you need to do is do your job because you were given an opportunity here.” 

He argued that Republicans should use a legislative process called budget reconciliation to extend Trump’s tax cuts and enact other parts of his legislative agenda. 

The election “came down to the issues,” he said. “Think about – Kamala Harris spent more than $1 billion and I still can’t name the three things she was going to do if she won.”

Republican candidate Tim Sheehy won the U.S. Senate seat in Montana on Wednesday, defeating  three-term incumbent Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont. and expanding a likely GOP Senate majority.

The Associated Press called the race at 6:26 a.m. ET. 

All eyes were on the Big Sky State’s competitive Senate race that saw three-term Senator Tester, the only statewide Democrat elected in Montana, facing former Navy SEAL and businessman Tim Sheehy. 

Early on in the cycle, the Montana race was deemed one of Republicans’ best pickup opportunities and one of Democrats’ most vulnerable seats of the 2024 cycle.

Sheehy launched his Senate bid exclusively with Fox News Digital in June 2023, calling for “a new generation of leaders to step up” in Congress in his bid to oust the red state Democrat.

The Navy SEAL quickly received the backing of prominent GOP members after announcing his candidacy, including Sens. Steve Daines of Montana, Marco Rubio of Florida, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, Ted Budd of North Carolina, Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, and John Barrasso of Wyoming.

Before entering the political scene, Sheehy served in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America and the Pacific region, receiving the Bronze Star with Valor for Heroism in Combat and a Purple Heart. On top of owning several businesses, the veteran shares four kids with his Marine veteran wife, Carmen Sheehy. 

Former President Donald Trump endorsed Sheehy, who he described as an “American Hero,” in February, after Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale launched a short-lived bid for the seat.

Tester, a former school teacher, was first elected to the Montana Senate in 2006. The Democrat owns a family farm in Big Sandy where he lives with his wife, Sharla.

Tester has taken a more moderate stance on issues during his time in the Senate, openly breaking with the Biden-Harris administration on several issues throughout the years. The Democrat withheld an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris after she became the party’s nominee.

Tester outraised Sheehy throughout the election cycle, but the latest polling leading up to Election Day found that the Republican nominee was leading the race.

Fox News Digital’s Aubrie Spady contributed to this update.

Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., said Republicans “desperately need the House” majority to enact President-elect Trump’s agenda after the Republican nominee was projected to recapture the White House.

“Because if you don’t have the chairs, if you don’t have the speakership, you can’t control what comes to the floor. And it will go right back to executive orders like President Trump had to do in his first presidency. And that’s not good for America,” McCormick told FOX Business on Wednesday morning. 

The GOP lawmaker said government by executive order has “too much fluctuation,” since another president could undo whatever Trump does.

“We need to codify things into law. We need control of the border. We need to make sure the economy is free from any sort of increase in regulation… the Trump tax cuts have to stay in place, or we end up with a corporate tax rate that’s higher than a lot of communist countries. And that would drive businesses and corporations away from America and be really harmful to our economy.” 

Harris surrogate and billionaire investor Mark Cuban congratulated former President Trump on his projected victory Wednesday morning, also giving a shout out to billionaire Elon Musk.

“Congrats @realDonald Trump. You won fair and square,” Cuban posted on X shortly after Pennsylvania was called in the Republican nominee’s favor, leaving little path to victory for Vice President Kamala Harris. 

“Congrats to @ElonMusk as well. #Godspeed,” Cuban added.

The “Shark Tank” star recently insisted Musk, a staunch Trump supporter, wouldn’t be able to have a cabinet position in a Trump administration because of all the potential conflicts of interest related to his businesses. 

Cuban came under fire last week after he claimed former President Trump wouldn’t campaign with women like former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley because he doesn’t associate with “strong, intelligent women.”

“Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever,” Cuban said. “It’s just that simple. They’re intimidating to him. He doesn’t like to be challenged by them, and, you know, Nikki Haley will call him on his nonsense with reproductive rights and how he sees and treats and talks about women. I mean, he just can’t have her around. It wouldn’t work.”

Cuban later admitted his comments were a “mistake.”

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Brian Flood

Nathan Hochman defeated incumbent progressive prosecutor George Gascón
 in the race for Los Angeles County district attorney as crime was seen as a top issue of the election cycle.

