Follow live updates on Trump’s transition plans after the 2024 election: Cabinet selections like Matt Gaetz, CPAC at Mar-a-Lago and key developments.

Republican lawmakers are planning legislation to restrict early ballot drop-offs on Election Day, a primary cause of Arizona's notoriously long ballot-counting process. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

President-elect Trump, in addition to flipping six uber-competitive battleground states, made significant gains across the board as he faced a surprisingly friendly electorate.

Election Day has passed, but state officials still have important steps ahead to verify the final vote tally. The process this year has changed due to reforms.

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has congratulated his fellow Sunshine State lawmakers following their selection to serve in President-elect Donald Trump 's next administration and issued an update on special elections that will take place to replace them.

Hours before polls closed in Philadelphia last Tuesday, now-President-elect Donald Trump posted on Truth Social claiming there were signs of cheating in the heavily Democratic city. When Pennsylvania was eventually called in his favor later that night, those claims suddenly dried up, never to be spoken of again.

The lawyers cited a professional rule permitting withdrawal when, among other things, the client “renders the representation unreasonably difficult.”

In two races, Democrats are increasing their leads. In another, the Democrat is chipping away at the Republican incumbent’s edge.

In this behind-the-scenes video, follow The Inquirer’s reporters as their final week on the campaign trail covering Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris unfolds.

Outspoken, long-term-perspective economist Harry Dent is sticking to his "crash of a lifetime" prediction for 2025, arguing that President-elect Trump can't stop the best remedy: a recession.

After a poor performance in 2020, pre-election polls this year were largely accurate in depicting a tight race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, though they again underestimated support for the president-elect.