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Preliminary exit polling shows Harris won women, but in smaller numbers than her Democratic predecessors

Heads of Amazon, Meta and Apple swift to congratulate Trump as Musk celebrates and declares victory for himselfBusiness leaders were swift to offer their congratulations to Donald Trump on his election victory, less than four years after they criticized him for his role in the January 6 insurrection.Some of tech's business leaders, including Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Apple's Tim Cook all publicly congratulated Trump for his win.How to watch Kamala Harris's concession speechTrump wins the presidency - how did it happen?With Trump re-elected, this is what's at stakeTracking abortion ballot measures

Polling experts called on to explain surveys that showed Trump and Harris deadlocked in a race deemed too close to call

President reassures her country as threat of US tariffs and deportations looms

AFL-CIO said unions spoke to most voters in federation history and saw gains such as minimum wage raisesA majority of union members voted for Kamala Harris in Tuesday's election, outpacing 2020 numbers. It didn't stop Donald Trump from securing the presidency.Harris is outperforming 2020 numbers with union members, according to AP Votecast exit data. She's up 57-39, which tracks with our internal data. Union voters turned out for Harris, that much is crystal clear," posted Steve Smith, deputy director of public affairs at the largest federation of unions in the US, AFL-CIO, on X.Trump wins the presidency - how did it happen?Full presidential election results and mapAbortion ballot measure results by stateRepublicans retake control of the SenateSenate, House and governor results Continue reading...

Federal proceedings against him will likely wither, and his state felony sentencing now faces a doubtful future

Election of a climate denier' to US presidency poses major threat to the planet', environmentalists say

Cheney, who has been a critic of Donald Trump and subject of his threats, says citizens, courts and the media must now be the guardrails of democracy'Liz Cheney has called on courts of law, the news media, government bureaucrats and other citizens to be the guardrails of democracy" after Kamala Harris - whom she served as a conservative campaign surrogate - lost Tuesday's US presidential election to their common opponent, Donald Trump.In a social media post on Wednesday, the former high-profile Republican Wyoming congresswoman - and daughter of former vice-president Dick Cheney - also urged Harris's supporters to accept her defeat whether we like the outcome or not". Continue reading...

The Ohio senator is the real deal in Trump world and is now only a heartbeat away from the presidency

In the end it was not even that close. Jonathan Freedland is joined by Susan Glasser and Nikki McCann Ramirez to discuss what went wrong for Kamala Harris as Donald Trump wins a second presidential term - and for the first time a convicted felon is elected to the White HouseArchive: ABC News, NBC News, CNN, Fox News Continue reading...

Donald Trump has claimed the White House for a second time. We analyse which areas swung to Republicans to help him win back the presidencyDonald Trump has won the majority of electoral college votes to defeat Kamala Harris in the 2024 US presidential election.Despite polling gains for the Democrats after Biden's exit from the race in July, Harris failed to maintain a lead and the election was neck-and-neck in the final weeks of the campaign. Continue reading...

I've pleaded with her to use streaming services, to no avail. If the BBC is showing a 1974 episode of Call My Bluff, that's what we're watchingOne thing led to another this week, and I spent some time with my mum. She spends her days doing four things, to all of which she brings great intensity. She cooks, she cleans, she reads and she watches television. She watches a lot of television. She knows what she likes and when it's on. Her viewing schedule is organised with the same rigour she applies to cleaning out my kitchen drawers. Listings are scrutinised at the weekend and plans are drawn up. What she can't watch at the time of broadcast, she records. I've pleaded with her, over and again, to engage with the streaming services - nowt fancy, just BBC iPlayer, ITVX and so on - but to no avail. The schedule is the schedule and her schedule must fit around that. Bring streaming into it, and the paralysis of choice is too much for her. It's probably a bit too much for all of us.Her viewing day begins after lunch, perhaps limbering up with a bit of Countdown. Thereafter, most shows seem to involve couples trying to buy properties in sunny places, with varying degrees of success. At 5pm comes The Chase on ITV, one of several quizshows the evening brings. To justify her somewhat excessive admiration for my intellect, I can't help barking out correct answers. But as we make our way through Mastermind and University Challenge, my right answers give way to wrong answers, which give way to no answers at all. Exhausting.Adrian Chiles is a broadcaster, writer and Guardian columnist Continue reading...

