Kiersten Riedford

DePaul ‘25 | Politics, News | Former: WGN-TV, NBC News & NBC Chicago, Good Day DePaul

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

🎉Exciting news!

Francesca Corona and I anchored for the first time for Good Day DePaul!

Looking forward to more great content from this team.

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[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

@emily_scol @dailypenn Visual is amazing

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

President Donald #Trump says he has already signed an executive order that will give "a mandatory death penalty for anyone who murders a police officer. Tonight I'm asking Congress to pass that policy into permanent law."

What are your thoughts?

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

Fun fact you may not know, the two stands on the left and right of President #Trump are actually teleprompters.

They are see-through to attendees, but the speaker at the podium can see the speech on the stand. This lets them read a speech and appear to look at the audience.

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

President #Trump says reciprocal #tariffs will come into effect on April 2, not on April 1 because he didn't want people to think it was an #AprilFoolsDay joke.

This means whatever a country has tariffed the U.S., the U.S. will match and tariff them back with.

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

The #Constitution requires the #president to update #Congress on the state of the union “from time to time.” It's usually called the #StateoftheUnion because most presidents give it once per year.
Typically, the #StateoftheUnion speech is given about one year into the presidency.

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

Something you'll notice about tonight's speech from President Donald #Trump is that it's not a #StateoftheUnion speech, but rather a Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress.

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

#Congress Congressman Al Green, the U.S. representative from Texas's 9th congressional district in his 11th term, was just removed from the room. #Trump continues to address Congress.

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

Hi everyone, SGA just posted a #KnowYourRights post. Take a look and share if you feel like your communities need it: https://t.co/ZyAv01xdg3

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

In case you haven't had time to watch the #inauguration, here are some things that stood out:
1. Elon Musk's excitement when Trump promises to 'plant the stars and stripes' on Mars
2. Carrie Underwood's impromptu acapella performance
3. Logan & Jake Paul attended the ceremony

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

#Ohio has just flipped Republican, giving the #Republican #Senate the majority in the #2024election, according to NBC.

The Republicans hold 50 seats. The democrats currently hold 41.
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[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

We are still waiting for #Senate race results from #Virginia, #Ohio, #Maine, #Pennsylvania, #Arizona, #Michigan, #Minnesota, #Nebraska, #Texas, #Wisconsin, #Montana, #Nevada and #Hawaii.

Republicans hold 48 seats, Democrats hold 39. 50 are needed to win a majority.
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[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

#California and #Washington are added as wins to the #Democrat #Senate in the #2024Election, according to
@AP.

The Senate, with these calls, is up to 39 Democrats. 50 wins the majority.

28 are already in office.
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[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

#ElectionDay updates: @AP calls the #PresidentialElection as 112 for #Harris and 210 for #Trump. 270 are needed to win.

#Republicans are up 48 and #Democrats are at 37 in the Senate. 50 are needed to win the majority.
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[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

#NewMexico is added as a win to the #Democrat #Senate in the #2024Election, according to @AP.

The Senate, with these calls, is up to 37 Democrats. 50 wins the majority.

28 are already in office.
@14eastmag

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

#Missouri is added as another win for #Republicans in the #2024Election #Senate race, according to
@AP.

The Senate, with these calls, is up to 48 Republicans. 50 wins the majority of the Senate.

38 are already in office.
@14eastmag

[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

#Wyoming and #Utah have #Republican #Senate wins in the #2024Election, according to @AP

The Senate, with these calls, is up to 47 Republicans. 50 wins the majority.

38 are already in office.
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[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

#ElectionDay An update to #Delaware's #Senate race: Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester's win lands her as the first woman and the first Black person to represent Delaware's Senate.
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[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

#Vermont is confirmed to have an #Independent #Senate win in the #2024Election, according to @AP.

#BernieSanders secures this independent win for Vermont.
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[Kiersten Riedford @kriedford]

#Connecticut, #Delaware, #Maryland, #Massachusetts, #NewJersey, #RhodeIsland and #NewYork are confirmed to have #Democrat #Senate wins in the #2024Election, according to @AP.

The Senate is up to 36 Democrats. 50 wins the majority.

28 are already in office.
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