Hochman, a former federal prosecutor, campaigned as a “hard middle” candidate, rejecting both mass incarceration and the “public safety failure” of Gascón’s liberal policies, which Hochman said led to increased crime and a lack of consequences for juvenile offenders.

“The voters of Los Angeles County have spoken and have said enough is enough of D.A. Gascón’s pro-criminal extreme policies; they look forward to a safer future,” Hochman said in a statement early Wednesday. “As D.A., I look forward to representing all of the people, whether they voted for me or not, since their safety will be my responsibility.”

A representative for Gascón’s campaign did not immediately respond to The Associated Press’ call for comment.

The FBI’s preliminary data for 2022 had predicted that violent crime dropped by a slim 2.1% from 2021-2022. The FBI updated the data in October, however, and found that violent crime actually rose by 4.5%.

During debates, Hochman spotlighted rising violent crime in the county, a trend also seen statewide and at the national level. He also received the support of local police unions despite Gascón’s previous service as a police officer.

The prosecutors’ union called Hochman’s victory a “pivotal moment in the fight to return balance and accountability to the justice system.”

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Stephen Sorace

MSNBC Host Joe Scarborough argued that former President Trump’s
projected victory in the 2024 presidential election is the “biggest red wave” since Ronald Reagan in 1984.

Scarborough made the comments on Wednesday morning after Election Night, highlighting that Trump only lost Illinois by four points and New Jersey by five points.

“We had talked about a red wave two years ago that never materialized. I’ve gotta say, this is the biggest red wave I’ve ever seen since Ronald Reagan’s 49-state victory in 1984,” Scarborough said.

“It seems every Republican across the country improved,” he added.

Podcaster and Barstool founder Dave Portnoy reacted to Donald Trump winning the presidential election after a tumultuous campaign in a video shared on social media.

“He just didn’t win. He won for fun: he won the electoral, he won the popular vote, he got more votes than last time,” Portnoy said
in a video shared to his Instagram account in the early morning hours on Wednesday. “Just a total ringing endorsement for the Republicans and Donald Trump and an indictment against the Democrats.” 

The Fox News Decision Desk projected a Trump victory on Wednesday after he accomplished key wins in a handful of battleground states, including Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. 

Portnoy said that Trump won by a larger margin than he did previously because the Democratic Party chose to insult Independents and other voters. 

“The Democrats gave us no choice,” he said. “That was the worst campaign and the pure arrogance and the moral superiority have driven people away. If you say you’re voting for Trump, suddenly you’re a Nazi, you’re Hitler, you’re garbage. Enough. Enough!” 

“Millions and millions and millions of people voted for Trump,” Portnoy continued. “He won clearly. He won decisively.” 

“So when you call us that, you’re calling the majority of the country ‘racists, Hitlers, Nazis,’” Portnoy said. “I don’t think you get the words of what that means. You are alienating all this middle ground people by acting like you’re better than us, smarter than us, and frankly insulting our intelligence.”

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Jeffrey Clark

With his re-election secured, Florida Sen. Rick Scott immediately set his eyes on the Republican leadership election that will take place in the Senate next week.

“My dream is that every child – I don’t care the color of their skin, their religion, where they were born – has a chance to live the dream of this country. If that’s if that’s true, it’s a hell of a country. And that’s what we’re going to do. But our work is not done,” Scott said in his victory speech after defeating Democratic challenger Debbie Mucarsel-Powell by double digits.

“Next week we have another election: Senate Republican leader,” he said. “So, two years ago I challenged Mitch McConnell, because I know there has to be a change. We have a great Republican Party all across this country. We need a Republican Party in D.C. We need a Republican Party to start solving the problems of this country, and we have a significant number of problems. 

“Florida is the center of the Republican Party of this country. Washington can learn a hell of a lot from what we’ve done right here in this great state. We are the best melting pot in the world.”

Scott is one of three candidates running for the Senate’s top job. The others are Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. 

The four progressive Democrat members of the “Squad” and Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders cruised to re-election victories as American voters have chosen to keep familiar faces in Washington.

For House Republicans, Speaker Mike Johnson sailed to victory in Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District, while Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Republican Conference Chairman Elise Stefanik also won in Louisiana’s 1st Congressional and New York 21st Congressional Districts, respectively. 

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries was the winner in New York’s 8th Congressional District. In California, Nancy Pelosi won her 20th term after being voted in by the electorate of California’s 11th District.

