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By Leigh Sales*, ABC The challenges for the Democratic Party have been clear from the day Kamala Harris became the nominee. Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS Analysis - It is truly extraordinary the Democrats have convincingly lost a presidential election against one of the most discredited figures in modern American political history - a convicted felon, no less. And yet, the challenges for the Democratic Party, and the campaign's obvious mistakes and missteps, have been clear from the day Kamala Harris became the nominee. There is little that's surprising about Donald Trump's victory beyond the obvious shock that a candidate so vulgar and base - last week, he pretended to fellate a microphone, just the latest pitiful example in a long line - is not unelectable. Here are six obvious ...

By Devan Cole, Lauren del Valle, Kara Scannell and Jeremy Herb, CNN Donald Trump at his hush money trial in Manhattan Criminal Court in May. Photo: AFP/Mark Peterson Donald Trump has been reelected to the White House as a convicted felon who is awaiting sentencing in his hush money case in New York and still working to stave off prosecution in other state and federal cases. It is an extraordinarily unique position for him to be in: Never before has a criminal defendant been elected to the nation's highest office, just as an ex-president had never been criminally charged until last year. Trump has said multiple times he plans to fire special counsel Jack Smith and end the federal cases against him for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election and mishandling classified documen...

By Phil Noble, Reuters Catherine, Princess of Wales Photo: AFP / Will Warr / Prince and Princess Of Wales Catherine, Princess of Wales Photo: AFP / Will Warr / Prince and Princess Of Wales Britain's Prince William says his wife Kate is doing "really well" and has been amazing in a year when she has undergone preventative chemotherapy for cancer. The British heir to the throne is currently in South Africa where he will later host the annual awards ceremony for his multi-million-dollar Earthshot Prize. He made the trip without Kate, who is still recovering from her treatment. He said she would be cheering him on from their home in Britain. "She's doing really well thanks," he told the BBC ahead of his environmental prize's awards ceremony in Cape Town. "She's been amazing this wh...

File pic Photo: 123RF The dollar surged and bitcoin hit a record high Wednesday as traders bet on a victory for Donald Trump as he picked up key swing states needed to take the White House, ramping up bets on fresh tax cuts, tariffs and rising inflation. While polls had shown the race on a knife edge, the Republican appeared to be faring better than his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris as results rolled in. Both candidates picked up expected wins in safe states, but indications that the business tycoon was on course for a second term boosted the so-called Trump Trade. The tycoon won Georgia and North Carolina, with others still up in the air, while US networks declared him the winner in key battleground Pennsylvania with Fox News calling the election in his favour. News ...

By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose, Stephanie Kelly and Joseph Ax, Reuters Donald Trump is only the second US president to recapture the White House after being earlier voted out. Photo: JIM WATSON Kamala Harris falls short in historic presidential bid Trump recaptures White House after divisive campaign Trump vows to reshape executive branch, prioritise personal loyalty Donald Trump has been elected United States president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House and ushering in a new American leadership likely to test democratic institutions at home and relations abroad. Trump, 78, recaptured the White House on Wednesday by securing more than the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency, Edison Research projected, following...

Donald Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in a historic political comeback, recapturing the White House following an election loss in 2020, CNN has projected. Trump will return to the nation's highest office four years after inciting a violent insurrection at the US Capitol as part of an effort to hold on to power as he refused to accept the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to President Joe Biden. Trump's election presents an unprecedented legal situation as the president-elect was scheduled to be sentenced in New York criminal court this month after being convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records earlier this year. Trump also faces other criminal charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith in his ongoing federal election subversion case. The fo...

Photo: BILL PUGLIANO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP Reactions from around the world began flooding in tonight as Fox News projected that Republican Donald Trump had defeated Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, which would cap a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House. Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel "Congratulations on history's greatest comeback! Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America. This is a huge victory! In true friendship," Netanyahu wrote on X. Emmanuel Macron, President of France "Congratulations, President Donald Trump. Ready to work together just as we knew how to do during four years. With your...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters have joined the chorus of global leaders to congratulate Republican candidate Donald Trump's seeming US presidential win. "The United States is one of New Zealand's most important partners. Tonight, I congratulate President-elect @realDonaldTrump and look forward to building New Zealand's relationship with his incoming Administration," Luxon posted on X. The United States is one of New Zealand’s most important partners.Tonight, I congratulate President-elect @realDonaldTrump and look forward to building New Zealand’s relationship with his incoming Administration.— Christopher Luxon (@chrisluxonmp) November 6, 2024 Peters also paid homage to T...

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