Trump formally secures Electoral College win as his nominees push for Senate support: Live updates
Robert F Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard head to Capitol Hill to drum up support ahead of confirmation hearings
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump has formally won the Electoral College and the presidency after Texas’ electors handed him the state’s 40 electoral votes Tuesday.
After Trump’s election win on November 5, his victory was formalized Tuesday as presidential electors gathered across the U.S.
It takes 270 electoral votes to win the Electoral College — Trump won 312 last month to Vice President Kamala Harris’s 226.
Thirteen of the electors are Republicans who took part in the fake electors plot in 2020, and some of them face criminal charges.
This comes as Trump’s choices for his cabinet headed to Capitol Hill to meet with senators ahead of their confirmation hearings. HHS secretary nominee Robert F Kennedy Jr. and the nominee to serve as the director of national intelligence, former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, went to the hill Tuesday to drum up support for their respective nominations.
Meanwhile, Trump has lost his latest bid to throw out his New York hush money conviction, with the judge overseeing the case rejecting his attorneys’ conjecture that he is protected by “presidential immunity”.
The president-elect appears likely to enter the White House as a convicted felon, though it remains unclear when, or if, the justice will continue to postpone a sentencing date.
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Former Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi called the settlement an “awful precedent” and a “huge sellout.”
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ICYMI: Shocking moment Trump adviser collapses on stage at Young Republicans event
Donald Trump’s campaign adviser Alex Bruesewitz collapsed on stage while speaking at a GOP black tie event.
The 27-year-old strategist, who was tasked with helping the Trump campaign court young voters during the 2024 election campaign, was introducing incoming White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino at the 112th New York Young Republicans Club Gala at the Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan on Sunday evening.
Shocking footage shows Bruesewitz speaking at the podium before he begins to slur and stare blankly at the sea of Republicans sporting tuxedos, ballgowns and red MAGA hats.
James Liddell reports.
Shocking moment Trump adviser collapses on stage at Young Republicans event
Alex Bruesewitz ‘fainted’ mid-speech while introducing Dan Scavino to the stage at the New York Young Republicans Club Gala
Trump wants immigrants gone but has hired more than ever before this year
President-elect Donald Trump has made it clear that he wants to crack down hard on immigration once he’s in office. But his own businesses keep employing foreign guest workers - hiring more of them this year than any other year on record, CNN reported.
Forbes first reported that Trump hired more foreign workers than ever before in 2024.
Firms connected to some of Trump’s top supporters and choices to serve in his administration have also hired foreign guest workers this year.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
Trump wants immigrants gone. He’s keeps hiring them for his businesses
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