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Kamala Harris has called Donald Trump to concede defeat in the US presidential election. A senior adviser to the vice president said she talked about “the importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans”. Ms Harris is due to deliver a concession speech at 4pm local (9pm UK time).

Two women have now lost elections to Donald Trump. That fact alone is unbelievable and enraging to Democrats across America. Was it sexism? Misogyny? Bad candidates? Bad policies? Bad campaigning? Those are just some of the myriad questions running wild in the Democratic Party apparatus right now, as they search for answers after the most

Donald Trump will return to the White House after claiming a stunning US election victory over Democrat opponent Kamala Harris. Mr Trump, who previously served as president between 2017 and 2021, picked up his first swing state after he was declared the winner of North Carolina. Around an hour later he was declared the winner

They call it ‘Agenda 47’ – an eyebrow-raising blueprint for the 47th presidency. It could be entitled ‘Back to the Future’. Donald Trump’s base yearn for “the golden era”, an America they believe has been lost. He’s on a mission to find it for them. The New York tycoon stands on the precipice of power beyond

Sir Keir Starmer has joined world leaders in congratulating Donald Trump after he declared victory in the US presidential election. The UK prime minister said he looks forward to working with President Trump in the years ahead and says the relationship between the UK and US will “continue to prosper”. “As the closest of allies,

Most polls predicted the race to the White House would be close and would come down to seven key battleground states. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris needed to win 270 Electoral College votes to secure the keys to the White House. Each state carries a different number of votes and in 2020 some came down

The Republican Party has made gains in the Senate and secured a majority for the first time in four years. A third of the Senate’s 100 seats were up for grabs at this year’s elections, with 51 required for a majority. The Senate, similar to the House of Lords in the UK but is elected,

Donald Trump has secured a fourth battleground state in the race for the White House, confirming his victory in the US election. Mr Trump is projected to win the crucial swing states of Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Democrat Kamala Harris hoped to become the first woman US president – but there is now

An attempt to overturn Florida’s six-week abortion ban and enshrine female reproductive rights in the state’s constitution has failed, NBC News is predicting. The proposal, known as Amendment 4, sought to allow abortions in Florida up to the point of foetal viability (usually around 24 weeks of pregnancy). It is not the only state where

A man described by not one but two of his closest former aides as a fascist will become the most powerful man in the world when he takes office. How worried should we be? Very, say another dozen White House staffers who served under Donald Trump and watched him in action for his first four

Donald Trump has recorded an emphatic defeat of Kamala Harris, racing past the 270 electoral votes he needed with states to spare. A win in Wisconsin tipped him over the line, but it was victories for Mr Trump in the key states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina – all three largest battlegrounds – that

Beyonce has made a rare political appearance, as she hugged Kamala Harris at a presidential campaign rally, telling voters: “We need to sing a new song.” While she did not perform – unlike in 2016 when she sang at a rally for Hillary Clinton in Cleveland – she spoke as Ms Harris warned that her

Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries has pleaded not guilty to sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges. The 80-year-old appeared at federal court in Central Islip, on Long Island, New York, to enter his plea. He is due back in court on 12 December and is free on a $10m (£7.7m) bond. It is

Rock icon Bruce Springsteen has warned Donald Trump wants to be an “American tyrant” as he backed Kamala Harris in the race to the White House. Performing at a rally for the Democratic candidate, Springsteen used time between his numbers to argue Ms Harris will protect democracy and fight for women’s reproductive rights. He said

Two brothers who were convicted of killing their parents and featured in Netflix shows could be freed early after 34 years behind bars. Lyle Menendez, 56, and his 53-year-old brother Erik are serving life in prison without parole for the shotgun murders of their father and mother – Jose and Kitty Menendez – in 1989.

If there is a ground zero for US election trauma, it’s probably Georgia. It’s the state that gave us the election interference case, the Donald Trump mugshot, and his telephone call to the secretary of state asking for more votes. The Republican nominee is still among those facing prosecution – although the case has been

With just two weeks remaining before the US 2024 presidential election, the main players were out campaigning in key battleground states to sway the vote in their party’s favour. Kamala Harris said her team is prepared to challenge Donald Trump if he tried to prematurely declare victory in the race. In an interview with Sky

Donald Trump’s campaign team has called for an investigation into “blatant foreign interference” in the election by the Labour Party. The complaint to the US federal electoral commission said there had been “interference” in the “form of apparent illegal foreign national contributions made by the Labour Party of the UK” which had been “accepted” by

America is full of contradictions. This is the story of one of them: the Arab-Americans who will vote for Donald Trump.  He’s the man who says immigrants are “poisoning the blood of the country”, who calls them “terrorists”, and who wants a “Muslim ban”. And yet, in a journey through Michigan, I’ve found they are

Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing new sexual assault and rape accusations, including one that involves a 13-year-old girl. Five new civil lawsuits, obtained by Sky News’s US partner NBC News, were filed on Sunday in the Southern District of New York by Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee. They include allegations the rapper, known as P Diddy,