Locals react to 2024 General Election results
With the presidential election in the rear-view mirror, many are voicing their opinions on the results. WXXV News 25’s Lucas Warren spoke with local residents about their feelings on the 2024…
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Harris has called Trump to concede the 2024 presidential race
By Monica Alba, Yamiche Alcindor and Rebecca Shabad Vice President Kamala Harris has called Donald Trump to congratulate him on winning the 2024 presidential race, according to a senior Harris aide. Harris discussed the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president…
Donald Trump’s transition starts now. Here’s how it will work
By WILL WEISSERT Updated 9:35 AM CST, November 6, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump ‘s impending return to the White House means he’ll want to stand up an entirely new administration from the one that served under President Joe Biden. His team is…
Donald Trump wins presidential election
Former President Donald Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris and will become the 47th President of the United States. The Associated Press called the election Wednesday morning. With 270 Electoral…
Former President Donald Trump wins Mississippi
Former President Donald Trump wins Mississippi. The Associated Press called the race at 7 p.m. Mississippi is six electoral votes. The winner of the presidential election must reach 270 electoral votes. Trump received 52.9% percent of votes in Mississippi. Vice…
Harris and Trump are making a furious last-day push before Election Day
By BILL BARROW and JILL COLVIN Updated 9:45 AM CST, November 4, 2024 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a…
Trump will campaign in Wisconsin with Brett Favre
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will crisscross several swing states on Wednesday, passing each other in Wisconsin, where the former president is scheduled to appear in Green Bay with a onetime local icon, retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre. A longtime supporter of Trump…
Students host mock debate ahead of the presidential election
We are one week from the presidential election, the presidential debates made their way to the Gulf Coast. Students at Harper McCaughan Elementary School hosting a…
Trump and Harris offer new details about policies and strategy in dueling interviews
By STEVE PEOPLES, COLLEEN LONG and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Updated 2:21 PM CDT, October 16, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — As the presidential race moves into its final weeks, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump embarked on an interview blitz that offered new details about their policy priorities and…
Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump
By REBECCA SANTANA, ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, according to a new…
Man suspected in apparent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump charged with federal gun crimes
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump was charged Monday with federal gun crimes. Ryan Wesley Routh faces charges of possessing a firearm despite being a convicted felon and possessing…
FBI: Trump safe following "apparent assassination attempt" at Florida golf club
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, COLLEEN LONG, ERIC TUCKER, ZEKE MILLER and STEPHANY MATAT WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Donald Trump was the target Sunday of “what appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm…
Judge delays Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case until after the November presidential election.
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Updated 12:12 PM CDT, September 6, 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he…
The presidential campaigns brace for an intense sprint to Election Day
By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Updated 9:34 AM CDT, September 3, 2024 LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — After a summer of historic tumult, the path to the presidency for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump this fall is becoming much clearer. The Democratic vice president…
Gunman in Trump assassination attempt saw rally as ‘target of opportunity,’ FBI official says
By ERIC TUCKER Updated 2:22 PM CDT, August 28, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden, repeatedly looked up information about explosives and saw…
Trump indicted again in federal election interference case following the Supreme Court immunity ruling
By Ryan J. Reilly WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has once again been indicted for his efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, an effort which culminated in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A federal grand…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he's suspending his presidential bid and backing Donald Trump
By JONATHAN J. COOPER, ALI SWENSON and GABRIEL SANDOVAL Associated Press Robert F. Kennedy says he is suspending his independent presidential bid and is backing Donald Trump. Kennedy said Friday in Arizona that his internal polls had showed that his…
Donald Trump suggests Kamala Harris misled voters about her race
By MATT BROWN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Updated 3:48 PM CDT, July 31, 2024 CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago Wednesday in an interview that…
Acting Secret Service boss says he ‘cannot defend’ why roof in Trump rally shooting was not secured
BY ERIC TUCKER Updated 9:57 AM CDT, July 30, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting director of the Secret Service said Tuesday he “cannot defend” why the roof used by the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump…
Secret Service director steps down after assassination attempt against former President Trump at rally
By COLLEEN LONG The Associated Press The director of the Secret Service is stepping down from her job following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump that unleashed intensifying outcry about how the agency tasked with protecting current and…
Secret Service director, grilled by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt, says: ‘We failed’
BY ALANNA DURKIN RICHER AND FARNOUSH AMIRI Updated 10:25 AM CDT, July 22, 2024 WASHINGTON (AP) — The assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was the Secret Service’s “most significant operational failure” in decades, Director Kimberly Cheatle told lawmakers Monday as calls mounted for…
Donald Trump officially becomes the Republican nominee for president
Donald Trump has become the official Republican presidential nominee after receiving the votes of enough delegates at the Republican National Convention. Trump has been the presumptive nominee for months. But it was the vote of RNC delegates in Milwaukee that made…
Former President Donald Trump announces Vance as VP pick
Donald Trump says Ohio Sen. JD Vance will be his vice presidential pick. He said on his Truth Social Network that, “After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the…
Staff member for Representative Bennie Thompson dismissed following social media post
Representative Bennie Thompson has confirmed that case manager and field director Jacqueline Marsaw no longer works for his office. This comes after a controversial social media post was made on a Facebook account…