Election 2024

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at Scranton High School in Scranton, Pa., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) If anything, the 2024 election has proved that propaganda and confirmation bias can be a heady cocktail. By Amy V. Simmons So, slightly over half of the country who…

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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech after the 2024 presidential election, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) By Chris Megerian, Darlene Superville and Matt Brown ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Faced with a sweeping rejection by American voters, Kamala Harris conceded the presidential election to…

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Election workers process mail-in ballots for the 2024 General Election in the United States at the Philadelphia Election Warehouse, early Monday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) By Mike Catalini ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — If it wasn’t a red wave in the nation’s most consequential battleground, there was at least a red swell….

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In Florida, abortion rights supporters won a majority but failed to reach the 60% threshold required for passage. Supporters of Florida’s Amendment 4, which would have enshrined abortion rights in the state, react after the amendment’s defeat, during a watch party for the Yes On 4 campaign, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in…

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Democratic Maryland Senator-elect Angela Alsobrooks, left, cheers with her daughter during an election night watch party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel) By Aaron Morrison ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Voters for the first time elected two Black women to serve simultaneously in the Senate and sent an openly transgender lawmaker…

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Republican Pennsylvania Senate candidate Dave McCormick arrives before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed) By Marc Levy ASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania’s pivotal U.S. Senate seat, as the former CEO…

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For the second time in three election cycles, Americans chose a man with serious issues over a much more qualified woman. At some point, we have to figure out why. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech after the 2024 presidential election, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, on the campus of Howard University in Washington….

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Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker (center) speaks during the Mt. Airy press conference, flanked by Pa. House Speaker Joanna McClinton (left) and Philadelphia House Delegation Chairwoman Morgan Cephas (right). In the back row is actor Brian Tyree Henry, Pa. Democratic Leader Sharif Street ( standing behind Parker), and actresses Kerry Washington and Tessa Thompson. By Amy…

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Linda Chapman of Waterbury, left, a member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., talks with U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Conn. at a Souls to the Polls voting rally at Grace Baptist Church Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Waterbury, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) By Susan Haigh ASSOCIATED PRESS HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Rep. Jahana Hayes…

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This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, speaking at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, speaking at a campaign event at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP…

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