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Election 2024 updates: Trump team picks inauguration leads, sources say

Trump picked two top fundraisers to lead his inauguration efforts.

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Last Updated: November 8, 2024, 1:17 PM EST

Just days after former President Donald Trump was projected to have won the presidency, Trump's transition team operation has begun, with transition co-chairs confirming that he will be selecting personnel to serve under his leadership in the coming days.

Trump is also the projected winner in Nevada, another vital swing state.

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Here's how the news is developing.
ByWilliam Mansell
Nov 06, 2024, 1:44 PM EST

Trump turns 'blue wall' red with 3 flips

Former President Donald Trump is projected to win Michigan, ABC News reports. Trump has now flipped all three "blue wall" states, which include Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan.

Nov 06, 2024, 1:32 PM EST

Biden to call Trump, address nation: Source

President Joe Biden is expected to speak with former President Donald Trump by phone Wednesday to offer his congratulations, according to an administration official.

Biden is planning to address the nation Thursday, the source said.

-ABC News' Selina Wang

President Joe Biden speaks at the Carpenters Local Union 445 "Get Out The Vote" event in Scranton, Pa., Nov. 2, 2024.
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Nov 06, 2024, 12:58 PM EST

Mitch McConnell congratulates Trump

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who is leaving GOP leadership, addressed reporters Wednesday in the Capitol for the first time since Republicans seized control of the Senate.

“It’s certainly a happy day for the GOP. And let me start by congratulating President Donald Trump. What he’s accomplished has not been done… since Grover Cleveland -- which is a while back," McConnell said.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky. speaks during a news conference about the election at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 6, 2024.
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McConnell said the results of the election were a “referendum of the current administration in part -- people were just not happy with this administration and obviously the Democratic nominee was a part of it."

McConnell said "the filibuster is very secure" with Republicans controlling the Senate.

"One of the most gratifying results of the Senate becoming Republican -- the filibuster will stand, there won’t be any new states admitted to give a partisan advantage to the other side and we'll quit beating up the Supreme Court every time we don’t like a decision they make. So, I think this shifting to a Republican Senate Majority helps have control of the guard rails," he said.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Nov 06, 2024, 12:39 PM EST

VP Harris to speak at 4 p.m.

Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver remarks at 4 p.m. at Howard University, according to her office.

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 2024.
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