On Politics

Mon Nov 18 2024

Rebecca Morin | Senior National News Reporter

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Happy Monday! It's Rebecca Morin, senior national news reporter at USA TODAY. I'm in the Rio Grande Valley (it's almost 90 degrees!) where I'm reporting on a story about Latino voters.

In their own words: Trump supporters explain how they feel for his second presidency

Happiness. Fear. Indifference. Disappointment. There were a litany of emotions following the results of the 2024 election. But Donald Trump's supporters say they feel hope for the president-elect's new administration. From securing the country to lowering gas prices, my colleagues Trevor Hughes and Terry Collins spoke with Trump voters from across the country on how they feel like their life will improve under Trump. Read more.

•	How America voted – from which counties shifted toward Trump to what voter turnout looked like in 2024
•	As Trump retakes White House, climate-change experts gird for another four-year fight

And with a red trifecta in Washington, Trump is set up to have a favorable pathway forward for his legislative agenda. But there are early signs that he could see some hiccups in the new Congress – not from Democrats but from a few members of his own party.

Trump stops by UFC

Donald Trump attended the UFC 309 event at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, along with a number of celebrities, politicians and prospective cabinet picks. Trump's close ally, Dana White, is CEO and president of UFC.

US President-elect Donald Trump, singer Kid Rock and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pose for a photo as they attend UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, on November 16, 2024.

KENA BETANCUR, AFP via Getty Images

A politics pit stop

•	Trump's takeover: Matt Gaetz to Elon Musk signal big ambition and combat ahead
•	MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski reveal they met with Trump
•	Watch: President Joe Biden first U.S. sitting president to visit Amazon rainforest
•	Trump calls for probe of famed Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer after she quits role
•	Eva Longoria says she didn't move out of US because of Donald Trump's election win

Trump vows to declare national emergency, use military for mass deportations

President-elect Donald Trump made border security and hardline immigration policies – including mass deportations – a key part of his platform. And now, he said he would declare a national emergency and use the military to execute his mass deportation plans. Read more.

•	What does Trump's Agenda47 say about immigration policy? Here's what to know.

Biden in Brazil

President Joe Biden is in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Monday for the G20 summit. Ahead of the summit, Biden stopped by the Amazon rainforest on Sunday.

President Joe Biden tours the Museu da Amazonia with his granddaughter Natalie Biden in Manaus, Brazil on Nov. 17, 2024.

Leah Millis/REUTERS

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'Sickening display': Biden, White House condemn neo-Nazi march in Ohio

September 9, 2022; Columbus, Ohio, USA; President of the United States Joe Biden arrived at John Glenn International Airport in Columbus, Oh. on Friday on his way toto the groundbreaking of Intel's semiconductor factories in Licking County. Mandatory Credit: Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch

The White House and President Joe Biden denounced the group of neo-Nazis who marched in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, calling it a "sickening display."

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