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President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Thursday for the first time since President-elect Donald Trump's electoral victory. Biden promised a smooth and orderly transition of power to the second Trump administration on Jan. 20, 2025.

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.), who won reelection in his congressional district, announced to his colleagues on Wednesday that he will run for the position of speaker of the House in the new Congress. Control of the House currently hangs in the balance.

Germany’s ruling coalition collapsed on Thursday, paving the way for new elections. Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister, Christian Lindner, over budget disputes, leaving the government without a legislative majority.

Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign zooms in on the key battleground state of Pennsylvania on the final day before the Nov. 5 election. She makes five stops across the state Monday in Scranton, Allentown, Reading, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia.

Former President Donald Trump wraps up his campaign Monday with rallies in three key swing states. He speaks in Raleigh, North Carolina, Reading and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke his campaign's no endorsements rule to endorse Republican U.S. House candidate Lily Tang Williams of New Hampshire. Williams's campaign highlights the horrors of living under communism and socialism.

With 4 days left until Election Day, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are making dueling appearances in the Midwest. Trump will rally in Warren, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, while Harris will hold campaign events in Janesville, Little Chute, and West Allis, Wisconsin.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released the last jobs report before next week's presidential election, showing the U.S. economy added just 12,000 new jobs in October. This represents the smallest monthly gain in employment since December 2020.

A Pennsylvania state judge said on Thursday that he would not immediately move forward with a lawsuit that seeks to stop Elon Musk's $1 million giveaway to swing state voters. Judge Angelo Foglietta said he would place the lawsuit on hold while a federal court considers whether to take up the case. Musk's bid to move the case to federal court frees him to continue the giveaway because the matter likely won't be resolved until after Tuesday's election.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are headed west on Thursday, with dueling events in Nevada and Arizona. Trump will rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Henderson, Nevada, before joining a hurricane relief benefit in Glendale, Arizona. Harris will rally in Phoenix, Arizona, before moving on to Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada.

A House subcommittee is set to refer former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the Department of Justice on Thursday for potential prosecution. The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis alleges Cuomo lied to Congress in a state health department report from 2020 on COVID-19 nursing home deaths.

With 6 days left until Election Day, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are holding dueling events on Wednesday in two battleground states. Trump will rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and Green Bay, Wisconsin. Meanwhile, Harris will speak in Raleigh, North Carolina, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Madison, Wisconsin.

The Supreme Court decided on Wednesday to allow Virginia to remove suspected noncitizens from its voter registration rolls, siding with Gov. Glenn Youngkin's administration in one of its first significant decisions associated with next week’s election. Virginia has removed some 1,600 voter registrations that it said came from self-identified noncitizens.

The U.S. economy grew at a 2.8 percent annual rate from July through September, with consumers helping drive growth despite the weight of still-high interest rates. Wednesday’s report from the Commerce Department is the last major piece of economic data to come in before the November election.

With just one week to go until Election Day, former President Donald Trump delivered remarks to the press at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Tuesday. He's heading to Pennsylvania later for a Building America's Future event in Drexel Hill and a rally in Allentown.

Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver her campaign’s “closing argument” on Tuesday from the Ellipse near the White House, where Trump spoke ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach. Harris's campaign said her speech is designed to lay out her vision for the future.

Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from prison early Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the now-defunct House Jan. 6 Committee. Bannon returned to his podcast and online show, saying he was focused on helping Trump win the presidential election.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner sued Elon Musk and his pro-Trump America PAC on Monday to stop their $1 million lottery aimed at registered voters in swing states, including Pennsylvania. Krasner accused Musk and his PAC of “running an illegal lottery” that tries to influence voters.

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel across Michigan on Monday to highlight her support for manufacturing jobs and union workers, with a rally featuring singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers. Former President Donald Trump is in Georgia for two events in the Atlanta area, including a rally and an appearance at the National Faith Advisory Summit.

The Israeli military announced on Monday that it captured around 100 Hamas terrorists during a raid on the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces said they also found weapons, terror funds, and intelligence documents inside the hospital.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that 75 people have been infected by the E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers. One person has died and 22 others have been hospitalized. The FDA and the CDC identified onions as the likely source of the contamination.

Presidential nominees Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will center their attention on Texas on Friday. Harris will team up with entertainer Beyoncé Knowles for a rally in Houston, while Trump will hold a news conference in Austin before sitting down with podcaster Joe Rogan.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Friday that North Korean troops are poised to be deployed by Russia on the battlefield in Ukraine as early as this Sunday. He didn’t provide any further details, including where the North Korean soldiers might be sent, but called the deployment “an obvious escalating move by Russia.”

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris will be joined by rock singer Bruce Springsteen and former President Barack Obama at a rally in Atlanta on Thursday. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump will hold rallies in the battleground states of Arizona and Nevada.

A Colorado man has filed the first lawsuit against McDonald’s related to the recent E. coli outbreak linked to the company's quarter pounders. The lawsuit accuses McDonald’s of product liability, negligence, and breach of implied warranties.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced another $135 million in aid to the Palestinians on Thursday. He was in Doha to meet with Qatari officials who have been key mediators for Hamas, as the United States struggles to break the logjam of cease-fire negotiations between Israel and the terrorist group.

The Turkish government said four people were killed and 14 others injured on Wednesday in an attack on the Turkish Aerospace Industries' (TUSAS) headquarters near Ankara. The state-run company is Turkey's largest aerospace manufacturer. The Turkish Interior Minister said two attackers were killed in what he called a terrorist attack, adding that three of the injured are in critical condition. No group has yet claimed responsibility.

Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a town hall before a live audience of undecided Pennsylvania voters on CNN on Wednesday. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump will headline a rally in Duluth, Georgia, with guests Tucker Carlson and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

McDonald’s said on Wednesday that it wants to restore confidence following a deadly E. coli outbreak linked to its Quarter Pounders. McDonald’s U.S. president Joe Erlinger said that the company has removed the Quarter Pounder from its menu in the 10 states where dozens of people were infected, as well as in several other states.