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Vance will leave a vacancy when he departs for the Trump administration.

Donald Trump’s Agenda47 has called for eliminating the Department of Education and ending tenure laws.

The state has four Electoral College votes.

President Joe Biden stepped into the White House Rose Garden on Thursday to speak to the nation for the first time since his party's bruising defeat in the election.

Trump's presidencies will bookend Biden's sole White House term.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a scathing statement on what he called the Democratic Party's "disastrous" campaign following Kamala Harris' loss.

Trump asked the Georgia secretary of state to "find 11,780 votes" in 2021.

Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records in New York.

Kamala Harris concedes as Donald Trump claims sweeping victory in presidential race; how the votes came down in favor of another Trump presidency.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with outgoing West Virginia independent Sen. Joe Manchin about Harris’s loss and expectations for Donald Trump’s second term.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with President Emeritus Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass about where President-elect Donald Trump stands on foreign policy ahead of his second administration.

The election showed that people with diverse backgrounds - be it their race, ethnicity, sexuality or gender - can, and do, get elected.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with Mary Jordan, associate editor at the Washington Post, about Donald Trump’s historic victory and what Melania Trump's second term as first lady will look like.

She would take the state's 28 electoral votes.

Trump has previously proposed dismantling the Department of Education.

"Clearly, voters thought the country was on the wrong track," one Democrat said.

As the winner, he would get three Electoral College votes.

The GOP has clinched control of the Senate and eye the House as final results from the 2024 election trickle in.

The Vermont independent called the Democratic Party's campaign "disastrous."

The vice president would take the state’s 12 electoral votes.

Danielle Alvarez, Donald Trump's campaign adviser, discusses the possible reasons for his historical political comeback.

Biden also spoke to Vice President Kamala Harris on the phone Wednesday.

The state has five electoral votes.

The vice president addressed the nation from her alma mater, Howard University.

Michigan was a key battleground in this year's presidential race.

Vice President Kamala Harris addresses supporters at Howard University after calling President-elect Donald Trump earlier in the day to congratulate him on winning the 2024 presidential election.

She would get the state's 13 electoral votes.

"The election of Donald Trump is deeply troubling for our safety and freedom from gun violence," Kris Brown, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said on Wednesday. 

Former President Donald Trump could look to slash the Affordable Care Act and Medicare when he reenters the White House.

Voters in seven states approved ballot measures to expand abortion access.

The state has four electoral votes.

As the winner, he would get six electoral votes.

At Howard University, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her concession speech after being defeated by President-elect Donald Trump in the presidential election.

As the winner, he would take the state's 40 electoral votes.

The state has 10 electoral votes.

ABC News has not projected a winner in the presidential race.

The winner takes the state's 10 electoral votes.

At stake are the state’s 10 electoral votes.

Massachusetts has 11 Electoral College votes.

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, former Democratic mayor of Baltimore, and ABC News contributor Sarah Isgur discuss the pitfalls of the Harris campaign and what may come during Donald Trump’s second term.

Trump, meanwhile, is to be sentenced Nov. 26 in his New York hush money case.

President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed policies on tariffs and deportation could mean Americans will face worsening inflation.

Trump has said he will roll back all of Biden's gun-control measures.

ABC News business reporter Alexis Christoforous on why markets and cryptocurrency are moving higher following Donald Trump's election win.

The state has six Electoral College votes.

The state has six Electoral College votes.

Indiana has 11 Electoral College votes.

The state has 19 electoral votes.

She would get the state's four electoral votes.

The economy was one of the key issues that drove people to the polls.