Politics

Republican Dave McCormick spoke to supporters in Pittsburgh Friday as he claimed victory in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race. NBC News had not yet declared that McCormick had defeated incumbent Democrat Bob Casey.

The win by incumbent Rep. Frank Burns is the final House race to be called in a year when none of the 203 districts are changing hands. It gave Democrats a 102-101 margin and dashed Republican hopes of returning to control after two years in the minority.

Trump’s improvement compared to 2020 was driven by broad gains in most places around the state. In Philadelphia, heavily Latino neighborhoods saw the biggest shifts.

Now that Donald Trump has won the presidency, questions turn to whether he’ll face federal prosecution for the current cases he has. NBC10’s Claudia Vargas details what cases are ongoing and what is likely to happen now that he is President-elect.

Pennsylvania’s Senate race is still too close to call. Senator Bob Casey, a Democrat, currently trails Republican Dave McCormick, but both campaigns express confidence. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the latest on the race.  

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The Federal Reserve approved its second consecutive interest rate cut Thursday.

Susie Wiles, the president-elect’s unassuming co-campaign chief, is seen as the frontrunner to become his White House chief of staff,

President-elect Donald Trump plans to impose a blanket tariff of up to 20% on imports and up to 60% or 100% on goods brought in from China.

The Biden Administration is making contingency plans for a possible surge in migrants ahead of the second Donald Trump presidency, according to two U.S. officials.

Speaking from the Rose Garden, Biden said the American people deserve a “peaceful and orderly” transfer of power, adding that “in a democracy, the will of the people always prevails.”

Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate contest between Democratic incumbent Bob Casey and Republican challenger David McCormick was still too close to call, according to NBC News. However, the Associated Press called the race for McCormick.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk poured at least $130 million into a pro-Trump campaign effort after an assassination attempt on the former president in July.