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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and US Senator from Ohio and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance and their families appear on stage at the West Palm Beach Convention Center in Florida. Photo: AFP / Jim Watson Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has addressed supporters at a convention centre in Palm Beach, Florida. A smiling Trump has told supporters: "This is the greatest political movement of all time." He said this "would the golden age of America". While some swing states are still counting votes, his rival Democrat Kamala Harris has almost no path to victory left, while Trump is on track to win significantly more of the electoral college votes needed for victory. Trump said he would help the country heal after a divi...

The results for the US election are coming in and Donald Trump is nearing victory in the race for president. Two key battleground states - Pennsylvania and Georgia - have been called for Trump. The Republicans have also retained control of the Senate. Trump is preparing to address supporters in Florida at some point, while Kamala Harris will not address the nation this evening. Earlier there were queues, hoax bomb threats - believed to be from Russian sources - at polling stations, a ballot-scanning glitch in one county, and forecast storm for part of the country. Follow all the latest updates with RNZ's live blog: Source link

Photo: JIM WATSON / AFP Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is preparing to head to a convention centre in Palm Beach, Florida to address his supporters, his campaign aide has told Reuters. The Trump family have begun to arrive at the watch party in Florida. Media are reporting that Donald Trump Jr is shaking hands with supporters and pumping fists. It is unclear what time he will begin speaking, but RNZ plans to livestream his speech. Kamala Harris is not expected to speak tonight. This comes after a successful night for the Trump campaign. He has picked up swing states including Georgia and North Carolina and is most likely to beat Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris to the White House. If he does, he will have pulled off a remarkable feat becoming the first president s...

US voters lining up to cast their ballots in person read voting guides handed out by volunteers at a polling station in Tempe, Arizona, on the country's election day, 5 November. Photo: AFP/ Olivier Touron A growing number of Republicans say they don't recognise their party under Trump and they're voting to keep their home blue. Amy Wudel and Kelli Millett are members of the Arizona Republicans for Harris. "When he kind of made the political scene in 2016, I just had a distaste for the way that he approached politics and the way that he treated other people. I couldn't tolerate it and I couldn't get behind him as the leader of our party," Millett said. Wudel said she shared the same views. "I still think of myself as a conservative, but in 2016, Donald Trump was somebody who I could n...