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Israeli PM congratulates Trump ‘on history’s greatest comeback’ “Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback! Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He adds: “This is a huge victory!” And Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says similar: “The biggest comeback in US political history! Congratulations to President Donald Trump on his enormous win. A much needed victory for the World!”

Trump on course to win popular vote as well As things stand, Donald Trump looks set to win the popular vote – i.e., win the most votes in total – something he didn’t even do in 2016.

Trump says: “We’ve taken back the Senate” and says he has won both the election and the popular vote .

Donald Trump projected to win the US election FOX News has projected former president Donald Trump will win the 2024 US presidential election.

Trump projected to win Pennsylvania, according to CBS. Pennsylvania is a crucial swing state. It’s 19 electoral college votes him to 265, just short of the 270 required to win the presidency.

The polls have officially started to open across the US and voting has begun. Nearly 75 million Americans chose to vote early this election – but today many millions more will cast their ballots for either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump.

The crowd at Trump’s official watch party has just erupted after Fox News projected Donald Trump will win the US presidency. No other US network has made the same projection, including our partners at CBS News.

Kamala Harris will not speak tonight it has been confirmed, as the crowd has now left Harris HQ. The mood amongst Democrats is low as two swing states have been called for Trump – with most people leaving soon after. The night had been like a party just a few hours earlier. The crowd has all but disappeared here at Harris HQ after it was just announced by a senior member of the campaign that Harris will not be appearing tonight.

US election 2024 live – Key updates so far  It’s after 1:00 in the eastern US with all polls closed and results flying in. Here’s a recap of whats happened overnight:

All polls have now closed – the last to do so were in Alaska and Hawaii. The current projections have Republican Donald Trump on 246 electoral college votes and Democrat Kamala Harris on 187. A candidate needs 270 to win the White House. So far, two swing states have been projected – North Carolina and Georgia – and both have gone to Trump. There are five more battlegrounds still to be called, though early projections suggest Trump is ahead in all of them.

Republicans to take control of the Senate – projection The Republican Party is set to take control of the Senate, according to a projection from the BBC’s US partner CBS. There are still lots of races being counted, but it looks clear that the Democrats will lose their effective majority of just one.

Florida abortion rights measure fails A proposal to restore abortion rights in Florida is expected to fail, marking a significant setback for efforts to expand local protections for abortion access. The amendment, which sought to allow abortion up to 24 weeks or fetal viability, needed 60% voter support to pass but is currently projected to secure only 57%, with 95% of votes reported. The measure was a direct challenge to Florida’s recently enacted law banning abortion after six weeks, with limited exceptions. Campaigners had pushed for the amendment as a way to counter this restriction, but it faced strong opposition,…

Elon Musk joins Trump during election night watch The world’s richest man planned to spend election night with Donald Trump in Florida at his Mar-a-Lago resort, he has said on X/Twitter.  Musk has backed Trump for president in recent weeks and has controversially been awarding prizes of $1 million to voters in swing states. Trump’s campaign is also hosting a watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center for thousands of supporters. Musk has donated more than $119m (£91.6m) this election cycle to America PAC – a political action committee he created to support the former president. He posted a…

Former President Trump has won the state of Georgia, Decision Desk HQ projects, flipping the crucial battleground back into his column after narrowly losing the state four years ago.

Kamala Harris has won the Virginia contest, NBC News projects, and secured the state’s 13 Electoral College votes. In 2020, Biden won Virginia with 54% of the vote to Trump’s 44%.

Harris was projected to defeat former President Trump in Hawaii, according to Decision Desk HQ, adding the deep-blue state’s four Electoral College votes to Harris’s column. Hawaii has voted blue in every presidential election since 1988, and it was seen as a safe state for Harris heading into Tuesday’s election.

Donald Trump is projected to win the battleground state of North Carolina, gaining its 16 electoral college votes.

“With incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown defeated in Ohio, Democratic odds of retaining control of the Senate are dwindling. “The party has lost two seats, with a third – Jon Tester in Montana – at great risk. Without a Democratic pick-up somewhere else, the chamber will flip to the Republicans. “At this point, it’s hard to find a race where Democrats have much hope.”

More early exit poll data suggests many voters are worried about potential violence as a result of the election. 

About 7 in 10 voters say they are worried about violence 

CBS says its the first time in its history an exit poll has asked voters about fears of violence relating to a US presidential election 

Seven in 10 voters were confident the election was conducted fairly and accurately 

But this is split – Harris supporters more confident, Trump supports equally divided

What the early Trump exit poll data tells us about those who cast their vote for the former president today.

What the early Harris exit poll data tells us about those who voted for the vice president

Key issues (so far)

The State of Democracy: 35%

The Economy: 31%

Abortion: 14%

Immigration: 11%

Foreign policy: 4%

The first exit poll data coming out suggests voters have chosen the state of democracy as the most important issue when deciding who to vote for.

Around a third of people asked said it was their top concern, out of the five options given.

The economy ranked second, with three in ten voters choosing it, according to this preliminary data.

We’ll soon get our first exit poll data – giving key insights into the issues that have motivated voters today. The US exit polls don’t predict the result of the election but give insight into opinions and motivations and a breakdown by age, age, gender, education and other demographics.

The FBI is warning voters on Tuesday about attempted deception in the 2024 election, saying that the agency has been impersonated in at least two fabricated videos aimed at shaking Americans’ confidence in the political process.