Although it took days for experts to call the presidential election for Joe Biden, many Republicans and supporters of President Donald Trump say media outlets are jumping the gun, as counting continues in several states.
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C. 10th District), said every election has a process and until it has been seen through, a winner should not be declared in the race for the White House. He went on to explain the process of states undergoing a canvas of results after the ballots are counted.
"Once we have that canvas and we have a certification of the election, then we'll know," McHenry told Cheddar.
"At the end of this process, I want the American people to know their president was duly and officially and legally elected president."
While Americans await the final word from both election officials and courts where the president has filed lawsuits questioning the validity of the vote counting process, McHenry acknowledged that the final outcome will likely stay in favor of Biden.
Even as Trump appears to have lost the election, the Republican party was able to garner support it had not seen in previous years with more than 70 million Americans turning out to vote for the president and drawing in additional votes further down the ballot. The GOP was able to pick up five seats in the House of Representatives with at least one runoff set to take place, a move McHenry attributes to Republicans "staying focused on the issues."
"America did not vote for a woke leftist coalition to govern. That's not where the American people are," he added.
"We stayed focused on economic concerns and what life is like after the virus. We focused on reforms that we delivered, and focused on the middle class."
McHenry was among those Republican candidates to retain his seat in the House.
As COVID-19 surges at rates that surpass the peak of U.S. cases earlier this year, stimulus talks are swirling now that the election has ended. McHenry welcomes a deal but said it will likely be a much less comprehensive package than the "$3 trillion of left-wing ideology."
"[Pelosi] does have a weak hand. She should have come to terms with the White House in July for another COVID package, but she played politics. And now she has fewer Democrats going into the House than are in the current House," the congressman claimed.
President Donald Trump says “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry. The Republican president suggested Friday he was looking at a “massive increase” of import taxes on Chinese products in response to Xi’s moves. Trump says one of the policies the U.S. is calculating is "a massive increase of Tariffs on Chinese products coming into the United States." A monthslong calm on Wall Street was shattered, with U.S. stocks falling on the news. The Chinese Embassy in Washington hasn't responded to an Associated Press request for comment.
Most members of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate setting committee supported further reductions to its key interest rate this year, minutes from last month’s meeting showed.
From Wall Street trading floors to the Federal Reserve to economists sipping coffee in their home offices, the first Friday morning of the month typically brings a quiet hush around 8:30 a.m. eastern, as everyone awaits the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report.
The Supreme Court is allowing Lisa Cook to remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now.
Rep. John Moolenaar has requested an urgent briefing from the White House after Trump supported a deal giving Americans a majority stake in TikTok.
A new report finds the Department of Government Efficiency’s remaking of the federal workforce has battered the Washington job market and put more households in the metropolitan area in financial distress.
A new poll finds U.S. adults are more likely than they were a year ago to think immigrants in the country legally benefit the economy. That comes as President Donald Trump's administration imposes new restrictions targeting legal pathways into the country. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey finds Americans are more likely than they were in March 2024 to say it’s a “major benefit” that people who come to the U.S. legally contribute to the economy and help American companies get the expertise of skilled workers. At the same time, perceptions of illegal immigration haven’t shifted meaningfully. Americans still see fewer benefits from people who come to the U.S. illegally.
Shares of Tylenol maker Kenvue are bouncing back sharply before the opening bell a day after President Donald Trump promoted unproven and in some cases discredited ties between Tylenol, vaccines and autism. Trump told pregnant women not to use the painkiller around a dozen times during the White House news conference Monday. The drugmaker tumbled 7.5%. Shares have regained most of those losses early Tuesday in premarket trading.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday signaled a cautious approach to future interest rate cuts, in sharp contrast with other Fed officials who have called for a more urgent approach. In remarks in Providence, Rhode Island, Powell noted that there are risks to both of the Fed’s goals of seeking maximum employment and stable prices. His approach is in sharp contrast to some members of the Fed’s rate-setting committee who are pushing for faster cuts.
President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape the American media landscape have led to the suspension of late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel.