The “Squad” also won their re-election bids: Ilhan Omar in Minnesota, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York, Rashida Tlaib in Michigan and Ayanna Pressley in Massachusetts, who ran uncontested. 

In Texas’ 21st Congressional District, Rep. Chip Roy emerged as the winner there, while James Comer and Jim Jordan – the chairmen of the House Oversight and House Judiciary Committees — won their respective races in Kentucky and Ohio. 

Prominent Prominent Democrats also are heading back to Washington in the Senate. 

Elizabeth Warren was re-elected in Massachusetts, while Adam Schiff won the race in California for Dianne Feinstein’s former seat. 

In Vermont, Independent candidate Bernie Sanders secured his fourth term. 

For Republicans, Ted Cruz defeated Colin Allred in a hard-fought race in Texas, while Josh Hawley was the winner in his race in Missouri.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Greg Norman

Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., will win re-election in Montana’s 1st Congressional District, defeating Democratic candidate Monica Tranel, according to The Associated Press.

Zinke, a former Navy SEAL, is a fifth-generation Montanan who served 23 years in the military before entering politics to complete another mission of “upholding the Constitution and doing what is right for Montana and America.”

Zinke served as Secretary of the Interior under former President Donald Trump for several years before launching a successful bid for Montana’s newly drawn district in the 2022 midterms.

The Democratic nominee in the race, Tranel, worked as an attorney, previously competed in two Olympics, and won a World Championship Gold for the U.S. Women’s Rowing Team.

Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell, Pastor Lorenzo Sewell and “Hispanic 100” Director Jenny Korn joined “Fox News @ Night” to discuss the impact of the Black and Latino vote on the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.

Caldwell pointed to Georgia, where roughly 30% of the electorate is Black, and highlighted that Vice President Kamala Harris underperformed in the state compared to President Biden in 2020.

“We know that Donald Trump speaks to the issues that Black voters are concerned with, the economy, immigration, especially in places like Chicago, which has been a rallying cry,” Caldwell said. “Instead of pandering like Kamala Harris did, he talked about issues and policies. Not only that, but Black voters recognize what four years in office looked like under Trump, and they enthusiastically gave him their support.”

Tesla and Space X CEO Elon Musk said election night he plans to continue to be active in politics through the presidential election into the 2026 midterms. 

“America PAC is going to keep going after this election — and preparing for the midterms and any intermediate elections, as well as looking at elections at the district attorney and sort of judicial levels,” Musk said on X Spaces Tuesday. 

Musk has taken an active role on the campaign trail for the former president and has helped canvass for Trump in key battleground states like Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina.

According to its website, America PAC aims to “promote free speech, free markets, and a merit-based society.” 

This is an excerpt from an article written by Fox News’ Andrew Mark Miller.

Former Democratic Michigan State Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet is projected by The Associated Press to defeat former Trump administration official Paul Junge on Tuesday in the open race for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District.

The race in Michigan’s 8th Congressional District
was to replace retiring Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., who has served in Congress since 2013. Democrats will hold on to the seat, which represents the Flint area. 

Junge previously ran an unsuccessful campaign against Kildee in 2022 and had worked in the U.S. Customs and Immigration Services during the Trump administration. 

Along with the race for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, the contest for the 8th District was seen as one of the most competitive in the country.

Democrats now control 177 House seats while Republicans hold 196. The GOP has a net gain of one seat so far, with plenty of races nationwide still too close to call as of Wednesday morning. 

Fox News hosts on “The Five” reacted to critics of former President Trump who had meltdowns on live television as results started coming in on Tuesday night.

One guest on MSNBC suggested that Trump’s administration
could ban historians from writing books. Another guest on the same channel claimed that Trump is a “unique threat to the constitutional order.”

“70 million plus that will be voting for a man who said he would assassinate for treason the chairman of the join chiefs, who’s going to execute Liz Cheney with a firing squad,” MSNBC Host Joe Scarborough said.

Fox News’ Jesse Watters said MSNBC is positioning themselves as “the anti-Trump place to go if you want to have anger, hate conspiracy theories, predictions that don’t work out.”

Former President Trump has made immigration and border security some of his top campaign issues ahead of the 2024 election, reviving a key focus of his first administration.

Trump has promised to continue building a wall at the southern border, and restore a number of policies that he oversaw during his administration.

He was promised to end Biden-era parole policies, and has also said he will launch a mass deportation operation if he ends up back in the White House.

