U.S. ELECTION LIVE BLOG: Most of the polls have now closed with voting under way across the country in what has been predicted to be the closest contest in history.

U.S. Donald Trump has defeated Kamala Harris to become the next president of the United States, proving once and for all that Americans are ready to unburden themselves from what has been.

Voters also sent the first openly transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Vice President Kamala Harris will win New Mexico, CBS News projects. All polls have now closed in the U.S. Major Garrett, Anthony Salvanto, Weijia Jiang and Maurice DuBois take a look at where Pennsylvania stands.

U.S. With the voting results now pointing towards a seemingly inevitable Trump victory, President Biden has graciously called to concede the election.

It comes after a day of voting in which polling stations were hit by hoax Russian bomb threats and the National Guard was activated in more than a dozen states amid fears of violence.

The U.S. Dollar Index shot up 1.1%, the 10-year Treasury yield jumped 9 basis points to 4.38%, and Bitcoin surged 6.5% to $74,016.

Across the U.S., voters weighed in on measures that included abortion or reproductive rights, noncitizen voting, crime laws, among others

The 2024 contest is likely to be the least racially polarized national election in modern history.

Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, whose political career started when he was elected in Ohio in 1974 during President Gerald Ford’s presidency, saw his tenure come to an end when Trump-backed challenger Bernie Moreno was declared the winner in the most expensive non-presidential race in American history. With 91 percent of the vote counted, the Associated […]

Challenger Nick Begich III has a small lead in the race for Alaskas U.S. House seat, according to early results on election night.

Republican incumbent Jen Kiggans was in the lead Tuesday night against Democratic challenger Missy Cotter Smasal in the race to represent Virginias 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House.

The writing was seemingly on the wall shortly before midnight on Election Day when CNN all but called the race for former President Trump. The so-called journalists were somber as they basically resigned themselves to a second Trump presidency; laughably admitting that Vice President Harris could not out run the Biden economy the media had been telling Americans they were too stupid to under...

Wisconsins hotly contested U.S. Senate race pits two-term Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin against Republican Eric Hovde, a millionaire businessman backed by former President Donald Trump.

Rep. Adam Schiff won the late Dianne Feinstein's U.S. Senate seat, defeating GOP challenger and former MLB player Steve Garvey, the AP reported Tuesday night.

Both chambers of Congress will ultimately determine the legislative agenda for the country and will certify the winner of the presidential race.

Republicans have won control of the U.S. Senate after flipping Democratic held seats, holding onto GOP incumbents and wresting away the majority for the first time in four years.

The Michigan race between Elissa Slotkin and Mike Rogers was crucial to which party will control the U.S. Senate.

The fall-back routine that we annually do at this time of year comes with more than just an additional hour of sleep. The American Automobile Association warns that with the end of daylight saving time comes a greater risk of accidents on the roadways due to limited visibility and drowsiness that impacts driver behavior. In […]

Donald Trump's utter refusal to be bent or broken by his enemies and his critics and his determination to redeem himself by recapturing the office he lost has no parallel in American history.