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Former President Donald Trump quickly took the lead on election night, including in all of the swing states that either presidential candidate needed to win. By the next morning, Trump crossed the threshold of 270 electoral votes. Aside from his quick win, there are also other big ones, nail-biters and monumental losses that stand out in history.

The verdict of U.S. voters was more decisive than most pollsters and pundits had predicted. Now the world waits to see whether the election of Donald Trump as president for a second time is as destabilizing as many American allies fear.

The price of bitcoin has hit a new high as investors bet that former President Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election will be a boon for cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin jumped nearly 8% in early trading, climbing above $75,000 and smashing the previous record set in March.

Republican Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.

After winning Alabama, Republican Donald Trump wins Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, capturing three of the seven heavily contested battlegrounds and coming within a few electoral votes of winning the presidency. Republicans reclaimed control of the Senate, picking up seats in West Virginia and Ohio.

Democrat Shomari Figures has won election to Alabama’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District. That flips a seat that had been previously held by the GOP. Figures defeated Republican Caroleene Dobson to win the open seat. The district was reshaped last year after federal judges ruled Alabama’s congressional lines illegally diluted the voting power of Black residents.

Votes are being tallied in Alabama after residents cast their ballots in the November Election for president and other local races during the general election. As the United States awaits a winner in the presidential race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, here are the results from local races on the Alabama ballot.

As the United States awaits a winner in the presidential race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, polls are closing, and votes are being counted. Former President Trump won Alabama for the third consecutive election on Tuesday, adding nine electoral votes to the Republican's tally.

As the United States awaits a winner in the presidential race between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, polls have closed in Alabama. All seven of the Yellowhammer State's congressional districts were up for election this year. Here are the latest election results, declared by The Associated Press.

Election Day is in full swing across Alabama and the United States. Voters are at the polls to cast their ballots for either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris in one of the nation’s most historic presidential races. They'll also be determining which party will control the House and Senate. A look at the latest updates of what's happening at the polls, including in Alabama.