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Vice President Kamala Harris formally conceded in a speech Wednesday afternoon at Howard University in Washington, D. C., where she urged her followers to continue fighting for democracy. Former President Donald Trump will be serving a second term after he was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election early Wednesday by the Associated Press.

It’s been almost two years since Paramount Network aired new episodes of Yellowstone, Taylor Sheridan and John Linson’s Western drama starring Kevin Costner. That’s not the norm for a show that once premiered a new season every year from 2018 through 2022. In that time, the show’s ratings steadily climbed to new heights, each premiere breaking records for live and same-day viewing.

The world will have just over two months to prepare for Donald Trump’s return to the White House, and whatever new foreign policy comes with it. His first presidential term—defined by trade wars, isolationism, and a deep skepticism towards the E. U. and NATO—may seem to offer a preview of what might come in the second.

Kamala Harris has been defeated, Donald Trump is headed back to the White House, and the Democrats have begun soul-searching to determine what went so wrong in a landslide that saw the party lose ground with some of its most reliable constituencies. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] There’s plenty of blame to go around. But most of the finger pointing hasn’t been aimed at Harris, who ran a truncated campaign that was generally well-regarded before the Election Day drubbing.

It’s vaccination season, which for most people means getting immunized for flu and COVID-19 (and RSV for infants, pregnant women, or people 75 and older). Public-health officials have said before that getting the two shots at the same time is safe, but some people have remained worried about receiving both vaccines together.

Following the 2024 U. S. presidential election results, it would appear that truth is on life support. For the voters who are devasted by a return of Donald Trump to the White House, the mourning includes not just an electoral loss, but also the disillusionment that his ugly and deceitful campaign tactics worked on their fellow Americans.