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Usha Vance is a lawyer, a Yale graduate, the Hindu daughter of Indian immigrants - and has just become the United States' "second lady".She was thrust into the spotlight after her husband, JD Vance, was chosen as Donald Trump's running mate in the 2024 presidential election. Almost immediately, she quit her job as a lawyer and appeared on stage to introduce him at the Republican Convention.There, she gave a flavour of her husband; a "working-class guy" who had overcome childhood traumas to attend Yale Law School.Read more:Donald Trump declares victoryRepublicans gain control of Senate for first time in four years A "meat and potatoes" man who had adapted to her vegetarian diet and learned to cook Indian food for her mother.A "tough Marine" who had served in Iraq but loved nothing more than...

Donald Trump has secured a fourth battleground state in the race for the White House, confirming his victory in the US election. Mr Trump is projected to win the crucial swing states of Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Democrat Kamala Harris hoped to become the first woman US president - but there is now no route for her to the White House, with Mr Trump also ahead in all three of the other battleground states.The pair went into the election neck and neck in the opinion polls and there were no major surprises in the early projected results.Follow live: Trump camp 'increasingly optimistic' Wins were predicted for Mr Trump in red states such as Florida and Texas and for Ms Harris in Democrat strongholds including New York, California and Massachusetts. ...

The US dollar has surged as Donald Trump secured a return to the White House - but there are fears the British and world economies will suffer from the president-elect's promises of new tariffs.Investors have returned to making "Trump trades" - when they bet on lower taxes and higher interest rates - on the belief he will increase tariffs on foreign imports to protect domestic industries. This will push up prices of imported goods and inflation - and increase borrowing and government debt in the US.A leading British thinktank said the UK's already slow economic growth rate is likely to be more than halved if Mr Trump imposes sweeping import tariffs.US election latest - world congratulates Trump The National Institute Of Economic And Social Research said growth in the British economy would ...