Election 2024 live updates: Biden vows to ensure a peaceful transition to Trump in address to nation

On Wednesday afternoon, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris gave a speech conceding victory to Donald Trump, who has won the 2024 presidential election.

Trump has won at least 295 electoral college votes, more than what was needed to push him over the line of 270 to become the president-elect of the United States. Though two states (Arizona and Nevada) have not yet been called, Trump has already surpassed the number of votes to secure his return trip to the White House.

Votes will continue to be counted and certified in the coming days and weeks, so these numbers may not be final. But at this stage in the race, here are the numbers you need to know from the 2024 presidential election, from turnout to Senate control.

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The Dobbs decision in 2022 not only eliminated the constitutional right to an abortion but also left chaos and confusion in its wake, raising troubling questions about the future of reproductive healthcare in the United States.

Kelly Rissman and Alicja Hagopian report.

Here’s Jacob Stolworthy to round-up how America’s stars greeted the news of four more years of Donald Trump in the White House.

The Republican’s third campaign was defined by a promise of retribution and a sharpened nativist agenda to take America back again, Alex Woodward writes.

If you missed this earlier, Philadelphia Democratic Chair Bob Brady has suggested that a lack of communication from the Harris campaign contributed to her loss in Pennsylvania.

On Wednesday, the former congressman told NBC10 that he “would’ve liked to see the Harris campaign, especially the national campaign, coordinate with us a little bit. Talk to us a little bit. Give us a little bit more resources. Show us some respect. Didn’t happen.”

He added: “They were just elitist and went out there, did their own thing, and didn’t include Democratic city committee or (ward leaders) or committee people. They just didn’t do it.”

Gustaf Kilander has more.

During Trump’s raucous victory party in West Palm Beach, Florida, yesterday morning, a fired-up Dana White, president of the wildly popular UFC fighting league, approached the microphone to thank the people who made the Republican’s win possible.

After praising Trump as one of “the most resilient, hardworking men I’ve ever met in my life,” White said: “I wanna thank the Nelk Boys, Adin Ross, Theo Von, Bussin with the Boys and, last but not least, the mighty and powerful Joe Rogan!”

You’d be forgiven for not knowing who some of these men are, but, if you’re the Democratic Party, you ignore them at your peril.

This collection of edgy alternative podcasters, social media influencers and comedians are part of the “manosphere” that may have helped win Trump the election.

Josh Marcus has this introduction.

Rates of routine vaccinations among children are dropping, the percentage of children who are exempted from vaccine requirements is at an all-time high and cases of measles are being reported across the United States.

And it could soon get worse.

Doctors are now bracing for a future under president-elect Donald Trump’s and his administration, which has floated the idea of bringing in prominent vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead the nation’s federal health agencies.

Alex Woodward has this on a dire health forecast.

The 46th president will address the nation from the White House Rose Garden at 11am ET (4pm GMT).

He is expected to reflect on the election result and encourage all citizens to accept it without complaint, congratulate President-Elect Trump and praise Kamala Harris for her campaign.