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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.

Trump’s Strange Bedfellows: Arab Americans and Right-Leaning Jews

8 November 2024 at 09:59
Donald J. Trump won votes from Arab Americans and conservative pro-Israel Jews. Someone is likely to be disappointed.

© Nick Hagen for The New York Times

Voting in Dearborn, Mich., on Tuesday. President-elect Donald J. Trump increased his support in the majority Arab American city by 12 percentage points over 2020, though turnout may have been lower.

What’s Next for Kamala Harris? Here Are Six Options.

Her friends, aides and political allies say it’s too soon for her to even contemplate her next career move. But the speculation has already begun.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Vice President Kamala Harris will leave office in January at 60 years old, with an uncertain political future but plenty of options.

Harris’s Short 2024 Campaign Was Her Undoing — and Biden’s Fault

8 November 2024 at 08:08
By seeking re-election, Biden deprived Harris of months of campaigning that might have helped her.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

President Biden’s decision to seek a second term effectively cleared the field of Democratic challengers.

Voters to Elites: Do You See Me Now?

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

Democrats Had a Theory of the Election. They Were Wrong.

Two columnists argue that the left neglected to hear what Americans were telling them over the past four years.

© Illustration by The New York Times; photograph by RobinOlimb/Getty

After Harris’s Election Loss, Devastated Democrats Play the Blame Game

In interviews, lawmakers and strategists tried to explain Kamala Harris’s defeat, pointing to misinformation, the Gaza war, a toxic Democratic brand and the party’s approach to transgender issues.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Vice President Kamala Harris performed worse than President Biden did four years ago across the country, in cities, suburbs and rural towns.
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

How Trump Won, and How Harris Lost, the 2024 Presidential Election

He made one essential bet: that his grievances would become the grievances of the MAGA movement, and then the G.O.P., and then more than half the country. It paid off.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Donald J. Trump successfully harnessed the anger and frustration millions of Americans felt about some of the very institutions and systems he will now control as the country’s 47th president.

How Trump Won, and How Harris Lost

He made one essential bet: that his grievances would become the grievances of the MAGA movement, and then the G.O.P., and then more than half the country. It paid off.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Donald J. Trump successfully harnessed the anger and frustration millions of Americans felt about some of the very institutions and systems he will now control as the country’s 47th president.

For Black Women, ‘America Has Revealed to Us Her True Self’

7 November 2024 at 18:03
Kamala Harris’s resounding defeat affirmed the worst of what many Black women believed about their country, even as some looked to the future with a wary determination.

© Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times

Vice President Kamala Harris held her election-night party at Howard University, the historically Black institution in Washington she once attended. The mood quickly grew bleak as results arrived.

Democratic Voters Are Exhausted After This Election. What Happens Next?

Many who became activists during the first Trump administration are questioning if they can summon the strength to do it all over again.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Kamala Harris’s supporters at an election night party on Tuesday at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Kamala Harris Wears a Dark Suit and Weary Smile in Concession Speech

7 November 2024 at 09:21
In her concession speech, Kamala Harris offered an image for a long fight.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Kamala Harris at Howard University, where she delivered her concession speech on Wednesday. She wore a pantsuit in a muddy burgundy.

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

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.

Gulf States See Trump as Ally They Can Do Business With

7 November 2024 at 18:03
The Gulf region is looking to the next U.S. administration for help in ending the Mideast war and firm cooperation on security and economic interests.

© Stephen Crowley/The New York Times

During his first term as President, Donald J. Trump made his first overseas trip to Saudi Arabia, signaling the importance he placed on the relationship.
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