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Today — 8 November 2024Main stream

On the Ballot, Abortion Rights Proved More Popular Than Kamala Harris

8 November 2024 at 09:55
In states like Arizona and Nevada, some voters split their tickets, supporting abortion rights measures while also backing Donald Trump.

© Jon Cherry for The New York Times

Supporters celebrated in Phoenix on Tuesday after learning that Arizona voters had approved an abortion rights ballot measure.
Yesterday — 7 November 2024Main stream

Kamala Harris Took Women for Granted

7 November 2024 at 18:03
Apart from promising to safeguard abortion rights, the campaign didn’t do enough to address other issues important to women.

© Damon Winter/The New York Times

Kamala Harris Loses, and Many Wonder if a Woman Will Ever Be President

7 November 2024 at 07:07
After Kamala Harris became the second woman to lose a presidential election to Donald J. Trump, some women wondered if the glass ceiling would ever break.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Throughout her campaign, Vice President Kamala Harris tried to pivot away from questions about the historical significance of her candidacy to her desire to serve as a president for “all Americans.”
Before yesterdayMain stream

Trump Defeats Harris to Retake the Presidency

Plus, Republicans win control of the Senate.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

A winner was not declared before midnight, but even Donald Trump’s allies seemed shocked by the signs of his strength.

Arizona Voters Approve Abortion Rights Amendment

6 November 2024 at 16:39
Like those in other states, the Arizona measure essentially establishes abortion protections in the State Constitution as a “fundamental right.”

© Olivier Touron/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Signs at the Tucson, Ariz., headquarters of Arizona List, a group that supports female Democratic abortion rights advocates who are running for office.

Missouri Voters Pass Measure to Protect Abortion Rights and End Ban

6 November 2024 at 13:56
A ballot amendment enshrining reproductive rights in the State Constitution would void one of the strictest abortion bans in the country.

© Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, via Associated Press

Abortion rights supporters celebrate in September after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the amendment to protect abortion rights would stay on the November ballot.

Florida’s Abortion Rights Ballot Measure Fails, Keeping Six-Week Ban in Place

6 November 2024 at 11:19
The defeat is a political victory for Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, who had become the face of a well-funded opposition campaign.

© Zack Wittman for The New York Times

A rally against Amendment 4 in Ave Maria, Fla., last month. Florida currently bans most abortions after six weeks.
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