Kamala Harris

Analysis: The former president’s re-election is an existential disaster for Democrats and a historic game-changer for allies of the US

US election: Donald Trump stands on the threshold of becoming the first convicted felon to be elected president of the United States

Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan

Republican candidate declares a ‘magnificent victory for the American people’ at a campaign party in Florida

US election: Former US president on track to reach 270 majority needed to secure a second term in the White House

US election: Control of the US House of Representatives remained unclear, with many of the most competitive races still uncalled

US election: the fight between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump remained tight as results rolled in on Tuesday night

Come what may, it’s a good day to salute the courage and persistence of the women on whose shoulders Harris’s extraordinary campaign was built

Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman earlier said victory for Donald Trump would be ‘disaster’

US election key reads: Where to watch the results count? How does the electoral college work? A drive through Pennsylvania and Fintan O’Toole on why Trump 2.0 will see US become a fascist state

Americans going to polls in one of closest presidential contests in recent history with eyes on swing states

For weeks, aggregate polling has depicted a race that has become indecipherably close in seven battleground states which both parties have strong chance of winning

Americans go to the polls to choose between a man they know far too well and a woman they’d rather not get to know

US election: Kamala Harris escapes from Saturday Night Live, Donald Trump rails against Fox News and a much-threatened media sticks to seven swing states. The endgame is here

In the News podcast: In the News podcast: Hugh Linehan on the best way for Irish audiences to follow the 2024 US election results

A new Harvard review finds that people are usually more optimistic about the economy when their preferred party is in power

Polling experts and campaigns in the dark as to whether Harris or Trump will be sworn in as 47th president

On the final day of campaigning, Pennsylvania has become the battleground of a suffocatingly close election

Unlike in 2000, a contested election now raises the spectre of widespread civil unrest and even violence

Preparations under way for Republican candidate’s homecoming for election day

If polls are correct, it could take days to decide the next president, but a ‘blue wall’ surge could make the result obvious by 4am

Steven Carroll reports from Florida where candidates seek to energise voters as polarising campaign draws to a close

US Election: Often, those who crossover are celebrated more than those who were ever thus. There’s a huge degree of humility required

Harris’s campaign was buoyed by a positive poll in Iowa, thought to be due to growing support among women

Stocks may well rise during a second Trump administration but autocracy not good for investors as healthy markets require healthy democratic institution

Immigration and border security are key issues in the US presidential election campaign, yet those making the crossing care more for food and water than politics

After months when all big polling companies showed Trump and Harris neck and neck in the seven battleground states, the Iowa poll stands out as sharp and bold

News groups that play a critical role in declaring winner are investing to counter distrust in mass media

The EU’s dependency on the US for security could weaken its hand in any confrontation over trade and tariffs

US Election: Character and reputation were once prized in US leaders. How does a man with no character now have a chance of being re-elected president?

A poisonous US presidential election comes to a close, with polls pointing to a suffocatingly close race

US election: Harris and Trump hold duelling events in North Carolina days before election showdown

US election context: Amid a stark housing crisis, about 7,000 eviction orders are served every month in Maricopa County - affecting all kinds of people

Trump failed to rebrand after the assassination attempt. Harris remained a status quo candidate

This US election, compliance risks becoming a calculated bet on the rise of authoritarianism

Today’s Democrats are in the pockets of big business as much as Republicans are

Podcasts used to be a marginal force. Now they’ve taken centre stage. But with their baggy informality and authenticity also comes a lack of rigour

US presidential election has seen the most poisonous campaign in living memory. As election day looms, the national mood is anxious

US president's accomplishments in office continue to make themselves heard even amid US election campaigning

Trump’s criminality, venality, misogyny, xenophobia and psychological instability render him unfit for any office