Trump at 230 electoral votes, Harris at 205: US Media

Republican former president Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris are battling it out for the White House, with polls gradually closing across the United States Tuesday and a long night of waiting for results expected.

Results are tumbling in, with US media projecting wins for Trump so far in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Harris has so far captured Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and the US capital Washington, DC.

So far, that gives Harris 99 electoral votes and Trump 198.

The magic number to win the presidency is 270. Observers expect the hotly contested race for the White House to come down to a handful of key battleground states.

The following is a list of the states won by each candidate and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on the projections of US media including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC/NBC News, ABC and CBS.

• 6 minutes ago

Trump wins swing state, edges ahead of Harris

Donald Trump won the first of the swing states Tuesday as he pulled ahead of White House rival Kamala Harris, narrowing her path to victory in an agonizingly tight and suspenseful US presidential election.

The first of the seven key battlegrounds -- North Carolina -- went to Trump, confirming his growing momentum.

Democratic vice president Harris appeared to be underperforming in other key areas compared to the Republican former president.

Harris's camp said the race was now "razor-thin" and that her "clearest path" to victory was through the so-called Blue Wall swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Harris's campaign director Jen O'Malley Dillon insisted in an mail to campaign staff, obtained by AFP, that "we feel good about what we're seeing" in the Blue Wall.

• 40 minutes ago

Harris takes California and Oregon, Trump wins in Idaho

Democrat Kamala Harris on Tuesday won California in the US presidential election, taking its huge slate of 54 electoral votes, while Republican rival Donald Trump was projected to win in Idaho and Iowa, US networks said.

Harris also won in the West Coast state of Oregon. So far, that gives Trump 211 electoral votes and Harris 153.

The key battleground states, including Georgia and Pennsylvania, have yet to be called.

• 2 hours ago

Trump takes Texas + 3 states, Harris wins Delaware

Republican Donald Trump has claimed four more states in the US presidential election, including big prize Texas, while Democrat Kamala Harris has won in Delaware, US networks projected Tuesday.

Trump also won in North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, US media said. Many of the key battleground states in the US election have yet to be called.

• 2 hours ago

Harris wins Illinois, Trump takes two more states

Democrat Kamala Harris won the big prize state of Illinois as well as Rhode Island, while Republican Donald Trump added to his electoral vote total with victories in Louisiana and Mississippi, US networks projected Tuesday.

Many of the key battleground states in the US presidential election, including Georgia and Pennsylvania, have yet to be called.