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(Reuters) -Voters approved most of the referendums expanding the right to abortion in U.S. states on Tuesday, while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota rejected such measures, giving anti-abortion advocates their first victories since the U.S. Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to the procedure in 2022. A proposal to amend Florida’s state constitution to guarantee …

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By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison is not expected to seek renomination when the party holds a leadership vote early next year, according to two sources familiar with his thinking. Harrison, who was criticized for strongly backing Joe Biden’s effort to stay in the 2024 race before he dropped out …

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(Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver a speech conceding defeat in the presidential election to Donald Trump at 6 p.m. (2300 GMT) on Wednesday, two sources told Reuters. (Reporting by Rami Ayyub; editing by Scott Malone)

By Jonathan Saul JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his supporters celebrated Donald Trump’s election as president, hailing what a leader of the Israeli settler movement called an ally who would support them “unconditionally”. Congratulating Republican Trump, Netanyahu said the former president had made “history’s greatest comeback”. “Your historic return to the White …

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(Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump was projected to defeat Democrat Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election early on Wednesday. Trump clinched the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, according to media outlets and data providers Edison Research and Decision Desk HQ. There are 538 Electoral College votes allotted to the 50 …

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(Reuters) -Abortion rights were on the ballot in 10 U.S. states in Tuesday’s election, including battleground states that play critical roles in the presidential race and the fight for control of Congress. The Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, had sought to build support for the ballot measures, which each propose amending the …

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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Democrat Josh Stein won the North Carolina governor’s race on Tuesday, Edison Research projected, defeating Republican Mark Robinson, whose candidacy imploded following a CNN report that he had called himself a “Black Nazi” and made other offensive remarks on a pornographic website. Robinson, the Southern state’s lieutenant governor, has denied the …

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By James Oliphant (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump was on the verge of a convincing win over Democrat Kamala Harris in the U.S. presidential election, avenging his own loss to President Joe Biden four years ago. How did Trump pull it off? He had the fortune of running when Americans were frustrated by high prices …

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