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Part of the post-mortem conversation about the 2024 election surrounds slippage in Latino men voting to support Democratic candidates. At least one Republican strategist told CNN this gives the party the mandate to start delivering on promises made by Donald Trump, even if that means deporting their families.

"When you look at the mandate and the sheer numbers, it is going to be [about] doing what you said you're going to do, which is let's focus on the economy and getting some of these ridiculous regulations peeled back. Let's focus on the extenders that are going to expire, so we can have an agenda and focus on immigration," said Machalagh Carr, former chief of staff to ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

Chinese hackers reportedly tapped the cellphone of a lead attorney for President-elect Donald Trump, and officials probing the attack said the scope is "way worse than the public knows."

The FBI informed attorney Todd Blanche last week that hackers obtained voice recordings and texts from his phone, CNN reported Thursday afternoon, citing three sources familiar with the matter.

Former President Donald Trump could potentially destroy the nation's bank with support from party loyalists in the legislative branch, a former Republican lawmaker has warned.

Former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) appeared on MSNBC Thursday afternoon to discuss Trump's economic plans for his second term in the White House — and what that could mean for the Federal Reserve.

Attorney Mike Davis, who has long been rumored as a candidate for attorney general under Donald Trump’s new administration, issued an ominous threat to New York Attorney General Letitia James and “Democrat prosecutors” on Thursday: “proceed accordingly.”

The Trump ally made the intimidating remarks two days after Election Day during an interview with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson, where James, who oversaw Trump’s New York fraud case, became the center of the attorney’s scorn.

Several top elected officials in Mississippi's most populous county are now defendants in a federal bribery probe.

HuffPost reporter Sam Levine tweeted an announcement from the Department of Justice, stating that an indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Mississippi in which three high-profile officials have officially been charged with "participating in a bribery scheme to enrich themselves."

The Pennsylvania Senate race was finally called Thursday for Dave McCormick in a key U.S. Senate flip in Pennsylvania.

The contest, between incumbent Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican businessman McCormick, came as Pennsylvania, the largest of the "blue wall" states that flipped to President-elect Donald Trump in the presidential election, was closely watched.

Political commentator Elie Mystal had some scathing words for America in his latest column for The Nation.

"We had a chance to stand united against fascism, authoritarianism, racism, and bigotry, but we did not," he wrote. "We had a chance to create a better world for not just ourselves but our sisters and brothers in at least some of the communities most vulnerable to unchecked white rule, but we did not. We had a chance to pass down a better, safer, and cleaner world to our children, but we did not.

Fox News' senior White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich hammered press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about messaging from Democrats over the past several months that America would suffer if Donald Trump were reelected.

"This administration messaged to millions of Americans that they're going to wake up the day after the election if Trump won and have their rights stripped away, that democracy would crumble and the president today said we're going to be okay," said Heinrich.

The chair of the Democratic National Committee has had it with the President Joe Biden blame game, he made clear Thursday.

"This is straight up BS," Jaime Harrison wrote on X Thursday afternoon. "Biden was the most-pro worker President of my lifetime."

Some international leaders are facing an "awkward" situation after comments made in the past four years criticizing Donald Trump, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

After he won the 2024 election, officials in Britain and Australia are backtracking from comments made in the past that trashed Trump. And many other leaders who have not publicly been fans are now sending diplomatic congratulatory messages, the report stated.

The "Trump sequel" is coming for America whether people are ready or not, wrote Brian Karem for Salon — and everyone needs to be ready for what that entails.

"We are left facing another round of Trump insanity at the White House, brought to us by the same people who voted him in the first time but failed to get him elected in 2020. Three is either a charm or a curse – depending on your point of view – and there are plenty of people gloating or kvetching today," wrote Karem.

President-elect Donald Trump's imminent ascent to the White House is already making it more difficult for Americans to buy homes, an economic analyst says.

Home loan interest rates have seen a steep uptick to a 6.8 percent average for 30-year fixed mortgages as the bonds market prepares for Trump's economic policies, CNN business reporter Matt Egan said Thursday.

Donald Trump's Truth Social platform may have its future as a viable — yet money-losing — site impacted now that the former president is headed back to the Oval Office, according to an analyst.

The media forum where he has regaled his hardcore MAGA fans since he was booted from Twitter after the Jan. 6 insurrection has little reason to continue existing now that he will have the White House bully pulpit from which to address the nation, make bold announcements and attack his enemies, according to Alex Kirshner of Slate.