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• Race Call: Donald Trump wins Nevada and its 6 votes

  The president-elect has flipped the swing state of Nevada and taken home its six Electoral College votes – the first time a Republican has won the Silver State since 2004 – AP projects.

• Famous White House chef Andre Rush calls on Trump to ditch burgers in 2nd term

  Donald Trump has been urged to bin the burgers ahead of his second term in the White House by his famous former chef.

  Washington‘s top chef Andre Rush has given the Republican some special tips to stay in great shape with the president-elect set to become the oldest ever leader of the US.

  Trump is known as a big foodie and has regularly been spotted tucking into chicken nuggets or take-away burgers before washing it all down with a diet Coke.

  Rush, who cooked for Trump in his first presidential reign, told TMZ: “The president-elect has a history with his food. Everybody is talking about his food.”

  The chef says when he used to plate up dishes for the former and now incoming US leader it would often be burgers, tacos or meatloaf.

  With Trump, aged 70 at the time, having a number of often unhealthy eating habits due to his hectic schedule.

  Rush fears that with another four years passing and Trump continuing to stay active he will have to improve his diet.

  He said: “He’s 78 years old so his food habits should change. I’m not saying they are going to change but back in the day he was always on the run.

  “Not eating for like 16/17 hours a day, never ate breakfast much, wasn’t a lunch guy really.

  “His main meal was dinner but now you’ve got to think that that was back then.

  “Now it’s up to the chefs to understand and also kinda manipulate to try and get him to eat more healthy.”

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• Infighting Democrats raging after Harris spent $10million-a-day…and STILL lost

  Dejected Democrats have been at each other’s throats over Kamala Harris’ star-studded election campaign that spent nearly $10 million every day only to face a crushing defeat.

  Top Dems are now drawing their daggers out as they blame each other in private for the party’s disastrous results.

  A decisive win by Donald Trump and his Republican campaign has sent shockwaves across the the Democratic party, leaving members in a complete meltdown.

  One faction of the party that campaigned for Biden is now blaming Harris and her team for the loss.

  A former Biden staffer slammed Harris saying: “”How did [Harris] spend $1 billion and not win? What the f***?”

  Meanwhile, Harris’ team launched attacks on Biden’s team that previously campaigned for him before he dropped out of the presidential race earlier this year.

  One person involved with Harris’ team told Axios: “The 107-day Harris campaign was nearly flawless. The Biden campaign that preceded it was the opposite.”

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• Republican House Speaker vows to ‘secure border’ as Trump closes in on clean sweep victory

  House Speaker Mike Johnson has declared that his newly elected party plans on delivering change “on day one” of the Republican reign.

  Johnson said all Republicans are “prepared to deliver” the mandate given by the American people following the resounding election win.

  In a confident post on X, Johnson said: “With Republicans in control, we will secure the border, grow our economy, restore American energy dominance, and end the radical woke agenda.”

  It comes as Donald Trump is on the verge of winning The House after his party flipped the race to win the Senate.

  Republicans are edging closer to dominating the House each day as more votes from the various counties continue to be declared.

  A final result is expected to come in the next few days.

  Trump is also on track to bag the popular vote – in what would be a Republican first for over 20 years – and secure a historic election clean sweep.

• Donald Trump reacts to Iranian assassination plot

  President-elect Donald Trump is aware of the thwarted assassination attempt on his life, his communications director Steven Cheung said.

  “President-elect Trump is aware of the attempted assassination plot by the Iranian terrorist regime.

  “Nothing will deter President Trump from returning to the White House and restoring peace around the world.”

  The Department of Justice revealed that they had unsealed federal charges against an Iranian official in connection with a foiled plot to kill Trump just days before the election.

  Two hitmen have now been arrested and charged in connection with the plot which was placed in the hands of a the contract killers in late September, according to a criminal complaint.

  

• Watch Tim Walz speak for the first time since the stunning Democrat election defeat

  Tim Walz Makes His Concession Speech About Donuts

• Melania Trump’s nude pics shown on Russian TV to celebrate Donald’s re-election

  A Russian news outlet has sparked outrage after airing Melania Trump’s nude photographs on live television.

