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Black voters nary longer ballot successful a block, erstwhile Obama authoritative says

Jeh Johnson, erstwhile caput of Homeland Security (DHS).

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Trump's decisive statesmanlike triumph indicates that Black voters nary longer ballot successful a block," said Jeh Johnson, erstwhile Homeland Security Secretary successful the Obama Administration.

"We person travel to judge implicit generations that antithetic demographic groups ballot arsenic a artifact due to the fact that for truthful often, for truthful long, the achromatic ballot successful this state voted successful a block," Johnson said connected MSNBC. "90% for Democrats from Johnson each the mode to Obama and that is conscionable not existent anymore."

The comments travel aft Trump managed to interruption barriers crossed a wide scope of demographics successful his triumph implicit Harris, winning implicit Black and Latino voters that erstwhile would person voted blue.

"As antithetic demographic groups go further integrated into our nine they commencement caring astir each of the different issues that everyone other does, whether it's the economy, crime, whether its borderline security," said Johnson.

-- Gabrielle Fonrouge

Dow futures rally 1,300 points aft Trump win

Stock futures soared arsenic traders cheered Donald Trump's triumph implicit Vice President Kamala Harris.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 1,335 points, oregon 3.2%. S&P 500 futures surged 2.3%, portion Nasdaq-100 futures precocious 1.7%.

— Fred Imbert

Trump remakes Republican enactment into enactment of moving class, elder advisor says

Senior Adviser Jason Miller, is seen extracurricular the courtroom arsenic Republican statesmanlike candidate, erstwhile U.S. President Donald Trump attends his transgression proceedings astatine the New York State Supreme Court successful New York, New York, Thursday, May, 2, 2024. 

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Trump elder advisor Jason Miller says the incoming president "has wholly remade the Republican Party to beryllium the enactment of the moving class" pursuing his decisive victory.

"This isn't the Republican Party of old. President Trump has wholly remade the Republican Party to beryllium the enactment of the moving class," Miller said successful an interrogation with NBC's Savannah Guthrie. "You deliberation astir the teamsters, the national workers, the folks who privation to support the car industry, but you deliberation astir achromatic voters, Latino voters, deliberation astir the Arab American voters successful Michigan who rallied astir President Trump, his triumph is already starting to amusement however helium tin bring that together."

--Gabrielle Fonrouge

Tim Sheehy unseats Sen. Jon Tester successful Montana Senate election, NBC News projects

Senator Jon Tester questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee proceeding titled “The Financial Stability Oversight Council Annual Report to Congress,” successful Dirksen Senate Office Building successful Washington, D.C.,U.S., May 10, 2022. 

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Republican nominee Tim Sheehy defeated incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester successful the contention for Montana's Senate seat, NBC News projects.

Sheehy, a businessman and erstwhile Navy SEAL, focused his run connected the economy, borderline information and weapon rights. Tester, a husbandman who's had 3 presumption successful the Senate, faced a pugnacious roadworthy to triumph up of the race.

-- Gabrielle Fonrouge

Oil prices suffer crushed aft Trump victory

An lipid pump jack is shown successful a tract connected June 28, 2024 successful Nolan, Texas. 

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Oil prices retreated connected Wednesday, aft Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris to clinch enactment of the White House.

The Ice Brent contract with January transportation was trading astatine $74.52 per tube astatine 12:10 p.m. London time, down 1.34%. The front-month December declaration mislaid 1.38% to $71 per barrel.

Donald Trump's predetermination could interaction the proviso of the world's largest crude producer, arsenic the Republican person has antecedently endorsed policies pledging to afloat unleash America's lipid and state production. The further proviso would exacerbate a representation of already anemic demand.

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Scholz says Germany and the U.S. volition proceed to enactment to beforehand 'prosperity and freedom'

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the European Political Community (EPC) acme astatine the Blenheim Palace successful Woodstock, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom connected July 18, 2024. 

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz extended his congratulations to Donald Trump, aft the erstwhile U.S. president claimed triumph successful the latest predetermination to clinch enactment of the White House.

"For a agelong time, Germany and the US person been moving unneurotic successfully promoting prosperity and state connected some sides of the Atlantic. We volition proceed to bash truthful for the wellbeing of our citizens," Scholz said on societal media level X.

Europe's largest system counted the U.S. arsenic its largest trading spouse successful the archetypal fractional of this year, according to Reuters. The 2 countries are besides adjacent allies successful the NATO subject coalition.

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Russia's Putin truthful acold soundless connected U.S. election

Kremlin person Vladimir Putin has truthful acold kept soundless connected the latest effect of the U.S. election.

"I americium not alert of the president's plans to congratulate Trump connected his election," Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters Wednesday, according to Google-translated comments from state quality bureau Tass.

"Let's not hide that we are talking astir an unfriendly state that is straight and indirectly progressive successful a warfare against our state," helium added.

US President Donald Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin connected the archetypal time of the G20 acme successful Osaka, Japan connected June 28, 2019.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump appeared to bask cordial relations during the latter's U.S. 2017-2021 presidency. The narration was mired successful contention aft allegations of collusion betwixt Trump's past statesmanlike run squad and Russia, which was accused of meddling successful the 2016 election.

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Netanyahu welcomes 'huge victory'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his congratulations to some Donald and Melania Trump.

"Congratulations connected history's top comeback! Your historical instrumentality to the White House offers a caller opening for America and a almighty recommitment to the large confederation betwixt Israel and America," Netanyahu said.

"This is simply a immense victory!" helium added.

Israel is simply a adjacent U.S. state successful the Middle East and has benefitted from subject assistance from Washington during its struggle with Palestinian militant radical Hamas and different Iranian proxies, including neighbour Lebanon's Hezbollah.

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