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President-elect Donald Trump’s team is in discussions about when he should go to Washington, DC, to meet with President Joe Biden, a source familiar tells CNN.

A source suggested that the date of the meeting was not final but could happen next week before Biden goes on a weeklong foreign trip. On November 14, Biden is scheduled to depart Washington for South America, with stops in Peru, Brazil, and the Amazon rainforest.

On the trip, Biden will attend summits with leaders from the Asia-Pacific region and the Group of 20 nations. Understanding how Trump will approach relationships with those leaders in a second term will inform Biden’s bilateral meetings with close allies, as well as interactions on the sidelines with US adversaries.

Trump’s team are hoping he goes to Washington, DC, on the earlier side, with the source saying it could even be next week.

Some background: A White House official said earlier today that Biden spoke with Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him on his victory and invited him to the White House. During that call, Biden also “expressed his commitment to ensuring a smooth transition and emphasized the importance of working to bring the country together,” the official said.

Trump said he “very much appreciated” the call from Biden and said he planned to meet the president “shortly,” according to the campaign.

This post has been updated with more reporting.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seen in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in June 2023.

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was one of the many world leaders who spoke with President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday.

The crown prince called “to convey the best wishes for the American people under his presidency,” according to the Saudi ambassador.

Bin Salman also reiterated the “historic relationship between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States,” Reema Bandar Al-Saud said in a post on X.

During his first four years, Trump made history by selecting Saudi Arabia for his first foreign trip, attempted to broker a “deal of the century” between Israelis and Palestinians, to strengthen the Jewish state’s regional integration, and intensified pressure on Iran.

Other world leaders who have congratulated Trump:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he called to congratulate Trump and that the two leaders “agreed to maintain close dialogue and advance our cooperation.” Trump has cast doubts on continued US commitment to Kyiv as Russia’s war drags on. Trump has also made comments that suggest the US could pressure Ukraine into an uneasy truce with Russia.

Chinese President Xi Jinping also offered his congratulations, according to China’s Foreign Ministry. Xi told Trump he hoped both countries could “find the right way” to “get along in the new era.” The two countries’ contentious relationship was particularly strained under Trump’s last presidency.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, in a phone conversation, emphasized strengthening the US-Japan alliance “from various perspectives,” he told reporters. Trump has previously voiced a skeptical view of the bilateral relationship, questioning the value of the alliance and saying Tokyo should pay more for the US troops stationed there.

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol congratulated Trump in a phone call during which they discussed the countries’ trilateral cooperation with Japan and his aspiration to advance the two countries’ alliance across “security and economic spheres,” as well as concerns over North Korea’s troop deployments to Ukraine and growing weapons capabilities, the country’s deputy national security adviser said.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to Trump on separate calls, congratulating him and emphasizing their countries’ strong alliances with the US.

A Downing Street spokeswoman said Starmer “reflected on the situation in the Middle East and underscored the importance of regional stability” during the call. Meloni’s office said she and Trump “expressed their willingness to work in close coordination” on “promoting stability and security” against the backdrop of the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.

This headline and post have been updated with more reporting.

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Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris in swing states Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as Sun Belt battlegrounds Georgia and North Carolina.

Voters across some of those crucial states are reacting to Trump’s win.

Here’s what they’re saying:

“I’m happy,” one Georgia voter told CNN, adding that he hopes gas prices go down and that “we start making a lot of money again” under a Trump presidency.

Pennsylvania voter Gabby James said she is feeling “relieved that America came together and saved our democracy.”

“I’m hoping for secure borders. I’m hoping for economic change,” James told CNN.

Nick Tigges — another Georgia voter — felt differently, saying that Trump’s win “definitely kind of hit really hard that people would choose, you know, a campaign basically run on hateful rhetoric over somebody with a little head on her shoulders.”

Pennsylvania voter Sarah Thomas told CNN that she’s “pretty disappointed” with the outcome.

“I’m just sad,” she said. “I’m worried.

