Live updates on the 2024 election: Trump prepares for transition back to the White House after his victory

Elected to the House of Representatives in 2020, Greene has made a name for herself as a conspiracy theorist who supports the QAnon movement and ridiculously claims that wildfires in California were caused by a “Jewish space laser.”

The pundit's widely watched Iowa poll, which showed Kamala Harris heading into Election Day with a surprising three-point lead, was one of numerous 2024 election predictions that ultimately failed to predict the outcome.

In an autopsy Thursday, Selzer explained how she reflects on the discrepancy between what actually happened and what was predicted Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll on voting intentions in the Hawkeye State.

Josh Marcus has the story.

Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel, recently adapted into a prestigious TV series starring Elisabeth Moss, imagines a near-future dystopian society in which women are raised for the sole purpose of raising children.

Sales of the book are now reportedly surging in response to Trump's election as they are copies of George Orwell Nineteen eighty-four is said to have done this in response to his first term in office.

Bookmakers are already looking ahead to the next presidential election and see Trump's vice president as his natural heir on the Republican ticket.

Perhaps less obvious is that the consensus suggests that California Gov. Gavin Newsom will be the man to lead the fightback next time.

The Russian president has congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory and praised his “courageous” response to the July 13 attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, but also admitted that even he has “no idea” what a second term is like will look like Trump's impulsive nature.

The podcaster, who interviewed both Trump and JD Vance but not Kamala Harris (her campaign was in talks with him, but the two sides couldn't agree on a time), has already been blamed by the likes of Elon Musk and Dana White that he helped the Republican to victory with his short-term approval.

He has since called on the president-elect not to attack his enemies, commenting on his popular show: “He has to unite people. He can't attack the left, he can't attack everyone, he can't let them all talk their shit, but he can unite.

“Now is the time to unite everyone.”

Here is Josh Marcus on the democratic hunt for their own influencer kingmaker.

Here's a nice little moment you may have missed amid this week's seismic events: Caroline Cruz, 16, shows off her father at his victory party after he defeated Democrat Colin Allred's challenge for his Senate seat.

James Liddell has the story.

A spate of racist text messages invoking slavery sparked alarm across the United States this week after they were sent to black men, women and students, including middle school students, prompting investigations by the FBI and other agencies.

The anonymously sent messages were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording.

Some asked the recipient to appear at an address “with their belongings” at a certain time, others did not specify a location.

Some of them mentioned the upcoming presidential administration.

It is not yet clear who was behind the messages, and there was no comprehensive list of where they were sent. However, among the recipients were school and college students.

The FBI said it was in contact with the Justice Department about the messages and the Federal Communications Commission said it was investigating the texts “along with federal and state law enforcement agencies.”

The Ohio Attorney General's Office also said it was reviewing the matter.

Barack Obama's former senior adviser has criticized the Democratic Party for its snobbery and disillusionment among working-class voters following its defeat in the US election.

In a devastating defeat for his own party, David Axelrod made it clear that Democrats are failing to reach working-class voters and large swaths of the electorate who haven't attended college.

In an interview with CNN on Thursday night, Axelrod said Democrats have become an increasingly “smart, suburban, college-educated party,” suggesting they have failed to appeal to people from lower classes and without college degrees.

“The only group the Democrats gained in Tuesday's election was white college graduates, and there was a significant decline among working-class voters,” he added.

Madeline Sherratt Reports.