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Good day. As US Election Day approaches, the current vote count is beginning to swing in favor of Donald Trump after he won two key swing states in North Carolina and Georgia, while the Republican Party wins the majority of the US Senate.

Live updates below:

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12:57 p.m.: Harris wins Hampshire

Vice President Kamala Harris won New Hampshire, continuing a two-decade streak in which the state gave its four electoral votes to Democrats. Voters in the US town of Dixville Notch opened Election Day with a tie in the first minutes of Tuesday (November 5), reflecting the incredibly close national polls in the race for the White House.

12:30 – Trump or Harris? This Lebanese-American voter doesn't care

Hiba Elturk says she recently received a text message from her cousin in Beirut that said, “If we die, I love you.”

Elturk said the destruction in Lebanon and Gaza – and the trauma the war is spreading across Arab communities – is the fault of both Democrats and Republicans.

“You are the reason this is happening,” Eltürk, who voted for Stein, told Al Jazeera.

“So when someone commits these crimes and does these things, they’re not going to side with the people they’re doing this to.”

Asked if she minded whether Trump or Harris won the election, she shook her head sideways and said, “I don't think so.”

Source: Al Jazeera

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12:10 – The last polling stations in the US election are closed

Here is the status in the race for 270
Based on CNN's latest projections, former President Donald Trump has 246 electoral votes, while Vice President Kamala Harris has 187 electoral votes.

CNN has predicted that Trump will win the key battlegrounds of North Carolina and Georgia.

As a reminder, each candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the presidency.

Source: CNN

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11:45 – “Unreliable polls led to overconfidence in Harris’ underperformance”

Rick Perlstein, an American Prospect columnist and historian, has argued that unreliable polls and overreliance on Republican-voting women cost Harris to break away from her own party.

“There was a lot of confidence in Democratic circles that she would outperform the polls, which are built on this shaky foundation of models that are really difficult to be completely reliable. So people let themselves believe that certain subjective indicators were in their favor,” Perlstein told Al Jazeera.

Still, the Democratic candidate appears to be doing worse in almost every area than Biden in 2020, Perlstein said.

Democrats were also wrong in their assumption that large numbers of women who support Republicans would be influenced by the abortion issue, he added. And even if there was an uptick in women voting for Harris, it would be “hit by younger male voters who find Trump's rudeness attractive and are now turning out for him in large numbers,” Perlstein said.

Source: Al Jazeera

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10:57 – Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar cruise to re-election victory

Tlaib of Michigan and Omar of Minnesota made history when they took office in 2019 and became the first Muslim women to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives

Tlaib is also the first Palestinian American to serve in the chamber and Omar the first Somali American.

All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for election. So far, results are only available for 293 of those races, meaning clarity about which party will control the chamber is still some way off.

Source: Al Jazeera

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10:46 – Which states have been called for Harris so far?

These are the places where the AP has predicted a Democrat win so far:

• California
• Connecticut
• Colorado
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Illinois
• Maine's 1st Congressional District
• Maryland
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• new York
• Oregon
• Rhode Island
• Vermont
• Washington

Source: Al Jazeera

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10:40 – Which states have been called for Trump so far?

These are the places where the AP has predicted a Republican victory so far:

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Florida
• Idaho
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nebraska's 3rd congressional district
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Oklahoma
• Ohio
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• West Virginia
• Wyoming

Source: Al Jazeera

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10:27 – North Carolina is the first swing state to go to Trump

The Associated Press has called North Carolina for Trump, dashing Democrats' hopes of turning the Republican-leaning state blue.

The state, with its 16 electoral votes, has gone to Democrats only twice since 1968: in 1976 and 2008.

Still, democratic changes within the state as well as its large, politically engaged black population led strategists to believe it could be ripe for takeover.

Trump's projected victory means only six swing states remain: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona.

Pennsylvania is considered the most important and the key to victory for Harris.

Source: Al Jazeera

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10:18 – Harris wins Oregon

Vice President Kamala Harris will win Oregon, CNN projects.

Eight electoral votes are at stake in Oregon. To win the 2024 presidential election, at least 270 electoral votes are required.

Source: CNN

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10:08 – Democrat Adam Schiff wins California

Democrat Adam Schiff has won the California Senate seat, succeeding the late Dianne Feinstein, who held the office for three decades until her death in 2023. Schiff defeated Republican candidate and former baseball star Steve Garvey.

Previously a Los Angeles-area congressman, Schiff led Trump's impeachment trial through the House in 2020, which would create a likely conflict if Trump were re-elected — particularly because of Schiff's progressive stance on everything from voting rights to climate policy.

Source: Bloomberg

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10:08

Harris wins Oregon: Networks

Source: Bloomberg

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10:07

Donald Trump has an “insurmountable lead” in Georgia based on the remaining votes, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a news conference at 10:30 p.m.

Source: Bloomberg

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10:06 – Election dynamics more for Trump than Harris

At this point, the momentum appears to be on Trump's side.

The Harris campaign maintains it is too early to say who will win, according to a memo to campaign staff obtained by Bloomberg News.

The memo notes that the “blue wall” states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania remain the clearest path to the election, and touts an above-average performance in turnout expectations in Philadelphia and an above-average performance in early voting expectations in Bucks County. The memo also warns that reports from Detroit won't be available until around midnight and full results from Wisconsin won't be available until early Wednesday morning.

Source: Bloomberg

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9:15

Republican Donald Trump won four more states up for grabs in the US presidential election on Tuesday, including Ohio, the key Rust Belt prize, while his Democratic rival Kamala Harris is expected to win in Colorado, US broadcasters said.

Other states won by Trump include Kansas, Montana and Utah. So far, the key battleground states, including Georgia and Pennsylvania, have yet to be called.

Source: AFP

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08:35

Trump conquers Texas + 3 states, Harris wins Delaware: US networks

Republican Donald Trump has claimed four more states in the US presidential election, including Texas, while Democrat Kamala Harris won in Delaware, US broadcasters predicted on Tuesday.

Trump also won in North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, US media said.

Many of the key states in which the US elections are at stake have yet to be named.

Source: AFP

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08:34

Florida ballot initiative to expand abortion rights fails: US media

Media reported that voters in the US state of Florida cast their ballots on Tuesday against a measure that would have lifted the state's ban on abortion after six weeks and allowed the procedure until the fetus is viable.

The voting initiative, which according to US broadcasters ABC and NBC failed, took place parallel to the presidential election. At least 60 percent of the votes cast were required for passage, which represents a high hurdle in the conservative southeastern state.

Trump and Harris record their first national victory in the US presidential election campaign after polls closed

Republican Donald Trump won eight states in Tuesday's US presidential election, while Democrat Kamala Harris captured three states and Washington, DC, Edison Research predicted, but the outcome of the race remained uncertain with crucial states unlikely to be won yet be accessed in hours or even days.

The early results were as expected, as the contest is expected to be played in seven swing states: Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin. Opinion polls showed rivals tied in all seven elections before polling day.

As of 8 p.m. ET (0100 GMT on Wednesday), polls were closed in 25 states.

Trump had 90 electoral votes after winning Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma, Missouri and Tennessee; Harris had won 27 electoral votes from Vermont, Maryland, Massachusetts and Washington, DC. A candidate needs a total of 270 votes in each state's Electoral College to claim the presidency.

Source: Reuters