Trump live updates: Arizona results stand in way of Republicans taking total control as president-elect shaps cabinet

Votes are inactive being counted successful Arizona 3 days aft the polls closed.

The authorities has inactive not officially been called for Donald Trump, but each eyes are connected the remaining Senate and House battles that volition person heavy implications successful Congress.

Trump state Kari Lake is locked successful a nail-biting conflict with Democrat Ruben Gallego for the Senate.

Republican Rep. David Schweikert is besides successful a conflict with Democrat Amish Shah for a House spot that could beryllium a turning constituent successful the combat for Congress.

As of Friday morning, the GOP lone needed 7 seats to instrumentality control.

Donald Trump is astatine Mar-a-Lago celebrating his historical triumph implicit Kamala Harris and considering who helium volition bring to the White House to transportation retired his mandate.

Now the allies who person been by his broadside passim the run and beyond privation a spot astatine the table.

CNN reported connected Friday that Trump loyalists are battling connected the patio of the president-elect’s backstage club.

Less than 24 hours aft his win, had reportedly already started going done names of imaginable furniture picks with his modulation chairs Howard Lutnick and Linda McMahon.

GOP figures person besides booked flights to Palm Beach to lobby for a presumption portion others are moving the phones to marque their case.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is informing that the United States whitethorn beryllium entering an epoch of 'fascism and authoritarianism' arsenic the state prepares for President-elect Donald Trump to instrumentality to power.

The 35-year-old socialist-leaning New York congresswoman hopped connected Instagram Wednesday to talk with her wide followers astir the predetermination results wherever she painted an highly bleak representation for the country's future.

The starring subordinate of the House Democrats' progressive 'Squad' said the U.S. is entering a governmental play that volition person consequences 'for the remainder of our lives.'

Less than 48 hours aft his landslide triumph implicit Kamala Harris, Donald Trump is already getting to enactment gathering his White House to transportation retired what could beryllium a immense mandate.

The 78-year-old president-elect has been making calls from Mar-a-Lago - wherever helium has been celebrating his ascendant triumph - and making cardinal decisions that volition acceptable up the model for his 2nd administration.

The Republican has been connected the telephone with much than 70 satellite leaders since the contention was called for him and has already hinted that helium would led Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell support his job.

He's been truthful focused successful information that his usually hectic societal media feeds person been dormant since Tuesday. He hasn't posted once.

The uncharacteristic offline quality of Trump's past fewer days could bespeak a displacement successful his attraction from the run to the White House.

The Republican has been gathering with adjacent confidants and run unit to enactment connected filling retired apical medication roles with MAGA loyalists.

As President-elect Donald Trump delivered his predetermination nighttime triumph code connected Tuesday, helium singled retired 1 idiosyncratic for peculiar thanks.

'Let maine besides explicit my tremendous appreciation for Susie...' Trump said beaming and turning to household and unit crowding the signifier astatine his Palm Beach, Florida run headquarters.

'The occupation you did. Come, Susie. Come present Susie,' helium beckoned. 'Susie likes to enactment benignant of successful the back… We telephone her the crystal maiden.'

Then the phalanx of towering, designer-clad women, including Trump's daughter-in-law Lara and Don Jr's fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle, parted and a gray-haired grandma successful a airy blouse and aureate hoop earrings stepped forward.

Usually, erstwhile Trump invites idiosyncratic to the lectern they astir travel implicit themselves to get there. But not Susie Wiles.

The 67-year-old shook the president-elect's manus and smiled but erstwhile helium suggested that she 'say a fewer words,' her eyes widened and she vigorously shook her caput 'no'.

The Iowa pollster who made a wildly inaccurate prediction that Kamala Harris would triumph successful the deep-red authorities present claims her mistake whitethorn person really helped Donald Trump.

J. Ann Selzer - antecedently renowned for her predictions successful The Hawkeye State - admitted her probe was wholly incorrect and mightiness person adjacent emboldened MAGA nation.

'I told much than 1 quality outlet that the findings from this past canvass could really energize and activate Republican voters who thought they would apt seashore to victory,' she wrote Thursday. 'Maybe that's what happened.'

Selzer added she was 'thinking astir however we got wherever we are.'

The bombshell admittance comes arsenic predetermination returns proceed to amusement bully quality for Trump, arsenic Arizona and Nevada are expected to enactment him implicit 300 electoral votes with Republicans favored to support clasp of the House of Representatives.