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Donald Trump has secured victory and claimed the White House for a second time. We analyse which areas swung to the 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...

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 Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, Bruce Springsteen and Julia Roberts. Continue reading...

There are already signs of a return on the Tesla chief’s political investment, and there could be more to comeUS elections 2024 – live updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerHours before it became official that Donald Trump had returned to the White House, his biggest supporter was already inside the Oval Office.Elon Musk, who has been a key backer of Trump’s return to the presidency, was in his default wind-up mode as he used his X platform to post a superimposed picture of himself – holding a sink – inside the seat of US power. Continue reading...

Some express fears over future of 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 remains 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...

Jair Bolsonaro, Javier Milei and Giorgia Meloni among those in Europe and the Americas paying tributeUS elections 2024 – live updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerKey members of the global far right have celebrated Donald Trump’s US election win, with tributes to the former president rolling in from Rio de Janeiro to Budapest.The Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán – who had vowed to toast a Trump win with “several bottles of champagne” – hailed what he called “a much-needed victory for the world!” Continue reading...

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 accountSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism todayWe’ve just witnessed an extraordinary, devastating moment in the history of the United States. In 2016, we promised that our coverage of a Donald Trump administration would meet the moment – and I think it did. Throughout those tumultuous four years we never minimised or normalised the threat of Trump’s authoritarianism, and we treated his lies as a genuine danger to democracy, a threat that found its expression on 6 January 2021.Now, with Trump months away from taking office again – with dramatic implications for wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the health of American democracy, reproductive rights, inequality and, perhaps most of all, our collective environmental future – it’s time for us to redouble our efforts to hold the president-elect and those who surround him to account. Continue reading...

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...