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Former President Donal Trump and Vice President Kamala Haris — Agence France-Press
WASHINGTON — Election Day in the United States is just hours away, when the final votes in the 2024 presidential election will be cast.
In a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
We know there are seven battleground states that will decide the outcome, barring a major surprise. But major questions persist about the timing of the results, the makeup of the electorate, the influx of misinformation — even the possibility of political violence.
- If Harris wins, she would become the first female president in the United States’ 248-year history. She would also be the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to hold the office. Harris and her campaign have largely played down gender and race fearing that they might alienate some supporters.
- Trump, who is still facing felony charges in at least two separate criminal cases, argued that he is the victim of a politicized justice system. And tens of millions of voters apparently believe him — or they’re willing to overlook his extraordinary legal baggage.
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November 7 , 2024 – 12:45 PM
Kevin Rudd, Australia’s high-profile ambassador to Washington, has deleted a series of withering social media posts about Donald Trump.
November 7 , 2024 – 12:31 PM
Kamala Harris failed to get as many women to back her as she had hoped, despite a presidential campaign heavily focused on abortion access.
November 7 , 2024 – 11:41 AM
US president-elect Donald Trump says “tariff” is the most beautiful word in the dictionary.
November 7 , 2024 – 11:19 AM
Shares retreated in Asia after US stocks stormed to records as investors wagered on what Trump’s return to the White House will mean for the economy.
November 7 , 2024 – 10:54 AM
The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut interest rates by a quarter point Thursday
November 7 , 2024 – 09:55 AM
In the 2020 US election, Fox News triggered controversy by calling the state of Arizona for Joe Biden days before competitor outlets deemed it safe to do so.
November 7 , 2024 – 09:49 AM
Shares of Tesla soared Wednesday as investors bet that the electric vehicle maker and its CEO Elon Musk will benefit from Donald Trump’s return
November 7 , 2024 – 09:47 AM
Former president Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on his election victory, noting the importance of a peaceful transfer of power.
November 7 , 2024 – 09:41 AM
Experts have highlighted key headwinds that contributed to why Kamala Harris failed to block Donald Trump from reclaiming the White House.
November 7 , 2024 – 09:00 AM
Joe Biden hoped Kamala Harris would salvage his legacy as the man who saved America from Donald Trump. Instead, it lies in tatters.
November 7 , 2024 – 06:37 AM
Kamala Harris said Wednesday that “we must accept the results of this election” as she encouraged supporters to continue fighting.
November 7 , 2024 – 05:50 AM
Angelo Figone, a retiree, runs a polling station in his garage, a common practice in San Francisco, California.
November 7 , 2024 – 05:38 AM
Now that Trump has claimed victory, many at home and abroad are asking if he will make good on his long list of foreign policy threats.
November 7 , 2024 – 05:32 AM
What was hoped to be a victory lap for VP Kamala Harris at her alma mater on Election Day turned into a night of anxiety for her supporters.
November 7 , 2024 – 05:30 AM
Donald Trump was elected president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House.
November 6 , 2024 – 11:28 PM
Donald Trump exposed a fundamental weakness within the Democratic base while becoming the first US president with a felony conviction.
November 6 , 2024 – 11:03 PM
Former president and now president-elect Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in a second administration.
November 6 , 2024 – 10:26 PM
Trump was hailed as a “comeback king” in the US media after his unexpectedly large election triumph that few pundits or newspapers saw cominG
November 6 , 2024 – 07:34 PM
Bianca Manalo extended her advanced congratulations to Donald Trump, who’s currently leading the 2024 United States presidential elections.
November 6 , 2024 – 07:04 PM
“I think I can visit the USA of A again,” dela Rosa said, rejoicing at the apparent lead of Trump in the US presidential polls.
November 6 , 2024 – 06:03 PM
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. extended his congratulations to Donald Trump on his anticipated victory in the United States presidential polls
November 6 , 2024 – 05:44 PM
Residents in a handful of US states extended or enshrined into law the right to an abortion, results showed Wednesday.
November 6 , 2024 – 05:30 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Donald Trump Wednesday on his “impressive victory” in US elections.
November 6 , 2024 – 05:19 PM
Nato chief Mark Rutte on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump, who has claimed victory in the US presidential election.
November 6 , 2024 – 05:10 PM
Republican former president Donald Trump closed in on a new term in the White House early Wednesday.
November 6 , 2024 – 04:46 PM
World leaders raced to praise Donald Trump as he claimed a stunning US election victory over Kamala Harris, while financial markets also rose.
November 6 , 2024 – 04:36 PM
China said Wednesday it hoped for “peaceful coexistence” with the United States as Donald Trump neared a decisive victory over Kamala Harris.
November 6 , 2024 – 04:25 PM
Donald Trump’s victory – and his threat to impose tariffs on all imports – highlights an important problem for the global economy.
