Election 2024 dwell updates: Trump wins Arizona to finish beautiful clear sweep of all swing states

The battleground state of Arizona was called for Donald Trump just before 9.30pm on Saturday, making it the last to be called in the 2024 election and completing a clean sweep of seven swing states for the Republican.

The projected victory is a feather in Trump’s cap as it means he won all seven swing states over Vice President Kamala Harris and flipped the state red after narrowly losing Arizona to Biden in 2020.

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Nearly two decades after those prisoners arrived at Guantánamo, a new lawsuit could reveal more about what went on inside, and whether it was under the full “operational control” of the CIA.

Josh Marcus reports:

Hours before Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her concession speech, two Christian protestors disrupted a Texas university campus with signs that branded women “property” and used homophobic slurs.

The incident at Texas State University at San Marcos united students on both sides of the political aisle in anger as the men paraded around for an hour before being escorted off the property.

Eva De Arment, a 19-year-old sophomore, was in the university’s English building waiting for class to start when she saw Snapchat images of the signs, including one that listed “women” and “slaves” alongside cars as “property.”

Scholars say sexism, racism and misogyny helped Trump score a historic second term. The Independent has emailed the Trump campaign for comment. De Arment is now worried she’ll be exposed to more of the sexist rhetoric she heard on campus this week.

“I do believe that there is a nuance that the election made them comfortable enough to come onto a campus with signs like that,” she said. “I am afraid.”

Donald Trump clinched Arizona, the final state to be called in the 2024 race, on Saturday evening, according to AP Decision Desk.

Votes are still being counted in the swing state, but 87 per cent have been tallied already, enough to make the call.

Trump won racked up 1,574,244 votes — 52.6 per cent — compared to Harris’ 1,389,309 votes — 46.4 per cent of the vote.

The president-elect’s victory in the state comes four years after he narrowly lost Arizona to Biden — and means he swept all seven swing states.

Arizona’s 11 electoral votes brings Trump to a final total to 312 electoral votes compared to Harris’ 226.

The president-elect announced on Saturday that his inaugural committee will be chaired by Florida real estate investor Steven Witkoff and former Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler.

He described the pair as “longtime friends and supporters.”

“On Election Night, we made history and I have the extraordinary honor of having been elected the 47th President of the United States thanks to tens millions of hardworking Americans across the nation who supported our America First agenda. The Trump Vance Inaugural Committee will honor this magnificent victory in a celebration of the American People and our nation,” Trump said in a statement.

“This will be the kick-off to my administration, which will deliver on bold promises to Make America Great Again. Together, we will celebrate this moment, steeped on history and tradition, and then get to work to achieve the most incredible future for our people, restoring strength, success, and common sense to the Oval Office.”

For a 2,300-year-old theory, it’s aged remarkably well. Pretty much all modern psychotherapy is predicated on the premise that what happens in infancy and the relationship we have with our primary caregiver/s is fundamental to what we’re like (and the issues we’ll struggle with) later in life. And, arguably, his words could be just as relevant when it comes to what has been dubbed the “male loneliness epidemic”. The way we bring up boys seems to create lonely men; the negative consequences of this are being felt throughout society.

Helen Coffey writes:

Donald Trump has announced just one Cabinet member as his transition to the White House is underway.

He tapped Susie Wiles, his campaign manager, to serve as chief of staff, making her the first woman with the title.

But now, he has named two former Cabinet members who will not be returning to his administration.

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“Back to where it all began only a few months ago. My eternal gratitude to everyone who showed up. We love her so much,” Meena Harris wrote.

The vice president is pictured laughing, with her hair pulled back into a bun wearing a Howard University-emblazoned sweatshirt, as she plays Connect Four game with her two great-nieces.

Former Fox News host and Trump ally Tucker Carlson claimed Senate Republicans are staging “a coup” against Donald Trump as three Senators vie to replace Mitch McConnell.

Republicans reclaimed control of the Senate on Tuesday night, leaving the door open for someone to replace McConnell, the chamber’s longest-serving party leader, who plans to step down at year’s end.

At least three Republicans are vying for the top spot — John Cornyn of Texas, Rick Scott of Florida, and John Thune of South Dakota who serves as the Senate minority whip — NBC News reported, and Carlson took issue with two of them.

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One Trumpworld veteran who spoke to The Independent on condition of anonymity said the pick is an indicator of the president-elect’s respect for and trust in Wiles, who took over his political operation when he was in the veritable wilderness, reeling from the backlash to January 6th. The source described Wiles as a rare person who has the ability to say “no” to Donald Trump.

Andrew Feinberg reports: