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Police in North Carolina are seeking leads about a fire they say was deliberately set at the Orange County Republican Party's office over the weekend and a graffiti message warning the political party to "leave town or else."
CNN projects that South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has held on to his Senate seat. Graham will return to the Senate for a fourth term after defeating Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison. South Carolina is a conservative state that hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1998. CNN has also projected that President Donald Trump will win the state's 9 electoral votes. Graham serves as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Graham pushed through Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation just days before the election. Graham had said previously that he would not appoint a Supreme Court judge during an election year.
Speaking in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Wednesday, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took a jibe at Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump and his possible choice for vice-president choice, Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie.
Despite exceeding all expectations and reaching the semi-finals round of the 2016 UEFA Euro football championship, Wales was eliminated last night after their 2-0 loss to Portugal, who now advance to play against either Germany or France in the final match on Sunday. Tempers flared between Portugal and Wales fans in a Lyon fanzone on Wednesday, during the teams' UEFA 2016 European Championship's semi-final.
Thousands of supporters attended a rally held by US Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday evening. Speaking during the rally, Trump criticised presumptive Democratic Party candidate rival Hillary Clinton's for her use of private email servers while secretary of state. Clinton was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing by an FBI investigation this week, though she and her aides were described as "extremely careless" by FBI Director James Comey.