Ballots cast to approve Prop. 50 outnumbered "no" votes in Fresno, Imperial, Lake, Merced, Riverside, San Bernardino and San Joaquin counties, each of which were carried by Mr. Trump in the last presidential election.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Here's the real reason Trump won in 2024, according to economists. Here's the real reason Trump won in 2024, according to economists. Many observers saw the 2024 election as a triumphal affirmation of Donald Trump ’s Republican agenda, and as a sweeping repudiation of the Democrats.

The super PAC is paying for phone banking in a Dec. 2 House race, marking the first independent expenditures for MAGA Inc. in Trump's second term.

Former President Donald Trump campaigned largely on a message that he would be the best candidate for Americans' pocketbooks.

The basking over the shutdown political victory was over by the time the president signed the funding bill Nov. 12 at the White House.

The federal deficit has not fallen by 25% during Trump’s second term. The fiscal year 2025 deficit was 2.3% smaller than the fiscal 2024 deficit. When considering only the portions of the fiscal 2025 year when Trump was president, the deficit was higher on his watch than during the comparable months in 2024 under Biden.

The FBI set off a social media firestorm after former Fox News host Tucker Carlson had pressed the agency over Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump in 2024.

The latest NBC News poll shows 30% of Republicans feeling that Trump has fallen short on the economy. A group of them illustrated their experience and their political views.