the media gives victory to trump in states of texas, virginia, north carolina, oklahoma, tennessee, maine, texas, arkansas, alabama, colorado, minnesota, massachusetts and california. trump lost. in vermont alone, the 2024 election promises to be a rematch for trump after his defeat 4 years ago. us deputy secretary of state victoria nuland resigns. nuland served as assistant secretary of state for european affairs in the obama administration, resigned in 2017 after president donald trump took office in 2016, and returned as deputy secretary of state. political issues in the biden administration. the state department statement did not provide reasons for nuland's resignation. she will be temporarily replaced as deputy secretary by another career diplomat, john bus, formerly. ambassador to afghanistan, who led the withdrawal of american troops from the country. for us, victoria is most remembered for the state department cookies. during the maidan in kiev in 2013 , she, along with the us ambassador to ukraine, jeffrey paeth, visited a tent city of protesters, where they handed out sandwiche