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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
OPINION
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
OPINION
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
...

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
...

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...

Michigan County Clerk Loses to Conspiracy Theory Backer

'At least they won't question these results,' Sheryl Guy says

(Newser) - An election official in a small Michigan county that was a cradle for unfounded election conspiracy theories in 2020 lost a write-in campaign to keep her job. Antrim County Clerk Sheryl Guy had said she wouldn't seek reelection, but she got in the race after the Republican primary election...

Putin Congratulates 'Courageous' Trump
Putin Congratulates,
Praises Trump
Nov 7, 2024 3:55 PM CST

Putin Congratulates, Praises Trump

Russian president says he 'has no clue' what might happen in second term

(Newser) - He wasn't among the initial wave of world leaders congratulating Donald Trump on his election win, but Vladimir Putin got there eventually. At a conference with foreign policy experts in Sochi on Thursday, the Russian ruler offered his congratulations to Trump and praised him for his bravery during the...

The World's Richest Had a Very Good Post-Election Day

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison saw windfalls in the billions after Trump was elected

(Newser) - Wednesday was a very good day for Donald Trump, who learned in its wee hours that he had secured himself a second term in the White House, but it was also a happy day for planet Earth's richest dudes as the stock market surged . Quartz takes a look around...

Biden: Let's 'Bring Down the Temperature'

President addresses nation after election, promises an orderly transition

(Newser) - President Biden addressed the nation on Thursday in the wake of Tuesday's vote, and he promised an orderly handoff to Donald Trump. "The American experiment endures," he said in the Rose Garden, reports the Washington Post .
  • "I will fulfill my oath, and I will honor the
...

Law Clerk Disparaged by Trump Is Elected Judge

Allison Greenfield worked with Judge Arthur Engoron during Trump's New York fraud trial

(Newser) - Allison Greenfield, the law clerk whom Donald Trump assailed with falsehoods during his civil fraud trial last year, has been elected as a New York City judge, reports the AP . Greenfield, 38, was one of six candidates for six seats on Manhattan's Civil Court, which handles small claims and...

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