Trump, in September, said that if elected, his second term would begin by “immediately” terminating “every Open Borders policy of the Biden Administration.”

“Following the Eisenhower Model, we will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history,” Trump said.

The former president said he plans to also “invoke the Alien Enemies Act to remove all known or suspected Gang Members, drug dealers, or Cartel Members from the United States”—an effort he says will end the “scourge of illegal alien gang violence once and for all.” 

Fox News’ Adam Shaw contributed reporting.

Former Republican State Sen. Tom Barrett is projected to defeat Democratic former state Sen. Curtis Hertel in the race for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, according to a call by The Associated Press.

The two candidates were vying to replace Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who gave up the House seat to pursue Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat in the 2024 cycle.

Barrett, a former Army helicopter pilot who served in the state legislature for eight years, twice pursued the critical Michigan seat, having lost to Slotkin by five points during the 2022 race.

Hertel was making his first run for the U.S. House after leaving the State Senate in 2022 due to term limits.

Hertel spent much of the race outspending Barrett, according to an October Detroit News report, which noted at the time that Hertel had raised $4.2 million to Barrett’s $2.8 million. 

Hertel was also the beneficiary of millions in ad spending by outside groups, including television, digital media and mail advertisements, the report noted.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News’ Michael Lee

Eyes of the Kremlin watched the U.S. election, and Moscow responded with how they’ll now watch comments and actions of Donald Trump’s projected presidency moving forward.

“We say that we are carefully analyzing everything, monitoring everything, and will draw conclusions based on specific words and specific steps,” Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday, according to state-run media RIA Novosti.

Trump was declared the presumptive winner of the 2024 election over current Vice President Kamala Harris by Fox News around 2 a.m. ET in the U.S., which was around 10 a.m. in Russia.

Peskov made his statement about two hours later, according to the media outlet.

During a town hall in September, Trump touted his toughness on Russia and President Vladimir Putin. Trump also brought up the Russia-Ukraine war, which he said would have never happened had he been president the last four years.

“I was the toughest on Russia. Putin would even say, you know, if you’re not the toughest guy, you are, you’re killing us,” Trump told Sean Hannity while discussing his actions opposing the Nord Stream pipeline. “I’d hate to see you if you were really tough.”

“This was the biggest job they’ve ever had and I stopped it.”

Trump continued, “We have things going on in the world right now with Israel and with the Middle East, it’s blowing up. It’s blowing up. We have Ukraine and Russia. That would never happen. That would have never happened. October 7th would have never happened. If I were the president, they would have never happened. And everybody knows it.”

A pair of House Democrats from Hawaii have won re-election in the Aloha State’s 1st and 2nd Congressional Districts.

The Associated Press called the races for Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, at 5:16 a.m. ET and for Rep. Jill Tokuda, D-Hawaii, at 5:14 a.m. on Wednesday. 

Case was re-elected to a fourth term representing urban Honolulu. He first won the seat in 2018. Previously, he served in Congress from 2002 to 2007, when he represented Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District, which covers rural Oahu and neighboring islands. Case serves on the House Appropriations Committee.

Tokuda was re-elected to a second term and is a member of the agriculture and armed services committees. Before her election to Congress in 2022, she served 12 years in the Hawaii Senate. She has also been a small business owner and was the external affairs director for the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center on Maui. 

Both seats were considered safe for Democrats. 

The Associated Press contributed to this update.

Former President Trump’s granddaughter, Kai, congratulated her grandfather on his projected victory in the presidential election.

“No one works harder or cares more about the American people,” Kai wrote on the social media platform X.

“Congratulations Grandpa, I love you!” she added.

Kai, 17, is the daughter of Donald Trump Jr. and his ex-wife, Vanessa.

Democratic Illinois Rep. Eric Sorensen defeated Republican challenger Joseph McGraw to keep his seat in the House of Representatives.

Pre-election polling rated Sorensen’s district, Illinois’ 17th, as “Lean Dem.” The Associated Press called the race for Sorensen just before 5 a.m. ET.

“The people of #IL17 have spoken—and they’re sending their neighbor back to Congress! Thank you, Central and Northwestern Illinois, for your trust and support. The forecast is for bright days ahead!” Sorensen wrote on X.

Control over the House remains up in the air, though the Fox News’ decision desk has projected that former President Trump will take the White House and Republicans will control the Senate.

