Democrat candidate Ms Harris’s hopes for the presidency now rely on winning in the five remaining battleground states.

Here is a timeline of how the election night has unfolded so far. 11pm – The first polls closed in the states of Indiana and Kentucky. 11.30pm – Voting hours were extended at five polling places in ...

“New York Times has just predicted that Donald Trump will win the popular vote in addition to the electoral college. And he ...

Voters have elected two black women to serve simultaneously in the US Senate for the first time and sent an openly transgender politician to Congress. Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester and Maryland’s ...

A good read, a great group, the Darlington Lions’ Bookshop is marking 30 years in the same premises in Houndgate.

Singer Sean Cooney of award-winning folk trio The Young 'Uns is among various speakers in a day of talks exploring Teesside culture, ...

The Market Square in Darlington will be down with the festive spirit on November 17 from 4pm for the annual Christmas light switch-on. Steve and Karen from the Hits Radio Breakfast Show will be ...

Republicans have seized control of the US Senate after flipping Democratic-held seats, wresting away the majority for the first time in four years. The unexpected battleground of Nebraska pushed ...

Most voters supported the Florida measure, but it fell short of the required 60 to pass constitutional amendments in the state.

There was a sombre mood at a gathering of Democratic Party supporters in London amid concern over Donald Trump’s lead in the US presidential election. Hundreds of UK-based Democrats had gathered at a ...

Voting closed on Tuesday night in the tightly fought US presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

Ms Harris’s campaign says that the ‘blue wall’ of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin was now the Democrat’s ‘clearest path’ to victory.