The horror of 1 April will stay with us. But to desperate people, we know a plate of food is as powerful as any weapon

A whole raft of tired assumptions collapsed today. Britain must be realistic about America now - and our so-called special' relationshipEven more than his first victory in 2016, Donald Trump's re-election marks a historic disruption. It is a profound moment of change, not just for the United States but for the rest of the world, too. For decades, the US has been the free world's essential and reliable nation. Not any more. It could even one day become them against us.Trump 2.0 seems certain to put one of the final nails in the coffin of the post-1945 Pax Americana. In reality, that old normality has been disintegrating since at least the Vietnam conflict. George W Bush's war on terror" caused more problems than it solved. Barack Obama and Joe Biden were each reluctant to wield America's big stick, most recently and tragically in the Middle East. Now, though, there is no hiding from the realities.Martin Kettle is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

Cardi B, John Cusack and Stephen King are among names sharing anger and disappointment over US election resultCelebrities have shared their disappointment and anger over Donald Trump's re-election as president.The Republican's Tuesday victory over opponent Kamala Harris sent shock waves throughout Hollywood after the Democratic candidate ran a campaign filled with A-list names including Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Bruce Springsteen and Julia Roberts.Trump wins the presidency - how did it happen?Full presidential election results and mapAbortion ballot measure results by stateRepublicans retake control of the SenateSenate, House and governor results Continue reading...

Donald Trump has been elected the 47th president of the United States in a political resurrection that sent shock waves through the US and around the world. As votes were counted overnight, Trump took North Carolina surprisingly early, the first battleground state to be called, and later won Georgia and Pennsylvania. After 2am ET, Trump emerged to speak, surrounded by his family, close aides and JD Vance, the hard-right Ohio senator he picked for vice-president. Trump defeated Harris, a Democrat who had been seeking to make history as the first woman, first Black woman and first south Asian American to become president in the US's 248-year history

Dallas appear to have made another mistake in a crumbling season, while the Chargers should have reached out to the Dolphins about Tyreek HillThe deal: Washington Commanders get Lattimore and fifth round pick in 2025; Saints get third-, fourth- and sixth-round pick in 2025 Continue reading...

Some express fears over US aid for Ukraine while others say the country is already strugglingUkraine was plunged into gloom and uncertainty after Donald Trump's victory amid expectations that he is likely to end US military assistance while the Kremlin said its aim of subjugating its neighbour remained unchanged.Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president, congratulated Trump on his impressive election victory", adding: I appreciate President Trump's commitment to the peace through strength' approach in global affairs." Continue reading...

American anchors had mixed reactions as they announced Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Fox News praised the president-elect's campaign, while other networks focused on his criminal convictions and involvement in the January 6 riots. Trump becomes the first convicted criminal to win the White House. At 78, he is also the oldest person ever elected to the office

Jair Bolsonaro, Javier Milei and Giorgia Meloni among those in Europe and the Americas paying tribute

The president-elect has made his disdain for journalism clear. His second term is a risk to a free press in the United States and beyond. Help us to hold him to account

We'd like to hear people's thoughts about Donald Trump having decisively won the US presidential electionDonald Trump has been declared the winner of the 2024 US presidential election, after sweeping several swing states and being on course to win the popular vote.We'd like to hear how people feel about this seismic victory for the Republicans after what appeared to be one of the tightest US elections ever. Continue reading...

Closely watched and expensive race was considered referendum on whether Democrats can win in rural states

Public congratulations but private foreboding as heads of state, ministers and diplomats express hopes for cooperation and peace

Republican hails greatest political movement of all time' after taking victory through battleground states. Plus, Americans explain what decided their vote

The return of the disrupter-in-chief will also elevate the level of tension in global politics exponentially

Former president defeats Kamala Harris as voters send Republican back to White House for second term

A historically brief campaign began with a surprise pullout and ended on the site of Trump's 2020 attack on democracy

Donald Trump supporters who were gathered at a watch party in Florida erupted in celebration early on 6 November as Fox News projected that the Republican had won the US presidency, defeating Democrat Kamala Harris and capping a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House. In West Palm Beach, Florida, where Trump was expected to speak to his supporters, the crowd cheered and chanted: 'USA! USA! USA!'

