Will Donald Trump have a free hand in Congress? After winning the Senate, the Republicans maintained their lead in the race for the House of Representatives, Thursday, November 7, with 206 seats acquired at this stage, against 191 for the Democrats, according to the Associated Press agency. The president-elect’s supporters are only 12 seats away from retaining the absolute majoritywhich would guarantee Donald Trump and his party total control of the American Parliament. Follow our live stream.
Donald Trump wins Alaska, Kamala Harris leads in Maine. The Democratic candidate for the US presidential election won, on Thursday, the last two electors who had not yet been designated in Maine, the Associated Press agency reported. She thus wins three of the four major voters at stake in this state, one of only two in the country to use proportional representation. President-elect Donald Trump won the fourth, as well as Alaska’s three major electors, now totaling 295, compared to 226 for his defeated rival. The outcome of the vote in two key states, Nevada (6 electors) and Arizona (11 electors), is not yet known.
Joe Biden must speak to the Americans. The outgoing Democratic president will address the Americans on Thursday (5 p.m. Paris time) to “talk about the results of the election and the transition” with the next Republican administration. Wednesday evening, he greeted “integrity, courage and temperament” of Kamala Harris, who acknowledged her defeat and urged her supporters to “continue the fight”.
The Chinese president congratulates Donald Trump. Xi Jinping sent his congratulations to the American president-elect on Thursday. He called on both countries to “get along” and to “manage their differences correctly”after years of bilateral tensions. “History has shown that China and the United States benefit from cooperation and lose from confrontation”he declared to his future counterpart, saying he wanted “strengthen dialogue and communication”.
Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with the president-elect. The Ukrainian President claimed, Wednesday evening, to have had a “excellent” telephone exchange with Donald Trump. “We agreed to maintain close dialogue and advance our cooperation”he declared on X. “Strong and steadfast leadership from the United States is essential for our world and for a just peace”he assured.
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