President Obama addressed the country about the latest election results and how to move forward as a country.
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WASHINGTON (AP)
12:35 p.m.
President Barack Obama says he’s instructing his team to make sure there is a peaceful transfer of power to Donald Trump.
Obama spoke Wednesday in the White House’s Rose Garden following Trump’s upset victory in Tuesday’s presidential election.
He noted that he and Trump have had big differences. Trump promises to repeal many of Obama’s achievements over the past eight years. Obama had warned voters that if Trump were to win, “all that progress goes down the drain.”
Now, Obama said “we all want what’s best for this country.” He said the point is that we all go forward with a presumption of good faith in all citizens. He says that’s how the country has moved forward and he’s confident that the incredible American journey will continue.
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12:05 p.m.
Hillary Clinton says America “is more deeply divided than we thought,” but she is urging her supporters to accept the outcome of the presidential election.
In a speech Wednesday conceding the presidency to Republican Donald Trump, Clinton said, “I still believe in America, and I always will.”
She noted that “our responsibility as citizens is to keep doing our part to keep building that better, stronger, fairer America.”
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12:05 p.m.
President-elect Donald Trump has won Alaska.
The Republican captured the state’s three electoral votes on Wednesday, giving him 279 total. That’s nine more than the threshold needed to win the White House.
His Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, has 228 electoral votes. Alaska has been a safely Republican state for decades.
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12 p.m.
Hillary Clinton is acknowledging that America has not “shattered that highest and hardest ceiling” with her failed bid for the White House. But she says, “someday, somebody will.”
The defeated Democratic candidate gave a somber address to supporters and staffers in New York, Wednesday. She directed comments to the “little girls who are watching.” She said, “you are valuable and powerful and deserving” of every opportunity in the world.
She urged them to strive to pursue their dreams, whatever they may be.
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11:50 a.m.
Hillary Clinton says she’s “sorry” she didn’t win the election, adding “this is painful, and it will be for a long time.”
The Democratic presidential candidate was delivering what her campaign billed as a concession speech to Republican Donald Trump after his upset victory in Tuesday’s election. She spoke at a New York hotel.
With her onstage are husband Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton.
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11:45 a.m.
Hillary Clinton is delivering what are expected to be her final remarks of the presidential election after a devastating loss to Donald Trump.
She’s urging her supporters to accept the results, saying they owe Trump an “open mind” and a “chance to lead.” She says American democracy depends on “peaceful transition of power.”
Speaking to supporters Wednesday at a New York hotel, Clinton said the campaign has been “one of the greatest honors” of her life. She describes the outcome as “painful,” but says the effort was not about her but “the country we love.”
Clinton took the stage to sustained applause.
Ashen-faced aides sat in the front row as supporters in the audience sobbed at the emotional event.
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11:45 a.m.
Hillary Clinton’s running mate, Tim Kaine, says the defeated Democratic candidate has made history by paving the way for women to run for president.
Speaking ahead of Clinton to a room of supporters and aides in New York Wednesday, Kaine prompted a standing ovation when he noted Clinton is leading in the popular vote in the race against Donald Trump.
He hailed Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton’s loyalty to their staff, and praised their dedication.
His voice shaking, he said that Clinton “knows the system we have. She’s deeply in love with it and she accepts it.”
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11:40 a.m.
Top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi says America has “a responsibility to come together and find common ground” in the aftermath of the bitterly contested election.
The California Democrat noted that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is leading in the popular vote.
She said that Democrats hope to work with Trump to enact a “robust infrastructure jobs bill” and on national security issues.
Pelosi offered her congratulations to Trump and his family and added that she’s praying for his success.
Pelosi did not directly indicate whether she would seek another term as minority leader for the newly elected Congress. She’s considered likely to do so.
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11:30 a.m.
House Speaker Paul Ryan says Donald Trump’s victory has turned politics on its head. He said he expects the new president to work hand-in-hand with the Republican-led Congress.
Speaking Wednesday in Janesville, Wisconsin, an ebullient Ryan said Trump has earned a mandate to enact his agenda.
He thanked Trump for his “coattails” during the election that bolstered the Republican majority in the House.
Ryan has said he wants to be speaker in the new Congress and has expressed confidence in doing so. But he could face resistance from the Freedom Caucus, which chased former Speaker John Boehner from Congress last year. Other Republicans are upset over Ryan’s frigid treatment of Trump.
Ryan says his relationship with Trump is fine. He’s urging Republicans and Democrats to focus on “redemption, not recrimination.”
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11:25 a.m.
Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan is declaring victory in the New Hampshire Senate race. But incumbent Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte is not conceding.
The Associated Press has yet to call the race. Unofficial results have Hassan up by fewer than 700 votes.
In a statement Hassan says: “It’s clear that we have maintained the lead and have won this race.”
But Ayotte issued her own statement saying: “We look forward to results being announced by the secretary of state, and ensuring that every vote is counted in this race that has received an historic level of interest.”
New Hampshire is the only Senate race where a winner has not yet been declared. Regardless of which way it goes, Republicans will retain control of the Senate. Either party could request a recount.
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11:20 a.m.
Despite losing Tuesday’s presidential election, Hillary Clinton has a narrow lead in the popular vote, with several million votes still to be counted.
As more votes are counted, Clinton isn’t guaranteed to keep that lead. However, most of the outstanding votes appear to be in Democratic-leaning states. The biggest chunk is in California. Washington State, New York, Oregon and Maryland also have large numbers of uncounted votes. Clinton won all those states.
With nearly 125 million votes counted, The Associated Press tally has Clinton with 47.7 percent and President-elect Donald Trump with 47.5 percent.
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11:15 a.m.
Former President George H.W. Bush is congratulating Donald Trump on winning the U.S. presidential election.
The senior Bush tweeted Wednesday that he and his wife Barbara “congratulate @realDonaldTrump, wish him well as he guides America forward.”
George H.W. Bush spokesman Jim McGrath said Bush also “initiated” a “very warm and gracious call” to Trump to wish him luck. He declined to say how Bush voted.
The Bush family had a contentious relationship with Trump throughout the campaign. Bush’s younger son, Jeb Bush, was among more than a dozen candidates to get stomped out by Trump for the Republican nomination.
Jeb Bush also addressed a Tweet to Trump, on Wednesday, saying, “I will pray for you in the days and months to come.”
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11:10 a.m.
Hillary Clinton has won Minnesota.
The Democratic nominee captured the state’s 10 electoral votes on Wednesday, giving her 228 total. President-elect Donald Trump has 276, six more than the threshold needed to win the White House.
Minnesota has been safely Democratic for years but Trump made a late play there, holding his first and only rally in the state on the campaign’s penultimate day. Though he failed to capture that state, he showed impressive strength in the Rust Belt, winning Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
He’s also in a close race in Michigan, which has yet to be won.
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10:35 a.m.
Facebook and Twitter are reporting massive Election Day engagement on social media.
Facebook says 115 million people worldwide generated over 716 million likes, posts, comments and shares related to the election Tuesday. Twitter says more than 75 million Election Day tweets were sent by 3 a.m. Wednesday. That’s more than double the 31 million sent during the entirety of Election Day four years ago.
Google says President-elect Donald Trump also won when it comes to searches on the candidates. The search giant says more searches were performed on the Republican than those for Democrat Hillary Clinton in a majority of the country from Sunday to Tuesday.
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10:05 a.m.
One of Donald Trump’s harshest Republican critics says America “demanded disruption” by electing the billionaire businessman as president.
In a statement Wednesday, Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska congratulated Trump. Sasse said he and his family will pray that Trump “will lead wisely and faithfully keep his oath to a Constitution of limited government.”
Sasse said he will now do everything he can to hold Trump to promises he made during the campaign. Among them are replacing President Barack Obama’s health care law, nominating judges “who reject law-making by unelected courts,” and fighting for ethics reform “that upends cronyism” and enacts term limits.
Sasse last month had called on Trump to abandon his presidential bid after the release of old video footage that featured Trump making vulgar sexual comments.
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8:40 a.m.
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway says Hillary Clinton had more money and more people on the ground — but, Team Trump “outworked them, and frankly, we outsmarted and outclassed them in some cases.”
Conway appeared on Fox News on Wednesday to analyze Donald Trump’s stunning defeat of Clinton. Conway said the Republican billionaire “did a great job sealing the deal.”
She said: “Take it to the bank — candidates matter. There’s no substitute for a great candidate.”
On CNN, Conway urged Trump’s critics to “lay down their verbal firearms.”
She said: “Give him a chance as your president-elect like we all did with President Obama and we all did with President Bill Clinton.”
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8:07 a.m.
Hillary Clinton will be speaking to her supporters Wednesday morning. It will be her first public remarks since her stunning defeat to Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election.
Her campaign says she’ll speak to staff and supporters at a New York hotel at 10:30 a.m.
Clinton did not give a formal concession speech. But she did call Trump early Wednesday to congratulate him on his victory in Tuesday’s election.
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