  The disparaging display was aired on 60 Minutes on the Russia-1 network, the country’s most-watched television channel, showing pictures of Melania from a photo shoot with GQ in 2000.

  They claimed it was a tribute to her husband, Donald Trump, winning the 2024 election.

  As the news reporter then went on to describe each image in detail, saying: “The future first lady lies on top of furs in a negligee.

  “Inside the magazine, Melania’s sexy photos near a private airplane and aboard a plane.”

  The nude photos of Melania were taken in 2000 onboard Trump’s Boeing 727, the predecessor to Trump Force One.

  The segment ends with clips of Trump and Melania embracing with a kiss on the cheek with the President-elect’s signature campaign song, Y.M.C.A. by the Village People, playing in the background.

  

• Donald Trump speaks with Palestinian president

  Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas has congratulated Donald Trump on his seismic election win, say the official Palestinian news agency.

  Abbas phoned up the US President-elect and said he looks forward to working together to achieve a “just and comprehensive” peace in the Middle East.

  In July, Trump called for Israel to end its conflict with Hamas and demanded the release of hostages held in Gaza.

  But despite Trump vowing to help the conflict, his re-election is widely regarded as a major win for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

  

• Tim Walz thanks Kamala Harris and his supporters

  Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz has thanked his loyal fans as he addresses the landslide election loss to Donald Trump.

  He congratulated a “powerful and joyful” Harris and praised all of his staff in Minnesota who helped him on the election campaign.

  A spirited Walz said it has been “hard to lose” as he joked around with his supporters and told them to keep believing despite the Democratic bloodbath.

  He also vowed to continue to stand up and fight for the people of Minnesota.

  Walz directly mentioned protecting woman’s rights, allowing in immigrants and respecting democracy.

  “Minnesota will always be a labour state,” he added.

  As he wrapped up the emotional speech, Walz also said despite over a million people in the state voting for Trump they will all still be respected and treated as “neighbours”.

  He encouraged the crowd to follow a similar path to “move forward as one Minnesota”.

  

• Tim Walz is speaking in Minnesota following election defeat

  

• Kamala Harris is a ‘remarkable leader’ – Gwen Walz

  Tim Walz’s wife Gwen has taken to the stage in Minnesota to thank everything who supported her and Tim despite their landslide election loss.

  An emotional Gwen opened up as she praised Kamala Harris as a “remarkable leader” and said she would have been a “remarkable president”.

  She acknowledged the election loss but said: “Now more than ever the important work continues.”

  Her powerful speech continued with Gwen saying “we cannot and we will not give up this fight”.

  She then riled up the crowd as they started to clap a passionate Gwen.

  Tim Walz is due to begin speaking in front on his loyal supporters in a few moments time.

• Tim Walz due to speak following landslide election defeat

  Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz is due to talk to the press for the first time since the Democrats failed to hold onto the White House.

  Donald Trump dominated the polls and left Harris, Walz and many Leftists in a state of shock on election night as he took all of the swing states and romped to victory.

  Walz was seen earlier this week watching Harris give her concession speech as the Minnesota Governor came close to tears.

  He is expected on stage within minutes.

• Man arrested after trying to trespass into Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home

  A California man has been arrested for trying to trespass onto President-elect Donald Trump’s Palm Beach house.

  Zijie Li, 39, has been arrested several times in the past for trying to enter into the Mar-a-Lago resort and allegedly speak with Trunp.

  He has now been charged with trespassing after a warning.

  According to an arrest report, Li was given a stern deterrent by cops back on July 19.

  Then again on October 30, he was caught trying to enter Mar-a-Lago before being released on bond.

  Part of his conditions stated he had to stay 500ft away from Trump and Mar-a-Lago at all times.

  He soon breached the bond agreement as he was again arrested on Thursday after arriving at a Mar-a-Lago checkpoint in the passenger seat of another car.

  Li arrived in court on Friday for a hearing.

