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The Justice Department plans to focus on arresting the “most egregious” Jan. 6 rioters — particularly those who committed felony assaults on law enforcement officers but have not yet been arrested — in the remaining 72 days before President-elect Donald Trump is back in the White House, a law enforcement official told NBC News this week.

President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will meet Wednesday in the Oval Office. That word comes Saturday from the White House. Such a postelection meeting is customary between the outgoing president and the incoming president.

Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen has won re-election in Nevada, NBC News projects, defeating Republican Sam Brown and holding on to an important seat for her party in a swing state.

The threats come as Trump campaign aides say that the president-elect considers his choice for attorney general to be his most important single appointment.

President-elect Trump’s transition team is considering ending two Biden Administration programs that have allowed more than 1.3 million immigrants to enter the U.S. legally, making those who entered but have not yet received asylum eligible for deportation, NBC News has learned.

More than 1,000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender candidates ran for elected office this year, vying for seats in Congress, state legislatures and various local races across nearly every state. While a number of these races have yet to be called, hundreds of queer candidates have already emerged victorious as of Friday, including many who made...

A growing list of blue-state governors, including several potential 2028 contenders, are already planning legislative sessions, legal actions and other moves to fight Trump.

“Campaigns are contests of competing visions,” President Joe Biden said Thursday. “The country chooses one or the other. We accept the choice the country made … You can’t love your country only when you win.”

Republicans won the Senate but are looking to stretch their majority. The House is still uncalled. And Trump has won another term as president, NBC News projects.

The step complies with longstanding Justice Department policy that a sitting President cannot be prosecuted, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration. But his proposals are more complicated than that sounds and often lack specifics.

Donald Trump has vowed to take action on various issues on his first day in office.

The results and exit poll data reveal the undercurrents of what has shaped an election full of twists and turns.