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U.S. Senator David Perdue released a statement Tuesday night regarding the 2016 election results. He stated: “Tonight, the American people sent a strong message, and it is past time for Washington to listen.

Conceding his party's staggering electoral defeat, President Barack Obama on Wednesday invited President-elect Donald Trump to meet with him to discuss the handover of power from his administration to Trump's.

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Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America's 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters' economic anxieties, took advantage of…

By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Filling a void created by congressional inaction, voters in a scattering of states tightened gun control laws and approved increases in the minimum wage. The campaign to…

On the eve of the election, Hillary Clinton was standing behind a podium bearing the presidential seal. By the time the votes were counted, Donald Trump had captured the White House in a political earthquake.

 "I pledge to every citizen of our land that I will be president for all of Americans, and this is so important to me," Trump told the crowd.