Republican Rep. Burgess Owens has won re-election to a third term in the U.S. House in Utah’s 4th Congressional District.

The Associated Press called the race at 4:34 a.m. ET on Wednesday.  

Owens, a former NFL safety, defeated Democratic candidate Katrina Fallick-Wang and will continue to represent parts of Salt Lake County, Sanpete, Utah and Juab counties in Congress. He is one of four Black Republicans elected to the House and serves on the Education and Workforce Committee and the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. 

The race was considered safe for the GOP. Utah is one of the reddest states in the country at both the state and national level, with the Republican Party controlling all statewide executive offices while enjoying a supermajority in both the state House and the state Senate.

So far, Republicans have won 195 House races, flipping four seats, and Democrats have won 173, flipping three for a net loss of one seat. Control of the House of Representatives will be determined by whichever party can claim 218 seats in Congress.

Fox News Digital’s Michael Lee contributed to this update.

French President Emmanuel Macron congratulated former President Trump on his projected win in the U.S. presidential election.

“Congratulations, President @realDonaldTrump,” Macron wrote Wednesday morning on the social media platform X.

“Ready to work together as we did for four years,” he continued.

The French president added: “With your convictions and mine. With respect and ambition. For more peace and prosperity.”

U.S. stock futures rallied as Donald Trump was projected to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris in one of the most contentious elections in U.S. history.

Dow Futures Spike: 3:30 a.m.

ET Dow futures spiked over 1,000 points, before pulling back, as Trump took the stage at his headquarters in Florida, thanking his supporters and promising to restore the country. 

“We’re going to pay you back. We are going to do the best job. We’re going to turn it around. It’s got to be turned around, and it’s got to be turned around fast. And we’re going to turn it around” said Trump.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures also jumped over 1% in the early morning. 

Trump invited JD Vance, the presumptive new vice president, to the podium to speak, and he spoke about reviving the U.S. economy, a top election issue. 

“We’re going to lead the greatest economic comeback in American history under Donald Trump’s leadership,” Vance told the crowd.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox Business’ Suzanne O’Halloran

From political pariah to the presidency.

Four years after Americans booted then-President Trump from the White House and he left Washington in political disgrace two months later, after trying to overturn his election loss, they are sending him back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. 

“It’s a political victory that our country has never seen before,” Trump said in his celebration speech early Wednesday morning, as he pointed to his convincing electoral and popular vote victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.

And his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, called Trump’s victory “the greatest political comeback in American history.”

Trump, in his victory address, touted that his political movement was one that “nobody’s ever seen before… this was the greatest political movement of all time.”

For an undisciplined candidate known for his hyperbole, Tuesday’s election results appeared to prove Trump right.

“This is a historic political realignment,” seasoned Republican strategist Ryan Williams said. 

Williams argued that Trump “basically threw out the coalition that Republicans had put together for the last several decades and reached out and doubled down on voting blocks that he thought he could make a connection with.”

“He just expanded the party in a way that no other nominee has been able to do before. And I think that’s why the polling missed this, because he so radically changed the composition of the electorate,” Williams highlighted.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital’s Paul Steinhauser.

UFC President Dana White celebrated former President Trump’s projected victory in the race for the White House on Wednesday morning.

“Nobody deserves this more than him, and nobody deserves this more than his family does,” White said of Trump. “This is what happens when the machine comes after you. What you’ve seen over the last several years, this is what it looks like. It couldn’t stop him. The king’s coming forward, he does it quick. He’s the most resilient, hard working man I’ve ever met in my entire life. His family are incredible people.”

“This is karma,” he added to Trump’s critics.

Arizona voters passed Proposition 139 to amend the state constitution and establish a fundamental right to abortion until fetal viability.

More than 62% of people voted “yes” on the ballot measure as of 4 a.m., according to The Associated Press.

The procedure will be permitted after viability if a health care provider determines the pregnant woman’s life or health is at risk.

The amendment also bans laws punishing a person who assists a person in obtaining an abortion.

Former President Donald Trump, at his last North Carolina campaign stop, announced he would impose a substantial tariff on goods from Mexico if the country does not stop the flow of migrants coming into the U.S.

The event in Raleigh marked Trump’s last pitch to voters in North Carolina before Election Day — one of three scheduled battleground state stops on Monday.

“This is really the end of a journey. But a new one will be starting. And that’s the one we’ve wanted to partake in, which is basically to Make America Great Again,” Trump told attendees.

