Whitesides had 50.4% of the vote while Garcia had 49.6%, with 2,114 votes separating the two, based on the latest vote count issued by the L.A. County registrar’s office on Saturday, Nov. 9. The next update is scheduled for late Sunday afternoon.
Conspiracy theories have emerged to claim the elections are being "stolen" from Republicans Sam Brown and Kari Lake.
President Biden is set to address the nation on Thursday to discuss the election and the transition. Trump has been invited to the White House to discuss the transition. Vice President Kamala Harris has no public events on her schedule after giving a concession speech on Wednesday afternoon, urging her supporters "do not despair."
President-elect Trump's popular vote numbers for 2024 have officially surpassed his 2020 total despite five states not finishing vote counts.
President-elect Donald Trump picks up 11 more electoral votes in Arizona, a battleground state Biden won in 2020.
HBO host Bill Maher urged Democratic Party figures to look in the mirror following their disastrous electoral defeat at the hands of President-elect Trump this week.
“My message to the losers: losers look in the mirror,” Maher said during Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. Maher’s typically laughing audience went completely silent as he said the quiet part out loud and advised Democrats to reflect on themselves.
The former House speakeri said there could have been an "open primary" had President Biden stepped aside earlier.
It will take 218 seats to rule the House, and although neither party had yet to reach the threshold, the numbers appeared to favor the GOP.
Latest news and updates following Donald Trump's historic win in the 2024 presidential race against Kamala Harris. Trump captured the victory Wednesday morning.