Long lines of voters snaked across America on Tuesday as Hillary Clinton appeared increasingly confident of becoming the first female president despite Donald Trump still clinging to hopes of a historic upset. Reports of high turnout buoyed belief ...

Pat Toomey, the Pennsylvania senator in a tough reelection fight, has until now avoided saying whether he would vote for Trump, afraid of damning himself among moderate Republicans in the state who do not themselves support Trump, not to mention ...

After a gruelling 18 months on the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump cast their votes on Tuesday morning, as millions of Americans headed to polling stations across the country. Live US election 2016: polls open as Trump and Clinton aim ...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. A love story after the tabloids' own heart. Photograph: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images. Contact author. @GreensladeR. Tuesday 8 November 2016 10.01 EST Last modified on Tuesday 8 November 2016 10.12 EST.

American voters are heading to the polls to choose a new president. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty. Contribute with Guardian Witness · Amber Jamieson (now) and Tom McCarthy (earlier) in New York. Tuesday 8 November 2016 07.51 EST. Share on ...

To become the 45th president of the United States, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump has to win 270 electoral college votes. The candidates have spent what feels like 100 years locked in mortal combat, but in the next few hours there will finally be a ...

To become the 45th president of the United States, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump has to win 270 electoral college votes. The candidates have spent what feels like 100 years locked in mortal combat, but in the next few hours there will finally be a ...

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met with supporters before polling stations open. Photograph: Joe Raedle, Justin Sullivan. Dan Roberts in New York, Ben Jacobs in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Sabrina Siddiqui in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tuesday 8 ...

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met with supporters before polling stations open. Photograph: Joe Raedle, Justin Sullivan. Dan Roberts in New York, Ben Jacobs in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Sabrina Siddiqui in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tuesday 8 ...

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met with supporters before polling stations open. Photograph: Joe Raedle, Justin Sullivan. Dan Roberts in New York, Ben Jacobs in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Sabrina Siddiqui in Philadelphia. Monday 7 November ...

Early voters wait in a line nearly four hours long to cast their ballots in Los Angeles, California. Photograph: Eugene Garcia/EPA. Lois Beckett in Philadelphia. @loisbeckett. Monday 7 November 2016 20.17 EST Last modified on Monday 7 November 2016 ...

Wax figures of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump outside the Polonia Wax museum, Poland. Photograph: East News/Rex/Shutterstock. James Walsh · @jamesofwalsh. Monday 7 November 2016 03.00 EST Last modified on Monday 7 November 2016 03.02 ...

Wax figures of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump outside the Polonia Wax museum, Poland. Photograph: East News/Rex/Shutterstock. James Walsh · @jamesofwalsh. Monday 7 November 2016 03.00 EST Last modified on Monday 7 November 2016 03.02 ...

Militia groups have called on members to be less overt in their poll monitoring on election day, by not carrying guns and attempting to blend in. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP. Lois Beckett and Oliver Laughland. Saturday 5 November 2016 06.00 EDT. Share on ...

They're quiet now, but the 55 tents that will make up the site of the 2016 climate talks in Marrakech will host a cast of thousands for the next two weeks. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images. Contact author. @readfearn. Friday 4 November 2016 21.06 EDT Last ...

The legal ruling may complicate the UK leaving the EU, but the referendum result was clear. And woe betide the MP or peer who stands in the way of it, warns Simon Jenkins. The judges' ruling confirms it – Brexit must go ahead, no ifs or buts. Simon ...

Theresa May faces greater scrutiny over her decisions in the handling of Brexit. Photograph: Hannah McKay/PA. Rowena Mason , Heather Stewart and Owen Bowcott. Thursday 3 November 2016 16.46 EDT Last modified on Thursday 3 November 2016 ...

Theresa May faces greater scrutiny over her decisions in the handling of Brexit. Photograph: Hannah McKay/PA. Rowena Mason , Heather Stewart and Owen Bowcott. Thursday 3 November 2016 16.46 EDT Last modified on Thursday 3 November 2016 ...

Jean Claude Juncker, European commission president, is due to talk about Brexit with Theresa May on Monday. Photograph: John Thys/AFP/Getty. Jon Henley, Jennifer Rankin and Philip Oltermann. Thursday 3 November 2016 11.59 EDT Last modified on ...

The challengers maintained that parliamentary approval and legislation was required for such a fundamental change. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA. Owen Bowcott and Jessica Elgot. Thursday 3 November 2016 09.24 EDT Last modified on Thursday 3 ...