Scene at Howard University had echoes of Hillary Clinton's loss in 2016 as US appears poised to return Trump to powerIn the end, Kamala Harris never took the stage at her election night watch party on the Howard University campus in Washington DC. As Americans appeared poised to return Donald Trump to power, it was her campaign co-chair, Cedric Richmond, who appeared onstage instead.He tried to strike a note of optimism - there were still votes to be counted. But the scene had echoes of Hillary Clinton's loss in 2016, when her campaign chairman, not the candidate, came out to address supporters awaiting the result of a presidential election that many hoped would finally shatter the hardest, highest" glass ceiling. Continue reading...

Schiff, who led Donald Trump's first impeachment trial in the House, defeats Republican Steve Garvey

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An unprecedented campaign season is over. Now voters board another rollercoaster - this time in their living rooms

Voters have elected a Republican majority in the Senate. They have also been electing members of the House of Representatives and state governors

New York and Maryland also pass measures in favor of reproductive rights - follow our tracker as voters decide to expand or restrict access to abortion

Live election results as polls suggest a close contest between Harris and Trump. See how the night will unfold with our guide to the big moments

Ballot measure that would have rolled back state's six-week ban does not pass in devastating blow for advocates

Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger told reporters that polls in some locations would stay open longer and the vote counting process would be 'a bit slower' after bomb threats were directed at voting locations in five battleground states, according to the FBI. Fulton county police chief W Wade Yates said there were 32 bomb threats at different polling stations in Georgia's Fulton county. Some of the threats were called directly into the locations where voting was happening, while others were called into 911 or received by email, he said

Democrat becomes first Jewish governor in state history after defeating controversial Republican candidateNorth Carolina voters have once again given its governor's mansion to a Democrat, electing the attorney general, Josh Stein, over the embattled lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, in a race defined by the extreme rhetoric and controversies surrounding the Republican candidate.Stein's victory gives North Carolina its first Jewish governor. It also marks a repudiation of Robinson, the divisive figure who drew attention for stunning public comments about women, the LGBTQ+ community and racial minorities both before and during his time in office, Stein said.When do polls close?When will we know the result?Where is abortion on the ballot?Senate and House races to watchHow the electoral college worksEverything you need to know Continue reading...

Kamala Harris visited a Democratic National Committee phone bank on election day, thanking the supporters working to turn out voters. Harris took some calls herself after telling supporters at the phone bank: 'This truly represents the best of who we are'

Here is an hour-by-hour guide on how to watch election night like an expert

US voters choose between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris for president, and determine the balance of power in Congress

A man was arrested by US Capitol police officers at the Capitol visitor center in Washington DC, police said. The man 'smelled like fuel' and had 'a torch' and 'a flare gun' when he was stopped by officers during a screening process at the center, police said. Officials canceled public tours of the Capitol for the remainder of the day

From the polls to the electoral college, the key swing states and when the winner might be announced, Matilda Boseley explains the US presidential election for dummies - or at least those who live outside the US and aren't familiar with its unique election processesSubscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube

Misinformation and Russian-linked vote curbing attempts over unfounded terrorist threats aim to disrupt US electionAmericans went to the polls on Tuesday against a backdrop of misinformation - much of it suspected to have originated in Russia - as the FBI warned of fake videos and non-credible threats of terrorism aimed at disrupting the US presidential election and discouraging voting.These tensions were stoked by Donald Trump supporters and the former US president himself. Elon Musk, the world's richest man and Trump's most vocal surrogate, tweeted a video of support that appeared to reference the far-right QAnon ideology. Continue reading...

The Democratic party's vice-presidential candidate, Tim Walz, has said he was feeling good' about the crucial swing state, Pennsylvania, after making a campaign stop in Harrisburg. Addressing reporters, he said: We're excited about Pennsylvania. I think being here, we started it here - for me, it feels like closing the loop. We're excited about being here, we're taking that positive message, and you saw the energy in that room'

Reports of casual cruelty to animals during the presidential race are more about gaining votes than concern for their welfare

Disgraced Trump lawyer appears in Benz in Florida despite court order to turn it over to Ruby Freeman and Shaye MossRudy Giuliani turned up to vote in Florida for Tuesday's presidential election in a Mercedes Benz convertible that a court had ordered him to surrender more than a week ago as part of a $148m settlement to two Georgia poll workers he defamed.The 1980s car, once owned by the actor Lauren Bacall, is among the assets of the disgraced former New York mayor and vocal Donald Trump acolyte that Giuliani is deliberately hiding from their reach, according to a letter their attorney, Aaron Nathan, sent to the judge in the case. Continue reading...