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The election marked a first in United States' 248-year history when Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris while awaiting sentencing on 34 criminal charges. The president-elect has faced criminal indictments in three other cases as well.

Justice Juan Merchan is scheduled to sentence Trump on those 34 charges on Nov. 26.

A federal judge agreed to freeze the election interference case against Donald Trump three days after his election win.

Special counsel Jack Smith asked District Judge Tanya Chutkan to vacate upcoming deadlines in the case, which defense attorneys did not oppose. She put the prosecution on hold indefinitely, reported NBC News.

President-elect Donald Trump courted union voters during his successful 2024 presidential bid, and now Bloomberg reports that his incoming administration is poised to deliver a "body blow" to organized labor that has enjoyed a significant renaissance under President Joe Biden's administration.

While Biden's administration has helped multiple unions score big new contracts and organizing victories, as well as eliminating noncompete clauses that hold workers back, Trump's last National Labor Relations Board was far more hostile to organized labor and his next one could be even more so.

Donald Trump on Friday attacked California Governor Gavin Newsom for calling a special legislative session to safeguard the state's progressive policies from the incoming Republican administration.

The Democratic governor called for the session a day after the former president defeated Kamala Harris in the presidential race, and he said legislators were ready to "Trump-proof" state laws and approve more funding for the attorney general's office to challenge federal policies.

Appearing on CNN Friday afternoon, Senator-elect Jim Banks (R-IN) was pressed for how the incoming Donald Trump administration will round up 15 million immigrants, and then proceeded to blow off questions about the horrific impact it could potentially have on families and the economy.

Speaking with CNN host Dana Bash, Banks dismissed reports that a central motivating factor for Trump's win was concerns about the economy, and claimed the ex-president has a overwhelming "mandate" to rid the country of undocumented immigrants.

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According to the Indiana conservative, he expects Trump will make a "quick car ride" to the Oval office after his inauguration and sign paperwork ordering the round-up.

"We are going to begin the process of deporting the over 15 million illegals that have come into this country under Joe Biden's watch," he boasted to which Bash pressed, "First of all, just to better understand what the actual policy is and how it will be executed will be, do you see all undocumented immigrants –– should they all be kicked out of the country?"

"Conservative estimate says there are at least 15 million illegals who have come into the country on Joe Biden's watch," he replied. "It's my hope that we deport every single one of them that we can and it starts with violent criminals who are in the United States who came here illegally who have committed violent crimes, and I think, once you do that, President Trump is committed to making that his first and top priority when it comes to mass deportation."

"And how does that work? That's a huge undertaking," the CNN host asked.

"No doubt about it. President Trump said yesterday that it could be costly, but the American people deserve it," he replied.

"If you just pick Indiana, for example, how do you want the federal government to go about finding people and physically getting them out of the country?" he was asked.

"I don't think it's that complicated," he blithely replied. "I spoke with a local sheriff in Indiana earlier today, local law enforcement is ready to go and do what it takes to help with a mass deportation effort but if you take away the incentives and put pressure on businesses who hire illegals in this country, most of those who are here illegally are going to go back on their own. And that's what Donald Trump and Republicans in the House and Senate are focused on."

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Marc Lotter, the former Trump 2020 director of strategic communications, was confronted by CNN's Pamela Brown for not answering her questions on immigrant family separation.

Specifically, Brown asked Lotter to comment on the incoming second Trump administration's plans for American citizens who are currently living with relatives who are undocumented immigrants.

Special counsel Jack Smith filed a request to the federal courts to vacate all of the deadlines in Donald Trump's D.C. criminal case and advise on next steps.

"The Government respectfully requests that the Court vacate the remaining deadlines in the pretrial schedule to afford the Government time to assess this unprecedented circumstance and determine the appropriate course going forward consistent with Department of Justice policy," the filing said according to the screen capture from Politico's Kyle Cheney.

The Department of Justice unsealed criminal charges in a thwarted plot by Iran to kill Donald Trump.

A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard spoke to a contact in September about plans to conduct surveillance on the former president and kill him before this week's election, which he ultimately won, reported The Associated Press.

A number of states voted to approve reproductive freedoms in state laws, but Republicans are eager to dial up their opposition.

According to one Republican who spoke to NOTUS, they're eager to be louder about their stance.

Donald Trump has promised to give Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a major role overseeing public health, and an expert shuddered at what that could mean for Americans.

The president-elect has said he would allow Kennedy to “go wild” on health, food and medicine in some unspecified role in his second administration, and public health expert Dr. Paul Offit appeared Friday morning on CNN to discuss the dangers posed by the vaccine opponent's plans.