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A US Secret Service sniper team standing guard as Marine One lands in Delaware earlier this year

US braces for unrest ahead of presidential election

Security for the 2024 US presidential election is being ramped up to unprecedented levels with panic buttons for poll workers, special weapons teams deployed on rooftops, and the National Guard on standby.

US • 04 Nov 24

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been giving a $1million cheque every day to a randomly selected voter who has signed his petition supporting free speech and gun rights

$1m voter giveaway winners are not random - Musk lawyer

Elon Musk's pro-Trump group does not choose the winners of its $1 million-a-day giveaway to registered voters at random, but instead picks people who would be good spokespeople for its agenda, a lawyer for the billionaire has said.

US • 04 Nov 24

People cast their votes during early voting for the Presidential General Election at polling station in Chicago, Illinois

Getting final voters out key as campaigns draw to a close

As the campaigns draw to a close, it is all about getting people out to vote as the two US presidential election candidates focus on final rallies in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia.

US • 04 Nov 24

Sean Ryan runs O'Kelly's Irish Bar in Washington DC

'A little nervous' - election fears grow in Washington DC

Washington DC is preparing for what appears to be the tightest election in American history. Fears are growing in the nation's capital over what happens after voting day and for the future of the country.

US Election 2024 • 04 Nov 24

Watch: Electoral college explained...using jelly beans

It is possible that the winner of tomorrow's US presidential election won't be the candidate with the most votes.

US Election 2024 • 04 Nov 24

The Washington National Cathedral is opening its doors for special prayers and meditation on election day

Fears grow in Washington DC ahead of election day

Washington DC is preparing for what appears to be the tightest election in American history. Fears are growing in the nation's capital over what happens after voting day and for the future of the country.

US • 04 Nov 24

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump plan to spend the campaign's final hours doing everything they can to ensure their supporters vote

Trump, Harris race to get out the vote on US election eve

A presidential election unlike any other in US history has entered its last full day, with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris scrambling for an edge in a tight contest each portrays as an existential moment for America

US Election 2024 • 05 Nov 24

Opinion polls show the pair locked in a tight race

Harris makes appeals as Trump embraces violent rhetoric

Democrat Kamala Harris made her closing pitch for the US presidency at a historically Black church and to Arab Americans in battleground Michigan, while her Republican rival Donald Trump embraced violent rhetoric at a rally in Pennsylvania.

US • 04 Nov 24

Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris held rallies in North Carolina

Harris, Trump hit overdrive in campaign's final weekend

Donald Trump has doubled down on his baseless predictions of voter fraud in battleground states as he and rival Kamala Harris launched their frantic final 48 hours of campaigning to court the last holdouts in a bitterly contested US election.

US • 04 Nov 24

Kamala Harris spoke at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia

Harris to appear on 'Saturday Night Live' amid campaign

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris flew unexpectedly to New York to appear on the "Saturday Night Live" TV programme just three days before her election showdown with Republican Donald Trump.

US • 03 Nov 24

The Women's March started in 2017 as a pushback against the inauguration of then-president Trump

Watch: Women take to Washington DC in support of Harris

Thousands of people demonstrated in Washington DC in support of Kamala Harris for US President.

US Election 2024 • 03 Nov 24

On results night, all eyes will be on seven swing states

US Election 2024: A swing through the swing states

The US presidential election is now into the endgame and on results night, all eyes will be on seven states - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and North Carolina

US Election 2024 • 05 Nov 24

Kamala Harris and Donald traded barbs across battleground states

Trump, Harris clash over rhetoric amid swing state battle

US Vice President Kamala Harris and election rival Donald Trump have traded barbs across battleground states before converging on Wisconsin's biggest city for competing rallies, a dramatic split-screen image in the final days of a volatile presidential race.

US Election 2024 • 03 Nov 24

Women represent the country's largest voting demographic and are known for their high turnout in US elections

Female vote is key as women's issues dominate US election

Tens of thousands of people are expected to demonstrate in the United States today in support of US Vice President Kamala Harris' candidacy for president, a nominee who has made womens' issues a centrepiece of her campaign.

US Election 2024 • 02 Nov 24

Robert F Kennedy Jr speaks with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a rally in Duluth, Georgia on 23 October

Trump hints at big healthcare role for RFK Jr if he wins

Republican candidate Donald Trump has announced that Kennedy family scion and notorious vaccine skeptic Robert F Kennedy Jr would play a "big role" in his administration if he wins next week's election.

US Election 2024 • 01 Nov 24

Joe Biden won in the state of Arizona in the last election by just under 10,500 votes

Arizona - Taking Route 66 to the White House

With just days to go until the US Presidential election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are urging supporters to get out and vote. Washington Correspondent Sean Whelan reports from the key battleground state.

Analysis and Comment • 04 Nov 24

Liz Cheney is supporting Kamala Harris in the US election

Cheney condemns Trump following firing squad comments

Former US lawmaker Liz Cheney has said that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's violent comment suggesting she should face a firing squad for her foreign policy stance showed he could not be entrusted with the White House and would target his enemies in office.

US Election 2024 • 01 Nov 24

CBS has said Donald Trump backed out of his own planned interview with '60 Minutes'

Trump sues CBS over Kamala Harris '60 Minutes' interview

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sued CBS over an interview of his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, aired on its "60 Minutes" news programme in early October, that the lawsuit alleged was misleading, according to a court filing.

US • 31 Oct 24

Donald Trump has repeatedly assailed the network on the campaign trail over the episode and has threatened to revoke CBS's broadcasting licence if elected

Trump sues CBS over Kamala Harris '60 Minutes' interview

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sued CBS over an interview of his Democratic rival Kamala Harris, aired on its "60 Minutes" news programme in early October, that the lawsuit alleged was misleading, according to a court filing.

US • 31 Oct 24

Young Republicans attend 'Make America Great Again' Halloween event in New York

Watch: Young Republicans' election fears at 'MAGAween'

What is scaring young Republicans this Halloween as the knifeedge US presidential election approaches?

US Election 2024 • 31 Oct 24

Elon Musk promised to give $1million each day to someone who signed his online free-speech and gun-rights petition

Judge declines to block Musk's $1m voter giveaway

A Pennsylvania state judge has said he would not immediately move forward with a lawsuit that seeks to stop Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway ahead of the 5 November US presidential election.

US • 31 Oct 24

The former US president took questions as he sat inside a garbage truck which called attention to earlier comments made by Joe Biden

Trump trash talks Harris as she fends off 'garbage' row

Donald Trump pulled an election stunt with a garbage truck as the US presidential campaign was forced off-piste by muddled remarks from President Joe Biden about the Republican's supporters that caused a headache for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

US • 05 Nov 24

With Halloween party season in full swing in New York, young Democrats have been telling us about their election fears.

Watch: Young Democrats' election fears on Halloween eve

As Halloween party season kicks off in New York, young Democrats are scared what another Trump presidency will mean for America.

US Election 2024 • 30 Oct 24

Both Trump and Harris have supported exempting taxes on tips for service workers

Swing state Nevada - 'No tax on tips'

Nevada is effectively a city state - and that city is Las Vegas.

Analysis and Comment • 04 Nov 24

Kamala Harris said she disagreed with any criticism of people based on who they vote for

Harris seeks distance from Biden 'garbage' comments

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has sought to distance herself from comments by US President Joe Biden appearing to refer to Republican Donald Trump's supporters as "garbage."

US Election 2024 • 30 Oct 24