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Scene at Howard University had echoes of Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016 as US appears poised to return Trump to powerUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerIn 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...

Republican candidate is seen as pro-crypto and price of bitcoin has followed his position in the pollsBitcoin has soared to a new record high as traders bet on victory for Donald Trump in the US presidential race, with the tycoon seen as the pro-crypto candidate.The digital currency hit as much as $75,005.08 on Wednesday morning, topping its previous all-time peak of $73,797.98 in March. Continue reading...

Mobile-born Figures, who worked in Obama’s White House, becomes first Black person to hold position since 1832US election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerTuesday night was a celebratory one for voters in Alabama’s newly redrawn second congressional district two. Shomari Figures, who was born in Mobile, was elected to the US House of Representatives, becoming the first Black person to hold the position since 1832. To some district two residents, Figures’ election is proof that their work to get the district redrawn and to educate voters was worth it. For them, Figures, who worked in Barack Obama’s White House, represents an opportunity for change and progress in the majority-Black district.Voting advocates in and around district two for months had been working to inform voters about the district change. In March, during super Tuesday, some feared their efforts were in vain as voter turnout was low. Still, many organizations across the state and district continued trying to reach people – even on election day. Continue reading...

As results rolled in, pundits from the conservative network began to reflect on ‘the greatest comeback in history’US election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerBy 11pm on election night, Fox News was declaring Donald Trump “a phoenix from the ashes”.“[He’s] the biggest political phoenix from the ashes that we’ve seen in the history of politics,” said anchor Bret Baier.When will we know the result?Abortion ballot measure results by stateSenate, House and governor resultsEverything you need to know Continue reading...

Republicans win key seats and take back upper chamber in result that had been widely anticipatedUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerRepublicans have recaptured the US Senate, achieving what was billed in advance as the most attainable goal for the party in this year’s elections.The GOP regained control after it became clear that the Democrats had lost their one-seat majority in Congress’s 100-member upper chamber.When will we know the result?Abortion ballot measure results by stateSenate, House and governor resultsEverything you need to know Continue reading...

An unprecedented campaign season is over. Now voters board another rollercoaster – this time in their living roomsUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerAfter months of angst and waiting, at the end of an election ride crazier than any in memory, after the assassination attempts and the bloodied ear, Joe Biden’s shock departure and Kamala Harris’s stunning arrival, after the childless cat ladies and the Springfield, Ohio, culinary dogs, after all the vitriol and the gathering sense of doom – at last, it was show time.Finally, tens of millions of anxious voters were done with the wildest campaign in their lifetimes and found themselves in that next stage of exquisite suffering that is the American way of democracy: the TV election night bubble. Continue reading...

Live election results and map as Trump wins first of several states critical to electoral successUS election 2024 – live news updatesThe winner of the election is determined through a system called the electoral college. Continue reading...

Initiative will enact harsher penalties for theft and drug offenses to confront homelessness and fentanyl addictionUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerCalifornia residents voted to pass Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime ballot initiative that will enact harsher penalties for retail theft, property crimes and drug offenses.It will undo parts of a landmark 2014 law that downgraded several non-violent felonies to misdemeanors as a way to reduce the state’s prison population and redirect money to drug treatment and resources for crime victims. While some considered the original law, known as Proposition 47, a breakthrough in criminal justice reform, others viewed it as a major driver of property crime, homelessness and substance abuse.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsWhen will we know the result?Abortion ballot measure results by stateSenate, House and governor resultsEverything you need to know Continue reading...