Here is a timeline of how the election night has unfolded so far. 11pm – The first polls closed in the states of Indiana and Kentucky. 11.30pm – Voting hours were extended at five polling places in ...

There was a sombre mood at a gathering of Democratic Party supporters in London amid concern over Donald Trump’s lead in the US presidential election. Hundreds of UK-based Democrats had gathered at a ...

Republican Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno has defeated Democratic US senator Sherrod Brown in the state of Ohio. With spending that hit 500 million dollars, it was the most expensive Senate ...

Kamala Harris’s path to the White House narrowed as Donald Trump appeared to win a key battleground in the contest to become the next US president. The Republican candidate won in North Carolina, one ...

Voting closed on Tuesday night in the tightly fought US presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

Ms Harris’s campaign says that the ‘blue wall’ of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin was now the Democrat’s ‘clearest path’ to victory.

Crucial battleground states including Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are yet to be called and could tip the balance.

Dr Thomas Kwan has been warned he faces a 35-year jail term for trying to kill 72-year-old Patrick O’Hara while posing as a nurse.

Rachel Reeves will be grilled by MPs on Wednesday over a series of tax hikes and increased spending unveiled in the autumn Budget. A change to the UK’s debt rule that was announced to unlock billions ...

The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice (CBFFJ) campaign group said the honour is ‘an insult’ to the dead and bereaved.

Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway was inspired by Sabrina Carpenter when she pleaded with young voters to “Please Please Please” remain in queues to cast their vote in the US election.

Republican Jim Justice has easily taken the seat after the retirement of former Democratic senator Joe Manchin.