US Election 2024

Hardline Republican Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general after the former lawmaker faced opposition from Senate Republicans over his past conduct.

Iran has made plans to sustain its oil production and export and is ready for possible oil restrictions from a Trump administration in the US, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said on Wednesday, according to the oil ministry's news website Shana. 

Donald Trump nominated Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, on Tuesday to lead the Department of Education, which he has pledged to abolish.

US President Donald Trump has announced Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead the newly established Department of Government Efficiency.

US president-elect Donald Trump has selected Mike Huckabee, who rejects the term "Palestinian" and supports building settlements, to be the next US ambassador to Israel.

Donald Trump selected US Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, the New York Times reported on Monday, putting the Florida-born politician on track to be the first Latino to serve as America's top diplomat once the Republican president-elect takes office in January.

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), will be in charge of the country's borders in his new administration.

President-elect Donald Trump announced that c, one of his two campaign managers, will be his White House chief of staff, entrusting a top position to a political operative who helped the Republican win election.

The United Nations has been planning for the possible return of Donald Trump and the cuts to US funding and engagement with world body that are likely to come with his second term as president.

In an emotional concession speech at Howard University, US Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged her loss in the presidential race to Donald Trump but vowed to continue the fight for the values that fueled her campaign.

Republican candidate Donald Trump has gained 276 electoral votes, and will officially become the 47th US President after his inauguration in January.

The Kremlin reacted cautiously on Wednesday after Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, saying the US was still a hostile state and that time would tell if Trump's rhetoric on ending the Ukraine war will translate into reality.

The UAE's President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump.

Congratulatory messages from world leaders began pouring in shortly after Donald Trump declared victory in the 2024 US Election, with Israeli PM Netanyahu one of the first.

Donald Trump declared victory during an address to his supporters on Wednesday, after projections showed him winning three swing states. 

Republican candidate Trump is projected to win Pennsylvania, a third swing state after Georgia and North Carolina, inching him closer to the White House. 

Donald Trump is projected to secure a second battleground state, Georgia, after winning North Carolina. The Republican candidate remains on track to regain the US presidency, however, votes are still being counted in five swing states.

Republican Bernie Moreno has won the Ohio Senate race, defeating Senator Sherrod Brown. The GOP managed to flip two seats, reversing the 51-to-49 majority held by Democrats.

Polls in almost all of the US states have closed, showing Trump leading with 46 electoral votes. The battleground state of North Carolina was called for the Republicans, however, the remaining six remain uncertain.

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump are locked in a fierce battle for the White House, with polls closing across the U.S. and the country awaiting results on Election Night.

The FBI on Tuesday warned Americans about two new fake videos falsely citing terror threats and voter fraud, the latest in a string of disinformation that officials expect will intensify as voters head to the polls on Election Day.

With sacred chants, ringing of bells and offerings of flowers and bananas, a Hindu priest in Kamala Harris' ancestral village in southern India conducted prayers on Tuesday for her victory in the US presidential election.

The FBI is investigating a series of hoax bomb threats aimed at polling locations in Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, and Wisconsin during Election Day voting.

The first polls have opened in the east coast's Vermont at 0500 ET (1400 GST) on Tuesday, kicking off the 2024 US Election and capping weeks of campaigning by candidates Trump and Harris that has left them virtually even in preliminary opinion polls.