  

• US Senator hopes Trump will deport ‘every single’ illegal immigrant

  Indiana GOP Senator-elect Jim Banks hopes Donald Trump will be able to deport all undocumented immigrants who came to the US under Joe Biden.

  The outspoken political figure told CNN: “It’s my hope that we deport every single one of them that we can.

  “It starts with deporting violent criminals who are in the United States who came here illegally who have committed violent crimes.

  “And I think once you do that, President Trump is committed to making that his first and top priority when it comes to mass deportation.”

  Trump said yesterday that “there is no price tag” when it comes to mass deportations.

• Trump set to fill in more White House positions today

  President-elect Donald Trump is expected to make more decisions on his top team as he gears up for his White House return.

  Team Trump are believed to working to fill in vacancies, two sources close to Washington told CNN.

  They added that some critical positions could be announced as early as today.

  Trump has already announced his campaign co-manager Susie Wiles as his new White House chief of staff.

• Iranian ‘murder-for-hire plot to assassinate Donald Trump’ thwarted

  The Department of Justice has unsealed federal charges against an Iranian official in connection with a thwarted plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump.

  The alleged assassination plot against Trump was placed in the hands of a hitman in late September with plans to take out the president-elect before the November 5 election, according to a criminal complaint.

  An unnamed official with Iran‘s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard contacted the man, identified as Farhad Shakeri, in December 2023.

  The conversation saw the pair speak on arranging a plan to assassinate a US citizen, US federal officials said.

  The American was of Iranian origin, but resided in Brooklyn and was outspoken about the regime.

  Shakeri, a career criminal who previously served 14 years in a US prison for a robbery conviction, allegedly used his criminal network to tap two New York City residents to conduct surveillance and assassination operations on behalf of the Iranian government.

  Read more here

  

• Musk joins Trump’s call with Zelensky

  Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was joined by Elon Musk, two sources with knowledge of the call told Axios.

  It goes on to show the potential rise of Elon Musk in the world of politics, and how influential he could become in Trump’s second administration, where the Tesla Boss has been offered a seat.

  Experts previously told The Sun how Musk could be looking to capitalise on Trump’s win after splashing almost $120million into his campaign to help him win.

  Not only has he become a mega-donor for the Republican nominee, pumping millions of dollars into the GOP campaign, but also a social media strategist and a PR expert who has been working to promote Trump’s MAGA agenda.

  But this unlikely bromance could be a stepping stone for Musk, 53, to become the most powerful person on the planet.

  Read about the story here.

  

  

• An Israeli settlement named after Trump

  Israelis branded a remote settlement in the Golan Heights as Trump Heights to thank the former president for recognising Israel’s control of the Golan.

  During his first presidency, Trump was the first foreign leader to do so after Israel seized the area from Syria in the 1967 Mideast war.

  Trump’s election has inspired hope in the community that it will attract more members and also more funding for security improvements.

  Locals are hoping that Donald Trump’s return to the US presidency will breathe new life into this tiny settlement.

  Trump Heights is only about seven miles from Lebanon and Syria.

  Alerts for incoming fire give residents about 30 seconds’ head start to get to a bomb shelter.

  

  

  

• Trump slams rumors about selling media company shares, calls them false

  Donald Trump said on Friday he will not sell his shares in the company that owns his Truth Social platform.

  Addressing the rumors that he is interested in selling the shares, Trump wrote: “There are fake, untrue, and probably illegal rumors and/or statements made by, perhaps, market manipulators or short sellers, that I am interested in selling shares of Truth.

  “I have no intention of selling [the shares] an these statements are false.

  “I hereby request that the people who have set off these fake rumors or statements, and who may have done so in the past, be immediately investigated by the appropriate authorities.”

  Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group surged as much as 30 per cent after the comments he made today on Truth.

  Trump owns about 57 per cent of Trump Media, which saw its shares fall sharply after his one and only televised debate with Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris.

  Rumors that Trump will cash his shares out began circulating around the internet after the company’s share prices surged today following key events in the election.

• Could Trump help in sending people to Mars?