But Bernie Shiffler, another Pennsylvania voter, told CNN he’s “feeling great” after Trump’s win, saying that he thinks “we finally got the country back.”

Usha Vance joins her husband, Vice President-elect Sen. JD Vance, during an election night watch party with President-elect Donald Trump at the Palm Beach Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6, 2024.

An Indian chief minister congratulated President-elect Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, and his wife Usha Vance, who has roots in south India.

Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh state, N. Chandrababu Naidu, extended “heartfelt congratulations” to the Vice President-elect in a post on X.

Usha Vance, the child of Indian immigrants, grew up in a suburb of San Diego and her family is Hindu. Her husband converted to Catholicism in 2019.

Separately, Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi said he “had a great conversation” with his “friend” Trump over the phone, during which he congratulated the president-elect on his victory.

The prime minister and president-elect were close during Trump’s previous administration, during which they referred to each other as a “true friend.”

A CNN crew in Kyiv spoke to Ukrainians after Donald Trump’s projected win in the 2024 presidential election. Throughout his campaign, the president-elect has cast strong doubts on continued US commitment to Kyiv as the war drags on more than two and half years after Russian forces invaded.

Listen to what these Ukrainians are saying about Trump returning to the White House:

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Donald Trump in a phone call on Wednesday evening during which he congratulated the president-elect on his victory.

Trudeau and Trump discussed the longstanding partnership between Canada and the US, trade and North American security, according to a statement from the Canadian Prime Minister’s Office.

The Canada, US and Mexico trade agreement, which Trump and Trudeau “successfully negotiated in the President’s first term,” was among topics discussed, it said, adding they spoke about their “shared interest in secure and reliable supply chains and addressing unfair trading practices in the global economy.”

The two also spoke about “North American security” and “agreed to stay in close contact,” it went on.

French President Emmanuel Macron, one of the first world leaders to offer congratulations, also spoke by phone with the president-elect on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the French Embassy in Washington.

The 25-minute conversation was described by the representative as “warm” and building on the two leaders’ “pre-existing relationship” and touched on the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Macron stressed “the importance of relying on Europe” in the face of shared challenges, he said.

Some background: Trudeau and Trump have had a rocky relationship, with the Canadian prime minister being caught on a viral video in 2019 talking about Trump with Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Rutte, who were then the leaders of United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands, respectively.

In turn, Trump at the time called Trudeau “two-faced.”

The headline and story have been updated to reflect Macron’s call with Trump.

Donald Trump began his political comeback when many in his own party wanted him to go away.

He announced his third White House bid days after Republicans underwhelmed in the 2022 midterm elections, a performance that prominent GOP figures laid squarely at his feet.

But, surrounded at Mar-a-Lago by the close allies and aides that had yet to abandon him during his post-presidency exile, Trump assigned blame elsewhere, including the justice system that had raided his Palm Beach estate three months prior. He offered a dark assessment of the country after he left office and forecasted that before long voters would turn against those in charge.

By early Wednesday morning, Trump’s prediction had materialized. Millions of Americans, including pivotal voters in Midwest and Sun Belt battlegrounds, cast ballots that clinched Trump’s historic comeback — one that promises to reshape American politics for the foreseeable future.

Trump’s victory, years in the making, is as notable for its breadth as for its method. His campaign aimed from the outset to remake the political coalitions that have underpinned American elections for generations. Trump reached out to constituencies traditionally loyal to Democrats: union households, wage workers, and Black and Latino men.

At the same time, he courted the disillusioned — men scattered throughout America’s forgotten places who had long given up on electoral politics altogether. And his allies exploited rifts between Democrats and their base of support. A Republican-tied super PAC, for example, aired ads on Detroit radio urging the area’s Arab voters to support Green Party candidate Jill Stein over the Democratic ticket due to the Mideast conflict.

Simultaneously, the Republican Jewish Coalition spent $15 million targeting Jewish voters anxious over the administration’s support for Israel and the left’s embrace of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses.

Read more about what went on in the Trump campaign.

A person inspects the damage after an overnight Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, Gaza, on October 27.

