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Today — 8 November 2024Main stream

What a Second Trump Term Could Mean for Your Money

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By: Ron Lieber and Tara Siegel Bernard
8 November 2024 at 18:03
Here’s what the president-elect has said he might do with your taxes, student loans, Social Security and more.

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In Donald J. Trump’s first term as president, income tax rates fell for most people, but those tax cuts last only through the end of 2025.

Will Trump Have a New Opening to Repeal the ACA?

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By: Noah Weiland
8 November 2024 at 02:54
Even without congressional action, a second Trump administration will likely support major changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, affecting millions of Americans.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump may try to kill off the Affordable Care Act, which he wasn’t able to do in his first term.

Transgender Americans Voice New Anxiety About Trump Agenda

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By: Amy Harmon
8 November 2024 at 05:44
President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised to “keep men out of women’s sports” and withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender transition treatment to minors.

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For many transgender Americans, the experience of being invoked by political candidates as a symbol of absurdity or an object of disgust has taken a toll.

Voters to Elites: Do You See Me Now?

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By: David Brooks
7 November 2024 at 08:00
Donald Trump is a monstrous narcissist, but there’s something off about an educated class that looks in the mirror of society and sees only itself.

© Damon Winter/The New York Times

Yesterday — 7 November 2024Main stream

Trump’s 2nd-Term Agenda Could Transform Government and Foreign Affairs

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By: Peter Baker and Charlie Savage
7 November 2024 at 09:20
The president-elect could reshape government and may dramatically transform foreign and domestic policy in a second term.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Without establishment Republicans and military veterans surrounding him, President-elect Donald J. Trump could find it easier to move ahead with his plans, particularly if his party wins the House.

Trump’s Narrow Loss in New Jersey Signals a Shift to the Right

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By: Tracey Tully
7 November 2024 at 16:00
In New Jersey, Democrats outnumber Republicans and control every branch of government. But Tuesday’s vote reflected a shift to the right.

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Voters in Hoboken, N.J., on Tuesday. The number of voters who cast ballots for the Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, fell precipitously in 2024 compared with when President Biden ran in 2020.

Trump’s Support From Black and Latino Voters Gives Republicans New Hope

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By: Michael C. Bender， Katie Glueck， Ruth Igielnik and Jennifer Medina
7 November 2024 at 08:54
Donald J. Trump picked up support among Latino and Black working-class voters, giving the party hope for a new way to win in a diversifying nation.

© Jordan Gale for The New York Times

An election night watch party for President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday.

Why Harris’s Push for Democracy Didn’t Land With Voters

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By: Shawn Hubler
7 November 2024 at 05:28
In more than 200 interviews, voters worried not about an endangered country, but about paying rent.

© Scott McIntyre for The New York Times

Warnings that President-elect Donald J. Trump was a threat to the country’s principles mattered less than the more tangible issue of the economy.

An Emboldened G.O.P. Senate Majority Is Ready to Empower Trump

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By: Carl Hulse
7 November 2024 at 08:21
With a decisive margin in the Senate, Republicans, who have shown their willingness to accommodate the president-elect, will have the numbers to overcome divisions over his personnel and policies.

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Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the outgoing minority leader, speaking at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Republicans Make Early Inroads in Their Fight to Keep the House Majority

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By: Catie Edmondson
7 November 2024 at 03:41
Democrats picked up two seats in New York and defended others in Michigan and New Mexico, but Republican gains have narrowed their path, setting up a potential G.O.P. trifecta.

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“Republicans are poised to have unified government,” Speaker Mike Johnson predicted on Wednesday.

‘Trump’s America’: His Comeback Victory Signals a Different Kind of Country

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By: Peter Baker
6 November 2024 at 23:50
In the end, Donald J. Trump is not the historical aberration some thought he was, but instead a transformational force reshaping the modern United States in his own image.

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Donald J. Trump tapped into a sense among some voters that the country they knew was slipping away.

What’s at Stake for Mexico in a Second Trump Presidency?

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By: Simon Romero and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
6 November 2024 at 23:46
Tariffs, border crossings, mass deportations of migrants and military strikes on cartels: Mexico is in the firing line of the president-elect.

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Donald J. Trump talking about border security and migrant crime during a campaign stop in Austin, last month.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Sheehy Defeats Tester in Montana, Extending G.O.P.’s Senate Majority

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By: Carl Hulse
6 November 2024 at 19:33
Tim Sheehy, a wealthy Republican businessman, was dogged by controversies during the campaign. But Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat, could not outrun the demographic shift in his deep-red state.

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Tim Sheehy speaking to supporters at his watch party in Bozeman, Mont., on Wednesday.

How Trump Fought His Way Back to Power

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By: Matt Flegenheimer， Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
6 November 2024 at 18:47
After the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, even many Republicans believed the former president’s political career was over. He proved everyone wrong.

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Donald J. Trump in Grand Rapids, Mich., early on Tuesday morning after his final rally of the 2024 campaign.

10 Takeaways From Trump’s Win on Election Night 2024

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By: Reid J. Epstein
6 November 2024 at 19:18
America’s democracy will again be put to the test, and its government will veer sharply to the right. Kamala Harris and Democrats were dealt stunning defeats across the country.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Former President Donald J. Trump improved on his 2020 performance in states across the country as American voters shifted to the right in this year’s election.
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