Fox News projects Trump wins US presidency (10:08)
Fox News projected that Republican Donald Trump has won the U.S. presidency, defeating Democrat Kamala Harris and capping a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House.
Other media outlets have yet to call the race.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trump wins North Carolina, Georgia, narrowing Harris' possible path to victory (8.55 am)
PHILADELPHIA - Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the battleground states of North Carolina and Georgia in Tuesday's US presidential election, Edison Research projected, taking him closer to completing a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House.
The outcome remained uncertain in five other states expected to determine the winner.
But Trump was showing strength across broad swaths of the country. He had won 246 Electoral College votes to Harris' 182.
A candidate needs a total of at least 270 votes in the state-by-state Electoral College to claim the presidency.
Trump's wins in North Carolina and Georgia left Harris with a narrow path to victory through the Rust Belt trio of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, though she was trailing in all three states.
The former president was headed to a convention center near his home in Palm Beach, Florida, to address supporters, a campaign aide told Reuters.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Edison Research projections show Trump with 207 electoral votes, Harris with 91 as of 10:35 p.m. EST (0335 GMT); 270 needed to win the presidency (6.41 am)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Donald Trump projected winner in Iowa (6 electoral votes) -Edison Research (6.34 am)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Donald Trump projected winner in Ohio (17 electoral votes) - Edison Research (6.19 am)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Preliminary results of Nevada exit poll (6 am)
Trump wins 54% of white voters, Harris wins 43%; Trump share down 2 pts from 2020 - Edison Research
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Harris projected to win New York with its 28 electoral votes, according to Edison Research(5:30 am)
New York has supported Democratic presidential candidates for the past nine elections. Despite being the state where Donald Trump was born and built his business empire, New York voted for Joe Biden in 2020 by a 23-point margin.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Several races called as polls closed in 16 states at 8 p.m. ET.(4 am)
Trump is projected to win Florida, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Missouri, Edison Research says.
Harris projected to win Washington D.C., Maryland and Massachusetts, according to Edison.
WHY FLORIDA MATTERS
Florida, which has 30 electoral college votes, was formerly considered a swing state. Trump, who lives in Florida, got 51% of the vote in the state in 2020, compared to 48% for Joe Biden.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Republicans pick up one seat in battle for US Senate(4:00am)
Republicans took a step toward winning control of the US Senate with a victory in West Virginia on Tuesday, while neither party appeared to have an edge in the battle for the House of Representatives.
With both chambers of Congress at stake, the results will determine how successfully the next president - Donald Trump or Kamala Harris - will be able to govern over the next two years.
Republican Jim Justice was projected to win an open seat in West Virginia shortly after polls closed, which would put the party at 50-50 parity with Democrats in the 100-seat chamber.
The seat was previously held by Joe Manchin, a Democrat-turned-independent.
The balance of power could shift over the night as results from other races come in.
Nonpartisan analysts say Republicans stand a good chance of taking back the Senate, where Democrats currently hold a 51-49 majority. But Republicans could also lose their grip on the House, where Democrats only need to pick up four seats to take back control of the 435-seat chamber.
As in the presidential election, the outcome will likely be determined by a small slice of voters. The battle for the Senate hinges on seven contests, while fewer than 40 House races are seen as truly competitive.
Democrats are playing defense as they try to retain their hold on the Senate, whose members serve six-year terms. Republicans only need to gain two seats to win control of the chamber, and Justice's victory in West Virginia got them halfway there.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The first races have been called. Donald Trump is projected to win Kentucky, according to Edison Research. Kamala Harris is projected to win Vermont(3:30am)
Vermont, which has three electoral college votes, has gone reliably for Democrats in recent presidential elections. Since electing Bill Clinton in 1992, the northeastern state has been considered a safe Democratic stronghold.
Kentucky, which has eight electoral college votes, has been reliably Republican since the 1950s.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trump claims 'massive cheating' in Philadelphia and Detroit, without evidence(3am)
Hours before polls closed, Trump claimed on his Truth Social site without evidence that there was "a lot of talk about massive CHEATING" in Philadelphia, echoing his false claims in 2020 that fraud had occurred in large, Democratic-dominated cities.
In a subsequent post, he also asserted there was fraud in Detroit.
A Philadelphia city commissioner, Seth Bluestein, replied on X, "There is absolutely no truth to this allegation. It is yet another example of disinformation. Voting in Philadelphia has been safe and secure."
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Milwaukee to recount about 31,000 ballots(2:15am)
Election officials in Milwaukee, Wisconsin said they will recount about 31,000 of 106,000 ballots because poll workers failed to properly lock doors covering controls on 13 tabulating machines at the city's central vote-counting location, Timothy Aeppel reports.
Seals underneath the doors were still in place, and there was no evidence of tampering, Jeff Fleming, a spokesman for Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, said.
He said the recount was done "out of an abundance of caution" and attributed the issue to "human error".
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
First US exit poll: 44% view Trump favorably vs 48% for Harris(1:51am)
Following are preliminary results from an exit poll conducted by Edison Research. Results will be updated as additional poll responses are gathered.
Exit polls capture variations among turnout in various demographic groups, such as men vs women voters or college-educated vs non-college educated voters, and can provide insights into how turnout has changed from past elections. However they can move considerably from 5 pm throughout the night.
