Harris wins Washington

Tara Suter

November 5, 2024 at 11:38 p.m.

Vice President Harris has won Washington state in the 2024 presidential election, garnering 12 electoral votes, Decision Desk HQ projects.

Harris’s win in Washington continues a trend of the Evergreen State backing Democrats for president.

The result is in line with a forecast model from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ that showed her likely clinching the state. Washington has not gone for a Republican in the presidential election since 1984.

For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to The Hill.

The Daily Beast
Bill Clinton Tells ‘The View’ How He’d Feel About Biden Pardoning Hillary
Bill Clinton weighed in on whether he believes President Joe Biden should preemptively pardon his wife Hillary Clinton ahead of Trump’s re-taking office in January during his Wednesday sit down on .The View Co-host Sunny Hostin asked Clinton whether he thinks Hillary Clinton should receive a pardon, especially following threats to further investigate her from Trump’s pick for the head of the FBI, Kash Patel. “They got a problem with her because,” Clinton began, laughing, “first, she didn’t do an
The Canadian Press
Elon Musk calls Trudeau 'insufferable' after remark on Kamala Harris defeat
OTTAWA — Billionaire Elon Musk called Canada's prime minister an "insufferable tool" on his social media platform today.
HuffPost
Donald Trump Jr. Reacts To Kimberly Guilfoyle Ambassador News Amid Breakup Rumors
The president-elect's son congratulated Guilfoyle after he was apparently pictured holding hands with another woman.
HuffPost
Joe Biden Calls Himself 'Stupid' For Not Doing 1 Donald Trump Thing
The president said he "learned something" from the president-elect.
The Daily Beast
Marjorie Taylor Greene Russian Pipe Bomb Hoax Kills Innocent Woman
A woman is dead after police in Georgia received an email from a Russian IP address claiming the sender had left a pipe bomb in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s mailbox. A police officer with the bomb squad who was driving to meet his colleagues at headquarters hit another car, killing its driver, the Rome Police Department said in a press release. “I’m heartsick right now,” Greene wrote in a post on X.
The Canadian Press
Elon Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump's way - or his
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A week after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory, Elon Musk said his political action committee would “play a significant role in primaries.”
Sky News
Russia tells citizens to avoid travel to the West - and responds to Donald Trump's call for Ukraine ceasefire
Russia has issued a travel warning to its citizens as it said tensions with the US are "teetering on the verge of rupture". Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, urged citizens on Wednesday to "refrain from trips to the US, Canada and with a few exceptions EU countries" over the Christmas period. "In the context of the increasing confrontation in Russian-American relations, which are teetering on the verge of rupture due to the fault of Washington, trips to the United States of America privately or out of official necessity are fraught with serious risks," Ms Zakharova said.
HuffPost
Trump Must Pay $500M Civil Fraud Fine, President Or Not: NY AG
The New York attorney general’s office told Trump’s lawyers there was “no basis” for the president-elect to evade paying the massive civil fine.
Reuters
Russia transported Assad in 'most secured way,' Russian Deputy FM tells NBC News
The Kremlin said on Monday that President Vladimir Putin had made the decision to grant asylum in Russia to Assad. "He is secured, and it shows that Russia acts as required in such an extraordinary situation," Ryabkov told NBC, according to a transcript on NBC's website.
The Daily Beast
Major City Eyed as Ground Zero for Trump’s Mass Deportations
Alina Habba, the lawyer who President-elect Donald Trump says will serve as an Oval Office counselor, falsely claimed Tuesday that Trump did not separate migrant children from their families in his first term, a day after his top incoming border official admitted “it may happen” again. “I’m not looking to separate families at all,” Tom Homan, who Trump plans to appoint as his “border czar,” told a GOP holiday party in Chicago on Monday evening. “That’s not my goal. My goal is to enforce the law,
HuffPost UK
Putin Conveniently Forgets There Is An International Arrest Warrant Out For Him In Latest Speech
The Russian leader is suddenly very much in favour of "adherence to international law".
CNN
Video points to Assad regime’s involvement in large-scale trafficking of illicit drugs
Social media video surfaced Wednesday allegedly showing a warehouse in Syria stacked with captagon, an illicit drug that had transformed the country into a narco-state under former President Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
Business Insider
We compared satellite images of Russia's naval base in Syria before and after Assad's fall. The warships are missing.
Russian warships could be seen at a naval facility in Tartus earlier this month, but on Monday, they were gone.
The Canadian Press
DA suggests unusual idea for halting Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction
NEW YORK (AP) — Eager to preserve President-elect Donald Trump ’s hush money conviction even as he returns to office, prosecutors are suggesting various ways forward — including one based on how some courts handle criminal cases when defendants die.
The Independent
Netanyahu makes it clear: Biden is no longer in charge
ANALYSIS: US-Israel policy appears to now be fully running through Mar-a-Lago after shocking developments in the Golan Heights, writes John Bowden
The Independent
I asked Republicans about Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks on Syria. This is what they said
ANALYSIS: Their remarks show a changed attitude among the GOP toward Trump’s cabinet picks, writes Eric Garcia
The Hill
Trump, team trail Fauci on trust as medical information source: Survey
President-elect Trump and those in his circle may have some ground to make up compared to former White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci when it comes to earning trust related to medical information, according to a new survey. The latest poll from Axios/Ipsos American Health Index shows that 45 percent of Americans say they either…
HuffPost
Matt Gaetz Reportedly Has A New Prime-Time Gig
The firebrand former Florida lawmaker is reportedly pivoting from politics with the move, following his withdrawn nomination as Donald Trump’s attorney general.
GOBankingRates
Second Trump Term Could Increase Cost of Clothing, Appliances (and One Surprise Item by 55%)
Anyone watching the news following the presidential election has like heard one word associated with President-elect Donald Trump more than any other: tariffs. Tariffs are taxes levied upon foreign goods imported to America from other countries, and throughout his campaign to retake the White House, and even more so after his win, Trump has promised to impose heavy tariffs on the outside world.
Reuters
Trump asks judge to dismiss Central Park Five defamation lawsuit
(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of making defamatory statements during his campaign about five Black and Hispanic men who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned for the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York’s Central Park. Trump's lawyers said in a court filing that his statements about the men, known widely as the Central Park Five, were legally protected expressions of opinion. The Central Park Five were cleared in 2002 based on new DNA evidence and another person's confession.

Latest Stories