  Donald Trump’s right-hand man Elon Musk has been desperate to send people to Mars on his Starship rocket, and the new President-elect could help him with that, experts claim.

  Musk has been a key figure in Trump’s attempt at a second White House term, with the tech billionaire joining the presidential nominee at several campaign stops before November 5.

  The X owner, who voiced his support for Trump’s candidacy following the July 13 attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania, has also invested over $119 million in his super PAC backing the former president.

  Now a space expert claims a “more realistic Mars plan” is to be created “at a minimum” under Trump who will set the red planet “as an objective”.

  SpaceX, Musk and the Trump campaign are yet to comment on this and a NASA spokeswoman said it “wouldn’t be appropriate to speculate on any changes with the new administration.” 

  

• Watch BTS footage inside Trump’s victorious election campaign

  Here is a rare inside look at the dramatic campaign that made Trump the 47th president of the US.

  With a bottle of Coke in his hands and some golden chicken nuggets kept near his table to munch on, Trump can be seen carefully listening to Harris’ speech with his entire team.

  Sitting around a giant table, his team members can be seen taking notes as they prepare for fightback at the next election rally.

  Watch unprecedented behind-the-scenes vid from winning Trump campaign as Don sips Coke & dictates fiery posts on Harris

• Almost half of the young voters in the US backed Trump for the presidency

  A substantial swift was seen in the voting trends this year with almost half of the young voters leaning to the Right to support Trump as their presidential candidate.

  Among voters aged between 18 to 29, Trump increased his share of the vote to 46 per cent, up from 36 per cent in the last election,  according to AP VoteCast.

  Meanwhile, an increase in the vote share also came from young Latino men and black male voters who supported the Democratic party in the previous elections.

  Before the elections, an expert pollster told The Sun how pro-Democratic Black Americans would ditch their support for Kamala Harris and vote for Donald Trump because of issues like the economy.

  According to an NAACP poll, over one-quarter of younger Black men say they would support Republican candidate Donald Trump in this year’s U.S. presidential election (survey done before the elections).

• Madonna ‘stuffs her face’ with ‘f*** Trump’ cake

  Queen of pop Madonna said on Instagram that she “stuffed her face with cake” after Trump’s crushing victory in the election.

  She wrote: “This one is for the ladies if [you’re] feeling blue. Don’t give up hope.”

  In a separate post, she added: “Trying to get my head around why a convicted felon, rapist, bigot was chosen to lead our country.”

  

  

• Trump’s return to White House will not change Russian war goals – Kremlin

  Vladimir Putin is ready to speak to Trump about Ukraine but that does not mean the Russian is willing to alter war goals, the Kremlin said today in a statement.

  Putin’s microphone Dmitry Peskov said that Russia’s demands in Ukraine remain unchanged.

  On Thursday, Putin congratulated “real man” Donald Trump after the Republican’s seismic election win.

  The 72-year-old dictator said: “I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his election as president of the United States of America.”

  He commended the future American leader for his bravery in light of the near-death experience.

  They are his first comments on the US election since Trump was announced as the victor as she swept aside Kamala Harris at the polls.

  

• Donald Trump makes historical first White House appointment

  Trump has named Republican presidential campaign boss Susie Wiles as White House chief-of-staff.

  Wiles will become the first-ever woman to hold the highly-powerful and influential position in American history.

  She is known for her excellent and courageous role as Donald Trump‘s campaign manager in his successful 2024 election run.

  The senior advisor to Trump masterminded many of his pivotal moments from the campaign – and helped him dominate against the Democrats when America took to the polls.

  She was among the list of people Trump first thanked before his win was even officially announced.

  He said: “Susie likes to stay in the back, let me tell you … We call her the ice maiden.”

  Wiles’ appointment was the first of what is expected to be a flurry of staffing announcements as Trump prepares for a return to the White House on January 20.

  The weeks between now and January 20, when Trump settles inside the White House, will be crucial for crafting his administration staff.

  Some 4,000 government positions need to be filled – including a slew of top cabinet roles and the next secretary of state.

  Read who else could be a part of the Trump 2.0 administration.