Trump announced for the first time that, if elected, he would impose an immediate 25% tariff on everything imported from Mexico if the country did not stop the influx of migrants and drugs pouring into the country. 

“I’m going to inform her [Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum] on day one, or sooner, that if they don’t stop this onslaught of criminals and drugs coming into our country, I’m going to immediately impose a 25% tariff on everything they send in to the United States of America,” Trump said during the rally.

This is an excerpt from an article written by Fox News’ Aubrie Spady.

President-elect Donald Trump addressed his supporters in the nation early Wednesday morning after earning more than 270 electoral votes, vowing he will lead the “golden age of America” after launching the “greatest political movement of all time.” 

“This was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time. There’s never been anything like this in this country, and maybe beyond. And now it’s going to reach a new level of importance because we’re going to help our country heal,” Trump said just before 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday. 

“We’re going to help our country here. We have a country that needs help, and it needs help very badly. We’re going to fix our borders. We’re going to fix everything about our country and we’ve made history for a reason tonight. And the reason is going to be just that. We overcame obstacles that nobody thought possible,” he added to cheers from the crowd. 

Trump, taking the stage after Fox News declared him the winner of the election, said he will lead the “golden age of America” upon his inauguration. 

“Every citizen, I will fight for you, for your family and your future. Every single day, I will be fighting for you. And with every breath in my body, I will not rest until we have delivered the strong, safe and prosperous America that our children deserve and that you deserve. This will truly be the golden age of America. That’s what we have to have. This is a magnificent victory for the American people that will allow us to make America great again,” he said. 

This is an excerpt from an article written by Fox News’ Emma Colton and Brooke Singman.

After Fox News Decision Desk projected Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris to become the 47th president of the United States, world leaders sent out their seal of approval.

“Dear Donald and Melania Trump, Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback!,”Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote in a post on X.

“Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America,” the post continued.

“This is a huge victory! In true friendship, yours, Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu.”

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, also congratulated Trump on his victory.

“Congratulations to @realDonaldTrump on his impressive election victory!,” Zelenskyy wrote on X.

Former President Trump’s projected win in Pennsylvania represents the largest margin of victory in the commonwealth for a Republican presidential candidate since former President Reagan’s win in 1984.

Trump was besting Vice President Harris 50.87% to 48.17%, or 2.7%, as of 3 a.m., according to the Fox News Decision Desk.

In 1984, Reagan won Pennsylvania by 7.35% against Democrat Walter Mondale.

Former President George H.W. Bush won the commonwealth by 2.31% in 1988.

Former President George W. Bush did not win Pennsylvania in 2000 or 2004.

Trump won Pennsylvania in 2016 by .72%.

Fox-projected winner Donald Trump gave his honest reaction to the Republican party taking the Senate majority during his victory speech in Palm Beach, Florida.

“We have taken back control of the Senate–wow, that’s good,” said Trump to his supporters early Wednesday morning.

“And the Senate races in Montana, Nevada, Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, were all won by the MAGA movement, they helped so much. And of those cases, every one of them we worked with the Senators–they were tough races–I mean the, the number of victories in the Senate was absolutely incredible,” said Trump.”And we did tele-rallies, we did tele-rallies with each one of them,” Trump continued.

“Sometimes we did two or three per, and it was amazing to look at all of those victories, nobody expected that. Nobody. So I just wanted to thank you very much for that. You have some great senators and some great new senators, and it also looks like we’ll be keeping control of the House of Representatives.”

Projected President-elect Donald Trump said “God spared [his] life for a reason” during his victory speech at Trump Headquarters early Wednesday morning.

Trump has experienced two assassination attempts during the 2024 election cycle.

The first came at his July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, that left firefighter Corey Comperatore dead. Trump ended up securing the battleground state of Pennsylvania in a major victory that propelled him over the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election.

The second attempt came while he was playing golf at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sept. 15.

“Many people have told me that God spared my life for a reason, and that reason was to save our country and to restore America to greatness,” Trump said. “And now we are going to fulfill that mission together.”

Eric Trump posted a photo of his father, Fox-projected winner Donald Trump, on social media site X early Wednesday morning ahead of his victory speech.

Trump will be addressing a crowd of supporters in Palm Beach, Florida to formally announce his victory as the 47th president of the United States.

The former and future president successfully took swing states North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in Tuesday’s election.