* 44% of voters nationwide said they had a favorable view of Trump, compared with 46% who said so in Edison Research's 2020 exit poll. 54% viewed him unfavorably, compared with 52% in 2020.
* 48% of voters nationwide said they had a favorable view of Harris, compared with 52% who said the same of Biden in Edison Research's 2020 exit poll. 50% viewed her unfavorably, compared with 46% who viewed Biden that way in 2020.
* 73% of voters nationwide said they think democracy in the U.S. is threatened. 25% said it is secure.
* 31% of voters nationwide said the economy mattered most in deciding how to vote in the presidential election. 11% said immigration, 14% abortion, 35% the state of democracy, 4% foreign policy.
* 45% of voters nationwide said their family's financial situation was worse off than it was four years ago, compared with 20% who said so in Edison Research's 2020 exit poll. 24% said they were better off than they were four years ago, compared with 41% in 2020. 30% said their financial situation was unchanged.
* 51% of voters nationwide said they trust Trump more to handle the economy. 47% said they trust Harris more.
* 57% of voters nationwide said they didn't have a college degree, compared with 59% in Edison Research's 2020 exit poll. 43% had a degree, compared with 41% in 2020.
* 53% of voters nationwide were women, compared with 52% in Edison Research's 2020 exit poll. 47% were men, compared with 48% in 2020.
* 71% of voters nationwide were white, compared with 67% in Edison Research's 2020 exit poll. 11% were Black, compared with 13% in 2020. 12% were Hispanic, compared with 13% in 2020.
* 34% of voters nationwide were white men, compared with 35% in Edison Research's 2020 exit poll. 37% were white women, compared with 32% in 2020.
* 4% of voters nationwide were Black men, compared with 4% in 2020. 7% were Black women, compared with 8% in 2020.
* 6% of voters nationwide were Hispanic men, compared with 5% in 2020. 6% were Hispanic women, compared with 8% in 2020.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Harris visits DNC headquarters in DC(12:30am)
Harris entered with a box of Doritos, and thanked volunteers working a phone bank at the DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C.
"This is just the best, best, best and I thank you all very much,” she said, addressing the room.
She walked over to a phone and picked it up. “I am well," she said. "Have you voted already? You did? Thank you!"
The room cheered.
Someone at the DNC shouted out "president!"
She made another call and asked the person if they had voted. “Thank you!" Harris responded.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tim Walz cast his vote (11pm)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hoax bomb threats linked to Russia target polling places in multiple states, FBI says (10pm)
Phony bomb threats that appeared to originate in many cases from Russian email domains targeted polling locations across several U.S. states on Tuesday, the FBI said.
"None of the threats have been determined to be credible thus far," the FBI said in a statement, adding that election integrity was among the bureau's highest priorities.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Officials warn against fake US election videos, but see little disruption (7.14pm)
The FBI on Tuesday warned Americans about two new fake videos falsely citing terror threats and voter fraud, the latest in a string of disinformation that officials expect will intensify as voters head to the polls on Election Day.
One fabricated video purporting to be from the federal law enforcement agency falsely cited a high terror threat and urged Americans to "vote remotely," while another video includes a fake press release alleging to be from the agency and claiming rigged voting among inmates in five prisons.
Both are "not authentic," the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement, "Attempts to deceive the public with false content about FBI threat assessments and activities aim to undermine our democratic process and erode trust in the electoral system."
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
US Justice Department cleared to send election monitors to Texas, Missouri (6.50pm)
The US Justice Department has been cleared to send lawyers to polling sites in Missouri and Texas on Election Day to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws after those Republican-led states had sued to block it from doing so.
Both states are among the 27 that the department said it would send staff out to monitor polling locations on Tuesday to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws, as it has done regularly during national elections.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wall Street set to open higher as Americans head to the polls (5.18pm)
US stock index futures were set to open slightly higher on Tuesday as voting began in a tightly contested presidential election, with traders girding up for volatile trading over the next few sessions until a winner is declared.
Opinion polls in the campaign's final days showed Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump running neck-and-neck in each of the key seven states. But the final outcome could take days.
Most betting market odds, which many investors over the past few months have been relying to predict the outcome, showed the former president as the frontrunner.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
US voters head to polls as turbulent election season nears climax (3.41pm)
The dizzying presidential contest between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris hurtled toward an uncertain finish on Tuesday as millions of Americans headed to the polls to choose between two sharply different visions for the country.
A race whipsawed by unprecedented events - two assassination attempts against Trump, President Joe Biden's surprise withdrawal and Harris' rapid rise - remained too close to call, even after billions of dollars in spending and months of frenetic campaigning.
Trump's campaign has suggested he may declare victory on election night even while millions of ballots have yet to be counted, just as he did four years ago. The former president has repeatedly said any defeat could only stem from widespread fraud, echoing his false claims from 2020. The winner may not be known for days if the margins in key states are as slim as expected.
No matter who wins the White House, history will be made.
Harris, 60, the first female vice president, would become the first woman, Black woman and South Asian American to win the presidency. Trump, 78, the only president to be impeached twice and the first former president to be criminally convicted, would also become the first president to win non-consecutive terms in more than a century.
&uuid=(email))