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Pa. Senate contest heads toward recount, and possibly litigation
The U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania between Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and Republican David McCormick is headed for a statewide recount, as counties continued Wednesday to sort through outstanding ballots and the campaigns jousted over which ones should count. A noon deadline passed Wednesday for Casey to waive his right to a statewide recount and Secretary of State Al...
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Republicans made substantial gains in state legislative battlegrounds
Republicans ended up flipping, maintaining control of, or expanding their majority in nearly all of the state legislative chambers across the country where partisan control was up for grabs on Election Day.
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Trump to nominate his criminal defense lawyer for deputy attorney general
The president-elect said he’d chosen Todd Blanche, who represented him in his criminal trial this year, for the No. 2 job at the Justice Department.
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Trump chooses former Rep. Doug Collins to run Veterans Affairs
Doug Collins, a former congressman from Georgia, is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Republicans earn major win in Northeast Philly as Joe Picozzi flips state Senate seat
Republicans earned a major win in Northeast Philadelphia as Joe Picozzi flipped a state senate seat. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk speaks with State Senator-Elect Picozzi as well as Northeast Philly residents.
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Automatic recount triggered in race for Senate in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Commonwealth announced that all ballots must be recounted in the race for Senate between Dave McCormick and Bob Casey. NBC10 political reporter Lauren Mayk has the latest.
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Elon Musk's new ‘department' seeks ‘super high-IQ' staff for unpaid jobs
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s new commission to slash government spending began soliciting applications for staff jobs Thursday, saying it wants to hire “revolutionaries” who score highly on IQ tests.
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Trump picks RFK Jr., anti-vaccine activist, for Health and Human Services secretary
President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist who dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Trump, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Judge rules Krasner had no proof Musk's voter sweepstakes was an ‘illegal lottery'
A judge determined that Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner’s push to stop Elon Musk’s voter sweepstakes did not work because he failed to show it was an illegal lottery. Musk’s attorneys argued the giveaway was not a lottery, rather a salary people earned to be a spokesperson for Trump supporters.
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Dave McCormick and Bob Casey respond to Pa. Senate race recount decision
The U.S. Senate race between Bob Casey and Dave McCormick in Pa. is neck and neck. The close outcome automatically triggered a law that requires a recount. The candidates are about 29,000 votes apart with Senator McCormick in the lead. Both candidates reacted to the news of the recount.
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Is your provisional ballot under review or challenged? Get your vote in Philly to count
Is your provisional ballot under review or being challenged? Philadelphia voters can meet with City Commissioners on Friday, Nov. 15 to provide testimony and get their vote to count.
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Trump's pick for defense secretary wants to purge the Pentagon of ‘woke' officials
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, said he believes women shouldn’t serve in combat and that he wants to see the military purged of “woke” officials who support diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.
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Philly DA failed to show that Elon Musk's voter sweepstakes was illegal: Judge
A Philadelphia judge said the $1 million voter sweepstakes linked to Elon Musk was allowed to continue through Election Day because prosecutors failed to show that it was an illegal lottery.
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Automatic recount of Pa. votes to begin in race for Senate between Casey, McCormick
The race between Senator Bob Casey and Dave McCormick takes another turn as an automatic recount of all Pennsylvania votes is called.
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Pres. Biden welcomes President-elect Trump to the White House to discuss transition plans
President-elect Donald Trump made a return to the White House on Wednesday to meet with President Joe Biden to discuss his transition. Trump is also in the process of building his administration as Republicans will control the House and the Senate. NBC10 political reporter Lauren Mayk reports.
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Having trouble keeping track of all of Trump's appointments? Here's a quick guide
Since his election last week, President-elect Donald Trump has announced over a dozen appointments to key cabinet positions and other high-profile posts in his administration. Each day has brought new announcements.
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5 things to know about Tulsi Gabbard
Here are five things to know about Tulsi Gabbard, an American politician and U.S. Army Reserve officer.
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Trump picks ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic member of Congress and presidential candidate, to serve as director of national intelligence, continuing to stock his Cabinet with loyal personalities complimentary to his own, rather than long-term professionals in their requisite fields.
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Republicans win the House, NBC News projects, as Trump's party takes full control of Washington
Republicans will maintain control of the House of Representatives by the thinnest of margins, NBC News projected Wednesday, handing President-elect Donald Trump and his party all the levers of power in Washington.
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5 things to know about John Thune
Here are 5 things to know about South Dakota Sen. John Thune.