Fox News can project that Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson will become the next governor of Washington. He defeats former Republican congressman and sheriff Dave Reichert.

Fox News contributor Juan Williams voiced Democrats’ disappointments Wednesday morning as former President Trump racked up several electoral victories.

Speaking on a panel before the race was called for Trump, Williams said Democrats were “dispirited at this moment.”

“I think that there is even recriminations now among Democrats as to Biden and whether Biden should have dropped that earlier or not,” Williams said. “Would a white male have done better? Obviously Trump has defeated two women and now a Black woman. So there’s all these questions.”

“But to my mind, it seems to me incredible that a guy who let it resurrect insurrection against the United States government is potentially now, you know, like a phoenix going back into the Oval Office,” he added. “It’s unbelievable.”

Vice President Kamala Harris will not be responding to former President Trump’s projected win until tomorrow, her team has announced. She will speak towards the election results.

Fox News Decision Desk projected Trump would win the Oval Office early Wednesday morning, after projecting he would win Wisconsin.

Trump will be the first president
to serve two nonconsecutive terms since Grover Cleveland in 1892 — and only the second in history. Trump was first elected president in 2016, defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and vowing to “Make America Great Again.” He lost re-election to President Biden in 2020 during the global coronavirus pandemic but re-claimed the White House in 2024 after a nearly two-year campaign, vowing to “Make America Great Once Again.” 

Fox News’ Brooke Singman contributed to this post.

MSNBC host and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart said Tuesday night he was “mystified” over President-elect Trump’s gains in the election from 2020.

“I’m mystified in some ways, simply because we’re talking about a twice impeached, four times indicted – convicted on 34 felony counts – former president,” he said. “That’s one bucket,” he added. “In another bucket you have all the things he’s been saying on the campaign trail … I am mystified that despite all of that he’s gaining support compared to 2020.”

He added, “It’s gets back to the point that … Who are we as a country? We’re starting to find out and from what I am seeing right now, I’m not sure I like it.”

Fox News Decision desk projected that Trump would win back the presidency late Tuesday.

Jewish voters have been very “alarmed” by the direction of the Democratic Party and have not felt safe, said political analyst Harley Lippman.

Jewish voters in Florida and elsewhere have felt the party going in the wrong direction, particularly
as antisemitism has increased, Lippman said on “Fox News @ Night.”

“They see the liberal leftist as not standing with the Jewish people in the fight against antisemitism,” he said.

Gianno Caldwell, a political analyst for Fox News, noted that Harris should have selected Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate.

“They have picked Josh Shapiro if they wanted to have a stronger standing,” he said. “They didn’t and they turned their back on Jewish voters.”

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that Donald Trump will become the 47th President of the United States.

The former president’s comeback will be complete with a win in Wisconsin, a state he narrowly lost four years ago.

He is the second president in U.S. history to win non-consecutive terms. The first was Grover Cleveland.

Senator JD Vance will become the 50th Vice President of the United States.

Voters expressed deep frustration with the Biden administration, and Trump overperformed in urban areas, particularly with men.

Trump defeats Vice President Harris, who entered this race just over 100 days ago.

Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier said there is a realignment of the Republican party and that Election Day is starting to feel like 2016.

“This is a major realignment where people could look at all the mass media, all the media covering that, one way, and say ‘I don’t believe it, I do not believe that, and I am going to vote how I want to vote,” Baier explained.

Baier and the rest of the panel discussed being “saddled” with Kamala Harris who they felt was the weakest choice the Democrat Party could run with.

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that Vice President Harris will win Minnesota. Her running mate, Tim Walz, serves as the state’s governor.

Vice President Harris will not address the crowd at Howard University in Washington, D.C., tonight.

Instead, Harris-Walz Campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond, gave remarks at the university.

Harris is expected to speak tomorrow. Harris planned to watch the election results from her alma mater, Howard University on Election Night.

Three sources close to Harris expressed concern that Harris’ path to victory may be too narrow to overcome.

One source at the Harris friends and family party says “Her path is so narrow and she is not doing what she needs to do in PA, MI, WI….The exit polls I saw hours ago are all accurate, they need to suddenly outperform those. Don’t believe that will happen.”

Asked about this, a second source close to Harris told Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich, “I 100% agree… The path to victory is very difficult…His numbers are higher than expected in counties where he should be losing by larger margins in PA and MI.”