If his first term in the White House is any indication, President-elect Donald Trump is likely to keep the Middle East high on his agenda.

During his first four years, Trump made history by selecting Saudi Arabia for his first foreign trip, attempted to broker a “deal of the century” between Israelis and Palestinians, strengthened the Jewish state’s regional integration, and significantly intensified pressure on Iran.

But the Middle East has changed significantly since he left office in 2021, and all regional actors are keenly watching how the new president will navigate these shifts.

Here’s how Trump’s election could affect key players in the Middle East:

Israel and the Palestinians: Ending the wars in Gaza and Lebanon and integrating Israel in the Middle East are likely to be at the top of the president-elect’s Middle East agenda, analysts said.

Trump doesn’t want those wars “on his desk as a burning issue” come January 20, when he is inaugurated, Alon Pinkas, a former Israeli diplomat, told CNN.

“He will say: wrap it up; I don’t need this,” Pinkas said, adding that Trump will likely ask the Israeli prime minister to “announce victory” and then strike a deal through mediators.

Read more about what Trump’s presidency may mean for Iran and Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states here.

One big question facing Kamala Harris’ campaign now is whether they put too much stock in the value of their ground game to overcome her disadvantages in a climate sour on the incumbent party.

One source close to the campaign said that in a recent presentation, the Harris campaign emphasized the power of their ground game to give them an edge in each of the battleground states where she was locked in a tight contest with Trump. The impact of the ground game may have been “exponentially” exaggerated in this political climate, the source said.

A particular reason for alarm is the degree to which in several competitive Senate races, Harris performed worse than the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan and Wisconsin, suggesting that it was not just the broader political climate dragging her down.

Much of the finger pointing publicly and privately has centered around whether the party has lost focus on working class Americans and failed to speak to them. At the heart of that problem is a strategy of the Harris campaign to focus on democracy and abortion rather than squarely addressing her vulnerabilities on the economy and immigration.

Kamala Harris speaks at Howard University in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, November 6.

The soul-searching inside the Democratic Party in the wake of Kamala Harris’ defeat has given way to finger-pointing, with many allies and advisers placing a share of the blame on President Joe Biden, his insistence to seek a second term and his reluctance to leave the race.

But aside from Biden, who will address the nation from the Rose Garden on Thursday, several Democratic advisers in battleground states tell CNN that Harris simply could not separate herself from the Biden administration on the economy, immigration and “an overwhelming appetite for change,” in the words of one aide.

Other advisers said too much reliance was placed on the messaging surrounding abortion rights and an intense focus on celebrities in the final weeks of the campaign.

Several Democratic strategists are already calling for a party-wide autopsy of the election results — much like Republicans did in the wake of President Obama’s 2012 re-election — to study how Democrats have become so out of step with such large swaths of the country.

While Democrats have long been unified by their disdain for Donald Trump, the arc of Harris’ messaging toward the former president during the 107-day campaign – joyfully diminishing him before suddenly elevating him as an urgent risk to democracy – will be the subject of considerable debate in the coming weeks.

“Did we give people enough of a reason to vote for her rather than just against Trump?” a senior Democratic adviser tells CNN.

Trump waves at the crowd at a watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday, November 5.

American voters have spoken, and they decided to rehire Donald Trump as president of the United States.

But he won’t take office until January 20, 2025, and there are multiple things that will happen between now and then.

Some of the key dates coming up are:

CNN’s Phil Mattingly walks through the process:

Find a full roadmap of the key dates coming up here.

President-elect Donald Trump has prepared a raft of executive orders, policy papers and regulation reversals to go on day one of taking office, sources told CNN, describing him as focused on what he’ll do immediately after taking the oath of office.

On Wednesday night, Palm Beach, Florida, was teeming with potential members of a second Trump administration who are vying to position themselves for a job. Many of the hopefuls were at his victory parties on Tuesday night and have delayed their flights or adjusted their travel schedules to remain in the area.