November 6 , 2024 – 03:50 PM
Donald Trump claimed victory and pledged to “heal” the country Wednesday as results put him on the verge of beating Kamala Harris in a stunning White House comeback.
November 6 , 2024 – 03:37 PM
Donald Trump gets to call the White House home again. His brand of bullying politics leads the way. And the voters say they like it like that.
November 6 , 2024 – 03:30 PM
Donald Trump closed in on a new term in the White House early Wednesday, just needing a handful of electoral votes to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris.
November 6 , 2024 – 03:17 PM
Donald Trump was on the verge of a decisive victory over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election Wednesday.
November 6 , 2024 – 02:55 PM
The mood at US election watch parties shifted significantly as results began to show a swing towards Donald Trump in a number of key states early Wednesday.
November 6 , 2024 – 02:29 PM
Jubilant Donald Trump supporters gathered in Florida on election night, expecting the ex-president to speak after he notched key wins in the White House race.
November 6 , 2024 – 02:08 PM
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are battling it out for the White House, with polls nearly all closed across the United States early Wednesday.
November 6 , 2024 – 02:02 PM
Kamala Harris will not address her supporters on election night after Donald Trump pushed closer to victory in the tense US presidential vote.

ROAD TO 270: Donald Trump still leads the 2024 U.S. presidential race with 243 electoral votes, while Kamala Harris has 113, as of 2 p.m. today, Nov. 6, Philippine time. According to projections, Trump has won in 24 states, including major prizes like Texas and Ohio, key battlegrounds such as Georgia and North Carolina, and other reliably Republican-leaning states. | GRAPHIC: Samuel Yap
November 6 , 2024 – 01:55 PM
Donald Trump pushed closer to victory over Kamala Harris on Wednesday.
November 6 , 2024 – 01:44 PM
Robin Padilla expressed his support for Donald Trump, who is seeking to be reelected as 47th president of the US.
November 6 , 2024 – 01:23 PM
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump are battling it out for the White House.
November 6 , 2024 – 01:00 PM
Donald Trump won the first of the swing states Tuesday as he pulled ahead of White House rival Kamala Harris.
November 6 , 2024 – 12:54 PM
Republicans looked like strong favorites to wrest the closely divided US Senate from Democratic control Tuesday.
November 6 , 2024 – 12:38 PM
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump are battling it out for the White House.
November 6 , 2024 – 11:51 AM
The dollar surged and bitcoin hit a record high Wednesday while equity markets advanced as traders bet on a victory for Donald Trump
November 6 , 2024 – 11:44 AM
Delaware senator Sarah McBride won a seat in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday, making her the first openly transgender politician elected to Congress.
November 6 , 2024 – 11:34 AM
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump are battling it out for the White House.
November 6 , 2024 – 10:50 AM
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump are battling it out for the White House.
November 6 , 2024 – 10:12 AM
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump racked up early wins as the first key polls closed in one of the tightest and most volatile presidential elections in US history.
November 6 , 2024 – 09:44 AM
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump are battling it out for the White House.
November 6 , 2024 – 08:32 AM
Polling stations closed in six US states in the bitterly contested election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, including in the key battleground of Georgia.
November 6 , 2024 – 08:11 AM
Major stock markets mostly rose and the dollar remained under pressure Tuesday as Americans cast votes in a knife-edge presidential election.
November 6 , 2024 – 07:31 AM
Donald Trump sought to undermine Tuesday the credibility of voting in the biggest city of must-win US state Pennsylvania.
November 6 , 2024 – 07:08 AM
Election Day in the United States unfolded relatively smoothly nationwide with only scattered disruptions and delays.
November 6 , 2024 – 06:58 AM
The 2024 US election, which went to the polls on Tuesday, is set to become the most expensive in history, with total contributions reaching $15.9 billion.
November 6 , 2024 – 06:49 AM
The volatile, dramatic US presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump headed to an unpredictable finish Tuesday.
November 6 , 2024 – 06:43 AM
A Pennsylvania court approved request to extend voting hours in a strongly pro-Trump county after voting machines in the key swing state experienced software glitch.
November 6 , 2024 – 06:36 AM
The FBI warned of bomb threats at polling stations on a tense Election Day, adding that none were credible but many appeared to originate from Russia.
November 6 , 2024 – 06:26 AM
Donald Trump said he would be prepared to concede defeat “if it’s a fair election”, while again raising concerns about electronic voting machines.
November 6 , 2024 – 05:45 AM
The high-stakes US election seen to have far-reaching implications in the Philippines, its oldest treaty ally in Asia.
November 6 , 2024 – 05:30 AM
Whoever wins Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes will most likely win the presidency, said John Kincaid, a political scientist.
November 5 , 2024 – 10:38 PM
Election Day voting was underway Tuesday that will either make Kamala Harris the first woman US president or hand Donald Trump a comeback.
November 5 , 2024 – 06:45 PM
After an election period filled with twists and turns–from assassination attempts, debate disasters to replacement candidates—it all boils down to this day: November 5, Election Day in the United States.
