Control of the House remains up for grabs, but Republicans are nearing a majority

The president-elect has now won six of the seven swing states at the presidential election and has a commanding lead in Arizona

House races are still being decided as Nevada is called for Trump, bringing him one step closer to a swing-state sweep.

Trump’s win in the state gives him 301 electoral votes, even as Democratic incumbent hangs on to Senate seat

The Republican’s second presidential term heralds a more inward-looking US where resentment has replaced idealism and nobody wins without someone else losing

Arizona, with its 11 Electoral College votes, is now the last state to be called — and Donald Trump holds a lead there too.

Former House speaker says Ms Harris could have emerged as a ‘stronger’ candidate if she had taken on rivals for her party’s nomination

Democrats now carrying out public postmortem on failure of Harris campaign after Trump swept to victory

Elon Musk has called for Jack Smith, the chief prosecutor overseeing Donald Trump’s election-interference case, to be “punished”.

Donald Trump tapped into voter dissatisfaction, flipping a swathe of New York’s electorate – and the Democrats have to try to win them back

City’s Bronx borough saw historic realignment as Trump made inroads into a once solid Democratic voter bloc

Despite New York City traditionally voting Democratic, Staten Island remains a reliably red borough. In Tuesday’s election, where the Republican party won a second term in the White House, 65% of Staten Island voters supported Trump — the largest margin he’s seen in the area. The Independent spoke to locals to understand their support, from economic policies to foreign affairs. In Staten Island, a city that has received some 200,000 new migrants in the last two years, Trump’s campaign promising mass deportations appears to have resonated.

Republicans say Trump will bring the prosperity voters want and will make New York safer.

Control of the House has yet to be determined as a number of critical races remain too-close-to-call, leaving lawmakers — and voters — waiting to see which party will hold the majority next ye…

What we learned from the balance of Congress after 2020 and 2022 showed that when it comes to the House, the consequences aren’t always what you might expect

Donald Trump’s Republicans were on course for a clean sweep in the US elections by retaining control of the US House of Representatives on Friday morning.