Trump wins Indiana, Kentucky – Harris wins Vermont, says AP (live updates)

West Virginia called for TrumpThe Associated Press declared Trump the winner of West Virginia, the third state to call for Trump, around 7:30 p.m. EST – another expected result.

Republicans capture a Senate seat in West VirginiaAccording to the Associated Press, Gov. Jim Justice defeated Democrat Glenn Elliott to fill the seat of retiring Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Manchin. This is an expected boost for Republicans in the upper house, putting the GOP within striking distance of a Senate majority.

First states calledAs expected, The Associated Press called Vermont for Harris and Kentucky and Indiana for Trump shortly after 7 p.m. EST on Tuesday.

Trump sells election merchA Trump-affiliated company sent an email to supporters on Election Day to sell Trump merchandise, Forbes reports.

More bomb threatsVoting was suspended at five polling places in DeKalb County after bomb threats were received, and an effort will be made to extend voting hours there, the county confirmed Tuesday evening, after additional bomb threats – linked to Russia – were reported in the state earlier in the day . Arizona officials said threats were also reported at four locations in Navajo County that officials believed were Russia-related.

The first votes are receivedThe first presidential election results are in from Indiana and Kentucky after polls closed in only some counties at 6 p.m. EST. According to the Associated Press, initial results show that Trump has a commanding lead in Republican-leaning states. However, with only 5% or less of the estimated total votes counted, it is still too early to predict how the results will pan out.

Milwaukee recounts ballotsElection results in Milwaukee are expected to be delayed as the city's elections commission announced it would recount 31,000 ballots. The ballots — which make up about a third of all mail-in ballots in the city — are being recounted out of an abundance of caution after workers noticed that the counting machine doors were not properly closed, The New York Times reports.

Trump's fraud allegations dismissedPhiladelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein and District Attorney Larry Krasner on Tuesday dismissed Trump's claims on Truth Social that “there is a lot of talk about massive FRAUD in Philadelphia” as the former president and his allies made numerous false fraud allegations in the state have . “There is absolutely no truth to this claim,” Bluestein said, calling the city’s elections “safe and secure,” while Krasner said there was “no factual basis within law enforcement to support this wild claim.”

White voters are moving away from TrumpNBC's exit poll suggests white voters are shifting away from supporting Trump while minority voters are doing the opposite. The share of white voters who supported Trump rose from 57% in 2020 to 49% now, while the share of Latino voters rose from 38% to 42% and that of Black voters rose from 10% to 14%. Compared to 2016, more voters also support deporting “most” undocumented immigrants, with support increasing from 25% to 39%, according to NBC.

The data from the first exit survey is receivedNBC News and CNN released their first poll results. Both networks found that the most important issue for voters is democracy (35%), followed by 31% who prioritize the economy and 14% who choose abortion. Both networks also found that voters had a pessimistic view of the state of the nation: About 40% told CNN they were dissatisfied, 43% said the same to NBC, with 29% saying they were “angry.”

Trump blocks reporter accessReporters from several news outlets, including Politico, Axios, Mother Jones and Puck, were denied or had their credentials revoked for Trump's election night rally in West Palm Beach, Florida. According to CNN, the denials came after the media published critical coverage of the former president. Additional outlets are still expected to participate in the event.

Polling station closes in MichiganA polling place in the swing state of Michigan was closed Tuesday afternoon after reports of a natural gas leak, according to the Associated Press. Voters were sent to different districts to cast their votes.

Georgia polling station evacuatedA polling place in suburban Atlanta in Gwinnett County was closed for about an hour Tuesday afternoon because of an unreliable bomb threat, CNN reported. The Georgia Secretary of State's office has asked a judge to extend voting hours at the swing state polling place to make up for lost time.

Man arrested for threatening to attack A 25-year-old man was arrested and charged in Michigan on Tuesday after threatening to attack conservatives with a “stolen” automatic weapon if Trump won the 2024 election, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Arizona voters have turned away A county in swing state Arizona, home to the Navajo Nation and the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, is seeing hours-long waits at the polls and some voters were turned away Tuesday due to problems with faulty voting machines, CNN reported.

Rep. shares misleading electoral mapRep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., shared a graphic Tuesday showing Trump as the projected winner of the Electoral College. Alethea, a misinformation tracking company, told the Washington Post that it was designed to “preemptively cast doubt on the election results if former President Trump loses.”

Man arrested in front of US CapitolA man stopped during security at the Capitol Visitors Center “smelled of fuel” and was in possession of a flashlight, a flare gun and two containers that smelled of gasoline, U.S. Capitol Police said Tuesday. The visitor center will be closed for the remainder of the day while an investigation is conducted.

Musk joins Trump at Mar-A-LagoBillionaire Trump supporter Elon Musk will spend at least part of election night with the candidate at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, and is part of a small group of people watching the results live with the former president The New York Times reported.

Polls in Cambia, PA are open until 10 p.mPolls in Pennsylvania's rural Cambria county – which could be a key swing state county for Trump – will remain open until 10 p.m. on Tuesday to make up for hours lost when a morning software glitch hampered voting. Trump won 68.1% of the vote in Cambria County in 2020.

Russia is linked to bomb threatsThe bomb threats that led to the temporary closure of two polling stations in a majority-black voting district in the swing state of Georgia were “Russian in origin,” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said, adding: “They appear to be up to mischief, and they are. “ “I don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election.”

Trump votes in FloridaTrump cast his vote late Tuesday morning with his wife Melania in Palm Beach, Florida. He said it was an “absolute outrage” that votes might not be counted until several days after the election, but said he was “very confident” about his chances of winning.

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Betting markets favor Trump, but…Poll-based prediction sites FiveThirtyEight and Silver Bulletin give Harris the (small) edge. Here's the breakdown.

Harris, Trump Split Dixville NotchHarris and former President Donald Trump each secured three votes in the small town of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, ending its long tradition of being the first in the country to announce its results – although the town's results have been in the past Every national result was anything but predictable.

Trump and Vance end on a somber noteFormer President Donald Trump insulted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at his campaign's final rally in Michigan that stretched into early Tuesday, while his running mate Kamala Harris insulted Sen. JD Vance at an earlier rally Monday night referred to as “garbage”.