November 5 , 2024 – 03:56 PM
Thailand’s superstar baby hippo Moo Deng has predicted former president Donald Trump will regain the White House.
November 5 , 2024 – 03:03 PM
Voters in the US hamlet of Dixville Notch launched Election Day in the first minutes of Tuesday with a tied vote.
November 5 , 2024 – 02:45 PM
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump made their final case Monday in the hours before Election Day.
November 5 , 2024 – 01:41 PM
The United States stands on edge as polls suggest one of the closest presidential races in history between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
November 5 , 2024 – 10:59 AM
Asian markets fluctuated Tuesday as traders jockeyed for position a day before results from the US presidential election rolled in
November 5 , 2024 – 10:21 AM
At Kamala Harris’s final rally, enthusiasm for the Democratic candidate and acute concern at the possible return of Donald Trump to the White House were palpable.
November 5 , 2024 – 10:11 AM
As Americans prepare to vote on Election Day, officials are calling for patience as they tally ballots in what could be a historically close presidential race.
November 5 , 2024 – 10:00 AM
A Pennsylvania judge declined on Monday to halt billionaire Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaways to registered voters in US election battleground states.
November 5 , 2024 – 09:15 AM
Celebrity endorsements for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump reflect significant contrasts in political values and public influence.
November 5 , 2024 – 08:08 AM
European and US stock markets dipped while the dollar slid Monday as investors steel themselves for a coin-toss US presidential election
November 5 , 2024 – 07:34 AM
The 2024 US presidential election has been a particularly volatile one, and security for the November 5 vote is being ramped up.
November 5 , 2024 – 06:12 AM
What will happen if neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump achieves the Electoral College majority required to win the US election?
November 5 , 2024 – 05:50 AM
With 15 million eligible voters in 2024, Asian Americans find themselves in a more central role in the US general elections on Nov. 5.
November 5 , 2024 – 05:05 AM
MDT between the Philippines and the United States will remain unchanged, regardless of who becomes the next US president.
November 5 , 2024 – 03:15 AM
A lawyer for Elon Musk told a judge in Philadelphia that “winners” of the $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes are paid “spokespeople”.
November 5 , 2024 – 02:12 AM
Uncertainties over the US presidential elections would unlikely sink the peso to the record-low 59 level
November 4 , 2024 – 06:09 PM
Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Paul Bettany, and other Avengers supported Kamala Harris’ presidential run.
November 4 , 2024 – 05:43 PM
A presidential campaign comes down to a final push across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day in the USA.
November 4 , 2024 – 02:55 PM
In a matter of hours, the final votes in the 2024 US presidential election will be cast.
November 4 , 2024 – 01:55 PM
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with the island’s corruption, chronic power outages and mismanagement of public funds
November 4 , 2024 – 01:29 PM
In an ad for Kamala Harris, a woman marks her ballot for the Democratic candidate while her husband thinks she’s voting for Republican Donald Trump.
November 4 , 2024 – 11:41 AM
With inflation continuing to cool, the Fed is set to cut interest rates for a second time this year.
November 4 , 2024 – 11:23 AM
White House contenders Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have placed maximum pressure on voters, urging them to protect the nation from cataclysmic doom.
November 2 , 2024 – 06:48 AM
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will host dueling rallies within 7 miles of each other Friday night in Milwaukee.
November 2 , 2024 – 05:30 AM
The tight US presidential contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump could be decided in places like Maricopa, Arizona.
November 1 , 2024 – 06:50 AM
NBA superstar LeBron James announced on Thursday, October 31, his support for Kamala Harris’ bid for the White House.
October 31 , 2024 – 08:30 AM
Kamala Harris on Wednesday was forced to distance herself from comments by President Biden that appeared to label Donald Trump supporters “garbage”.
October 30 , 2024 – 11:15 AM
US President Joe Biden came under fire Tuesday for appearing to refer to Republican Donald Trump’s supporters as “garbage” during an election campaign
October 30 , 2024 – 08:51 AM
Kamala Harris warned against Donald Trump’s bid to seize “unchecked power” in a fiery speech Tuesday at the spot where her rival riled up a mob.
October 29 , 2024 – 09:10 AM
Joe Biden is no longer in line for another term as US president — but he waited patiently in line on Monday to cast his early ballot.
October 28 , 2024 – 01:06 PM
Much of the world’s focus during the 2024 US election has been on what victory for Donald Trump might look like, but many are fretting about the opposite outcome.
October 28 , 2024 – 11:48 AM
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are hurtling toward their November 5 election showdown, one of the closest contests in modern American history.
October 27 , 2024 – 10:44 AM
More than a third of Americans harbor doubts about the integrity of the electoral system, polls show.
October 26 , 2024 – 07:45 AM
China hackers targeted cellphones used by Donald Trump, JD Vance, and people associated with the campaign of Kamala Harris.
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