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

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

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

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

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

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

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.