Washington — More than a week after Election Day 2024, the results in a handful of races for the U.S. House of Representatives are still outstanding. But enough races have now been decided for CBS News to project that Republicans will hold onto control of the House with least 218 seats, the number needed for a majority.

While many communities around the world have been wondering what to make of Donald Trump’s presidential re-election victory, Ollolai on the Italian island of Sardinia has sniffed a potential opportunity.

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The Constitution sets a two-term limit for presidents. Still, Donald J. Trump has repeatedly floated the idea that he might like to stay in the White House beyond his next term.

Ten days after Election Day the registrar is still counting close races in Los Angeles County that are up in the air.

Choi led Newman by 6,947 votes according to the latest vote tally posted by the Orange County registrar of voters.

Republican Jay Furman said he did not appear on some voters' ballots in Texas' 28th Congressional District election against Henry Cuellar.

Actor William Shatner and HBO host Bill Maher debated why Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party's messaging failed to resonate with voters.

Follow updates on Trump’s transition plans after the 2024 election: Cabinet selections like Matt Gaetz, CPAC at Mar-a-Lago and key developments.

Court's order was in response to petitions filed by Republican National Committee over attempts by some county board of elections to flout the state's election law and prior court orders. More than one thousand ballots were at stake in the offending counties.

It will take 218 seats to rule the House, and although neither party had yet to reach the threshold, the numbers appeared to favor the GOP.

In what is likely to be the narrowest margin of victory since 2000, Trump probably benefitted from who stayed home.