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    Early this morning, after a year of heated rhetoric, divisive language and fierce Facebook battles with friends and family members alike, America’s contentious election season has finally come to an end. On Wednesday afternoon, Hillary Clinton got on stage to make her final, live concession speech, thanking her followers for all of their hard work on her behalf. And for this landmark occasion, the democratic nominee and her husband chose outfits with deep, royal purple accents as a means of delivering a very powerful political message. The first theory behind this particular choice of color is obvious enough. Purple is the shade you get when you combine red and blue, i.e. the middle ground between the democratic and republican parties, a position of compromise, something t...

    Donald Trump’s unexpected election win ignited protests that continued through the day after the election and then into the night – with thousands of demonstrators shutting down major streets and surrounding the real estate mogul’s buildings in American cities. As US voters and international leaders began to come to terms with a Republican White House led by the former reality television star, anti-Trump activists on Wednesday launched impromptu protests criticizing the racism, sexism and xenophobia that they say the president-elect has made mainstream. The demonstrations in cities including New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, Philadelphia and Seattle – swelled and drew large police responses after Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton lost the electoral college...

    The Donald Trump win devastated many who wanted America to elect its first female president. However, some have already cast aside their previous female candidate, Hillary Clinton, and are now endorsing another potential first female president - Michelle Obama. The First Lady to Barack Obama is very popular and many think she would be in with a chance of winning the election for the Democrats in 2020. Michelle Obama: Trumps comments should not be seen as 'politics as usual' Play! 02:36 The hashtag #Michelle2020 trended on Twitter as people voiced their hopes she would save the US from President Trump. While some are tweeting in jest, others seem to actually want her to run to be president of the United States as a tonic to Donald Trump's impending term.

    Donald Trump shattered expectations on Tuesday with an election night victory that revealed deep anti-establishment anger among American voters and set the world on a journey into the political unknown. The Republican nominee has achieved one of the most improbable political victories in modern US history, despite a series of controversies that would easily have destroyed other candidacies, extreme policies that have drawn criticism from both sides of the aisle, a record of racist and sexist behaviour, and a lack of conventional political experience. After surprise early victories in Florida, North Carolina and Ohio, it fell to the Rust Belt states of the industrial midwest to determine the result of his stunning upset. Wisconsin and Michigan, two states hit hard by a decl...

    In Dixville Notch Hillary Clinton beat Donald Trump four votes to two. Libertarian Gary Johnson received one vote, and Mitt Romney received a surprise write-in ballot. In the slightly larger burg of Hart's Location, Clinton won with 17 votes to Trump's 14. Johnson got three of Hart's Location votes, while write-ins Bernie Sanders and John Kasich each got one vote. And in Millsfield, Trump won decisively, 16-4, with one write-in for Bernie Sanders. So, in the three New Hampshire towns with midnight voting, Trump came out ahead 32-25. Race to the finish: Latest on US election According to New Hampshire law, communities with under 100 voters can open their polls at midnight and close them as soon as all registered voters have cast their ballots. The best known of these three ...

    Hillary Clinton made a dramatic final plea for America to prove that “love trumps hate” just hours before the country goes to the polls today. Speaking early this morning in the battleground state of North Carolina, Mrs Clinton urged Americans to vote in one of the most bitterly contested elections in US history and preached a message of inclusivity. Dressed in red, her voice hoarse after a final blitz through three key states, she finished with a thinly veiled dig at her Republican opponent Donald Trump, saying: “We have to bridge the divides in this country. I want to be president for all of America. I want to be president for everyone.” Referring to Mr Trump’s controversial plan to build a border wall with Mexico, she said she wanted to lead “an America where we build b...

    The FBI has determined that a new batch of emails apparently related to Hillary Clinton’s private email server “have not changed our conclusion” that she committed no criminal wrongdoing, FBI director James Comey told congressional leaders in a letter on Sunday. As campaigning continued ahead of Tuesday’s presidential election, a Clinton spokeswoman said the candidate was “glad this matter is resolved”. On 28 October, only 11 days before the presidential election, Comey sent those leaders a letter informing them that agents had discovered emails “that appear pertinent” to the bureau’s months-long investigation into Clinton’s use of a private server while she was secretary of state. The move, so close to an election, proved tremendously controversial. In July, Comey had ann...

    Donald Trump was rushed off stage Saturday night during a campaign rally here as security officials swarmed, but the candidate emerged back on stage after a few minutes and finished his speech. Some kind of a disturbance had occurred in the front of the room where Trump was speaking. He put his hand above his eyes to peer out into the crowd. As he did so, a security official rushed to Trump’s side and escorted him off stage. People near the front of the room suddenly scattered as U.S. Secret Service and uniformed officers jumped the barricades to apprehend an unidentified man. Trump later concluded his rally without further incident. It was not immediately clear what the cause of the disturbance was. CNN, citing a law enforcement official, reported that no weapon had been ...

    Democrat Hillary Clinton will spend the final days of the election trying to protect her lead in key battlegrounds, reflecting a tightening, unusually volatile race against Republican Donald Trump. Trump, whose electoral college prospects are narrower, is banking on a late-hour attempt to win at least one blue-leaning state - and to dramatically drive up turnout in rural areas in a collection of battlegrounds where he must prevail on Tuesday. With four days left on the campaign trail, both candidates and surrogates blitzed across the country Friday, making stops in states where polls have narrowed in recent days. The frenzied final days also include celebrity appearances - Jay Z headlined a get-out-the-vote show with Clinton in Cleveland, and Stevie Wonder played a "Love T...

    US President Barack Obama defended a supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump as the crowd at a Democratic rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina began yelling at him when he stood up with a pro-Trump sign. Obama repeatedly told the crowd to "hold up" as Hillary Clinton's supporters started booing a man who stood up with the sign supporting the Republican presidential nominee. The man, dressed in a military uniform, stood in the aisle of the arena stands and just held up his sign, which was one of the usual sizes. He didn't say anything. No, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hey, hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up! Hold up, hold up, hold up!, said President Obama as the audience did not listen to hi...