Blame the early ballots that get dropped off on Election Day at the polls. Stir in increasingly competitive contests, and it adds up to days' worth of waiting for a definitive result. Maricopa County estimated vote counting would run 10-13 days before every ballot is counted.

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Hours after Trump's victory, advocacy groups were setting their sights on the president-elect, who will take office Jan. 20.

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Control of the House is in limbo Wednesday as votes in several critical races continue to be tallied.

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In a decisive victory, Trump wins a series of swing states, while his Republican Party also gains control of the Senate.

Of the uncalled races, Republicans currently lead in 24, they need to win 20 of those to secure a majority. The Democrats lead in 33, they need to win all of those as well as five districts where Republicans are currently leading to win a majority.

The US central bank has cut its key interest rate again as Donald Trump's election as president raises new uncertainty about the future for borrowing costs. The cut puts the Federal Reserve's lending rate in the range of 4.

Control of the U.S. House of Representatives still hangs in the balance after Republicans won the Senate early Wednesday. Follow the latest AP race calls, results and updates on who's winning.

Seth Keshel, an election denier from Arizona who spent years touring the country with voter fraud claims, found a way to thread the needle: He said he believed Mr. Trump won fairly, but suggested there may still have been some fraud in down-ballot races where Democrats were leading.

In the final sprint to the election, Kamala Harris’ campaign — at her insistence, aides and allies said — started playing Donald Trump’s most incendiary comments on the jumbotrons at her rallies, displaying in technicolor his meandering, racist and, sometimes, violent rhetoric.