A third source close to the campaign said, “I think we’re losing this.”

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that former President Trump will win Pennsylvania.

This is the most important victory for Trump so far. He is now three electoral votes away from winning the presidency.

The Harris campaign identified Pennsylvania as one of three Rust Belt states on its “clearest path to 270 electoral votes.”

In Pennsylvania, 6-in-10 voters favor expanding fracking, and these voters back former President Trump by more than 2 to 1.

— Fox News Polling Unit

Pro-Trump business tycoon Elon Musk is predicting a Democratic drubbing in the 2024 presidential election.

“Last election, I didn’t know a single independent/swing voter who was voting for Trump. This time, I don’t know anyone who isn’t. And one person after another has confided in me that they’re voting for Trump, but they’re afraid to say so publicly, because it will affect their friends/job/customers,” Musk noted in a post on X.

“Crushing defeat is coming for the oppressive, big government machine represented by the Kamala puppet,” he added.

Musk, who endorsed Trump earlier this year, has suggested that celebrity endorsements will not enable Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, to win the White House contest.

“Even if everyone in music & entertainment endorses the Kamala puppet, it won’t matter. The public sees through it,” he opined in a social media post.

Trump has said that as president he would establish a “government efficiency commission” to audit the federal government and recommend “drastic reforms.” He said that Musk has agreed to helm the task force.

This is an excerpt from an article written by Fox News’ Alex Nitzberg.

Alaska, the Westernmost state, become the last in the United States to close its polls at 1 a.m. ET on Election Night.

Former President Donald Trump is not endorsed by any U.S. presidents aside from himself, with former Republican President George Bush declining to support anyone in the race. 

Despite past conflicts with several Republican lawmakers, many of the GOP elected officials in the House of Representatives and Senate have announced their support for Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance. This includes Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, with whom Trump had a longstanding feud, and House Speaker Mike Johnson. Some notable GOP non-endorsers in the Senate include Sens. Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Bill Cassidy and Todd Young. And while they haven’t gotten behind the Republican nominee, they have also stopped short of supporting Harris. 

Trump has the support of nearly all Republican governors
, with the exception of two. Gov. Phil Scott, a moderate Vermont Republican, said he wouldn’t back Trump but wasn’t sure about Harris. As for Gov. Eric Holcomb of Indiana, he will still be supporting his pick in the GOP primary, former Vice President Mike Pence. Pence has also notably held off endorsing his former running mate. 

Fox News’ Julia Johnson contributed reporting.

“Kamala Harris has been using a different tune on the campaign trail, literally,” Fox News’ Brooke Singman said. “The contrasting moments from her Labor Day rally show Kamala Harris using a southern accent with many on social media referring to her as that Looney Tunes character, Foghorn Leghorn.”

On Labor Day, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Detroit and Pittsburgh on the same day.

In Michigan, Harris was accused of using a southern accent while speaking to rally goers.

“To clear things up, Kamala Harris was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, not the South,” Singman added. “The fake drawl had many on social media calling her out saying it was cringe and saying she was just using that accent to try to get voters.”

“This isn’t the first time Kamala Harris has been accused of using a fake accent,” Singman said.

In July, Harris visited Atlanta, where she showed off a Southern accent.”

In 2021, she took a swing at a French accent while on an overseas visit,” Singman said. “That one landed just about as well as the southern one did.”

Read on for more 2024 Election Day news, results and analysis from Fox News.

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that former President Trump will win Georgia.

It is the first battleground to flip to Trump, and a significant victory for the 45th president. He adds sixteen electoral votes on the road to 270.

Vice President Harris will not address the crowd at Howard University in Washington, D.C., tonight.

Instead, Harris-Walz Campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond, gave remarks at the university. Harris is expected to speak tomorrow.

Harris planned to watch the election results from her alma mater, Howard University on Election Night.

Three sources close to Harris expressed concern that Harris’ path to victory may be too narrow to overcome.

One source at the Harris friends and family party says “Her path is so narrow and she is not doing what she needs to do in PA, MI, WI….The exit polls I saw hours ago are all accurate, they need to suddenly outperform those. Don’t believe that will happen.”

Asked about this, a second source close to Harris told Fox News’ Jacqui Heinrich, “I 100% agree… The path to victory is very difficult…His numbers are higher than expected in counties where he should be losing by larger margins in PA and MI.”

A third source close to the campaign said, “I think we’re losing this.”