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| Harris pins hopes on 'blue wall' states as her path to victory narrows | |
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| The US's biggest prize battleground state – why it matters | The US's biggest prize battleground state – why it matters |
| Donald Trump has won North Carolina and Georgia and taken a lead over Kamala Harris in most of the other five battleground states that will decide the winner of the US election, BBC's US partner CBS projects. | |
| CBS says Wisconsin is leaning towards a Trump win and he is narrowly ahead in the other so-called Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania and Michigan. The results are not final. | |
| Early results also suggest Trump has a lead in Nevada, while the race remains very tight in the other sun belt battleground of Arizona. | |
| In more good news for Trump's fellow Republicans, the party is projected to win majority control of the Senate. | |
| Latest election result updates | |
| As expected, Trump has won conservative strongholds from Florida to Idaho, while Harris swept liberal states from New York to California, CBS projects. | |
| The Democrat was expected to spend election night at Howard University in Washington DC, where she was an undergraduate, but it emerged after midnight that she would not attend. | |
| Following the announcement by campaign co-chairman Cedric Richmond, the crowd all but disappeared from Harris HQ at the historically black college. | |
| The party-like atmosphere of a few hours earlier at Howard had already turned sour as two swing states were called for Trump. | |
| From Harris HQ, Democratic fundraiser Lindy Li told the BBC that it is "pretty grim right now". | |
| "People are getting increasingly anxious," she said, "but there is still a pathway. I am still holding on to that, but this is not the night we wanted." | |
| Trump was expected to appear shortly at his campaign watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the mood was celebratory. | |
| Elon Musk, the world's richest man and Trump mega-donor, is spending election night with the Republican nominee. | |
| How swing state voters in Georgia are feeling on election day | |
| Whichever way it goes the result will be historic - giving America its first woman president or marking a seismic political comeback for Trump. | Whichever way it goes the result will be historic - giving America its first woman president or marking a seismic political comeback for Trump. |
| Whoever takes the White House may have their hands tied by Congress, which is also up for grabs in Tuesday's vote. | Whoever takes the White House may have their hands tied by Congress, which is also up for grabs in Tuesday's vote. |
| CBS projects Republicans will win control of the Senate after wresting two seats in West Virginia and Ohio from the Democrats and beating off a stiff challenge in Texas. | |
| Neither party seemed to have an overall edge in the House, which Republicans narrowly control. | Neither party seemed to have an overall edge in the House, which Republicans narrowly control. |
| Donald Trump casts his vote in US election | Donald Trump casts his vote in US election |
| Around 86 million voters cast their ballots early amid one of the most turbulent campaigns in recent American history. | |
| Vice-President Harris, 60, only became the Democratic Party candidate in July, after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race under pressure from within the party. | Vice-President Harris, 60, only became the Democratic Party candidate in July, after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race under pressure from within the party. |
| Trump, 78, was the target of two assassination plots - narrowly avoiding a sniper's bullet in Pennsylvania. | Trump, 78, was the target of two assassination plots - narrowly avoiding a sniper's bullet in Pennsylvania. |
| The former president said he felt "very confident" as he voted earlier on Tuesday near his home in Palm Beach, Florida, with his wife, Melania. | The former president said he felt "very confident" as he voted earlier on Tuesday near his home in Palm Beach, Florida, with his wife, Melania. |
| "If I lose an election, if it's a fair election, I'm going to be the first one to acknowledge it," he said. | "If I lose an election, if it's a fair election, I'm going to be the first one to acknowledge it," he said. |
| He posted earlier on his social media platform, Truth Social, saying "law enforcement coming" to Philadelphia because of "massive cheating". | He posted earlier on his social media platform, Truth Social, saying "law enforcement coming" to Philadelphia because of "massive cheating". |
| Kamala Harris chats to voters on the phone | Kamala Harris chats to voters on the phone |
| Philadelphia's police department told BBC Verify they were unaware of any electoral fraud. The city's top prosecutor said the allegation had "no factual basis whatsoever". | Philadelphia's police department told BBC Verify they were unaware of any electoral fraud. The city's top prosecutor said the allegation had "no factual basis whatsoever". |
| Both sides have armies of lawyers on standby for legal challenges on and after election day. | Both sides have armies of lawyers on standby for legal challenges on and after election day. |
| If Harris won, she would become the first woman, black woman and South-Asian American to win the presidency. | If Harris won, she would become the first woman, black woman and South-Asian American to win the presidency. |
| Trump would become the first president to win non-consecutive terms in more than 130 years. He is also the only president to be impeached twice and the first former president to be criminally convicted. | Trump would become the first president to win non-consecutive terms in more than 130 years. He is also the only president to be impeached twice and the first former president to be criminally convicted. |
| How the US presidential campaign unfolded in 180 seconds | How the US presidential campaign unfolded in 180 seconds |
| CBS exit poll data suggests Harris may have under-performed with women. | |
| Some 54% of female voters cast their ballots for her, the numbers indicate. But Joe Biden won the support of 57% of women in 2020. | |
| Law enforcement agencies nationwide are on high alert for potential violence. | Law enforcement agencies nationwide are on high alert for potential violence. |
| About 30 bomb threats hoaxes targeted election-related locations nationwide on Tuesday, more than half of them in the state of Georgia alone, reports CBS. | About 30 bomb threats hoaxes targeted election-related locations nationwide on Tuesday, more than half of them in the state of Georgia alone, reports CBS. |
| SIMPLE GUIDE: How to win the electoral college | SIMPLE GUIDE: How to win the electoral college |
| RESULTS: When will we know who has won? | RESULTS: When will we know who has won? |
| EXPLAINER: What Harris or Trump would do in power | EXPLAINER: What Harris or Trump would do in power |
| GLOBAL: How this election could change the world | GLOBAL: How this election could change the world |
| IN PICS: Different lives of Harris and Trump | IN PICS: Different lives of Harris and Trump |
| BBC COVERAGE: How to follow the US election on the BBC | BBC COVERAGE: How to follow the US election on the BBC |