Trump could announce his decision on some key positions within days, the sources said.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz thanked Vice President Kamala Harris for being his running mate and urged Democratic voters to “continue fighting” for the campaign’s core values in his first statement since Harris lost the presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump.

“While the outcome is not what we wanted, I am grateful to the millions of Americans who joined our campaign and stood up for our greatest ideals: decency, compassion, and love of our neighbor,” he continued in another post. “Now more than ever, we need you to continue fighting for those values and the country we all love.”

Former President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky meet on September 27, in New York City, while Zelensky was in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.

Donald Trump’s campaign made no secret of its skepticism about Ukraine. Now as the president-elect, uncertainty surrounds Trump’s policy when it comes to Kyiv’s war with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Trump met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in September.

Throughout his campaign, Trump and his running mate JD Vance have cast doubts on continued US commitment to Ukraine as the war drags on more than two and half years. Moreover, Trump has made comments that suggest the US could pressure Ukraine into an uneasy truce with Russia.

Zelensky said he called to congratulate Trump and said the two leaders “agreed to maintain close dialogue and advance our cooperation.” Earlier, he also said he appreciates Trump’s commitment to “peace through strength.”

CNN’s Clare Sebastian breaks down what it could mean for the war:

During private conversations in the last few days, Donald Trump has made one thing clear: He wants to reward those who stood by him during the last two years of his presidential bid.

Trump, whose axis of influence has shifted greatly since he last entered the White House, has becoming increasingly reliant on names like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Elon Musk, Steve Witkoff and Howard Lutnick.

He’s made clear in conversations that he’ll seek to accommodate those who have stood by him, no matter if their viewpoints don’t necessarily align with his.

Juan Sanchez talks with CNN en Español on Wednesday, November 6.

Latino voters from battleground states North Carolina and Pennsylvania are reacting to Donald Trump’s presidential win this week.

Juan Sanchez in Philadelphia said Democrats are elected and “they don’t do anything.”

“For me, it was no surprise, it’s what the country needed because this government has been a disaster,” Sanchez told CNN. “The economy is useless and the people — we’re tired. The Democrats just offer, they don’t deliver.”

Roberto Mendoza talks with CNN en Español on Wednesday, November 6.

Roberto Mendoza, another voter in Charlotte, North Carolina, said he feels that “positive changes are coming” with Trump in the White House

Support for Trump among Latino voters was at a historic high in 2024.

Niwton Terrero talks with CNN en Español on Wednesday, November 6.

But others don’t share those feelings, like Niwton Terrero in Philadelphia. He said as a Latino, he does feel “some distain” about what the former president and his allies have said about Puerto Rico and Latinos.

Hear what voters had to say:

President-elect Donald Trump will win Alaska, CNN projects.

There were three electoral votes at stake in Alaska.

Who won in 2020: Trump carried the state, and President Joe Biden won the general election.

Kamala Harris will win three electoral votes in Maine, CNN projects, while Donald Trump will win one of the state’s electoral votes.

There are four electoral votes at stake in Maine. Maine is one of the only two states (Nebraska is the other) that allocates some of its electoral vote by congressional district.

It takes at least 270 electoral votes to win the 2024 presidential election. CNN has already projected that Trump will win the presidential election after reaching that threshold earlier Wednesday.

Who won in 2020: Maine split its electoral votes in 2020, three for President Joe Biden and one for Trump. Biden won the statewide vote and the more urban and Democratic-leaning 1st Congressional District, while Trump won the more rural northern 2nd Congressional District.

The FBI on Wednesday warned of more fake videos about the 2024 election purporting to be from the bureau.

One of the four fake videos “is a fabricated news clip falsely claiming that the FBI has ordered media to ‘restrict dissemination of information about bribery of electors,’” the FBI said in a statement, adding that the video does not “represent FBI’s actions or position.”

The bureau did not say who was behind the fake messages, or where they were circulated.

CNN reported on Election Day that the FBI warned the public about three fake messages purporting to be from the bureau that “promote false narratives surrounding the election,” including one video about malfunctioning voting machines.