Jade Macmillan is the ABC's North America bureau chief, based in Washington DC. Jade joined the ABC in 2008, and has previously been a political reporter in the Parliament House bureau in Canberra, and a journalist and producer in Sydney and Western Australia. Follow her on Twitter @JadeMacmillan1.
However you describe it, Donald Trump's election win will go down as a truly extraordinary moment in United States politics. As we try to understand exactly how he achieved it, conversations with two American voters sprung to mind.
Voters not only swept Donald Trump into the White House for a second time, but delivered his Republican Party a likely majority in the Senate and a possible one in the House at Tuesday's election. He also won the popular vote for the first time.
Donald Trump is only the second US president to win non-consecutive terms, following in the footsteps of Grover Cleveland, who won elections in 1884 and 1892.
Will Donald Trump make an extraordinary political comeback, four years after he was voted out of the White House? Or will Kamala Harris's remarkably short campaign deliver her victory? Here are five things to watch out for as the day unfolds.
A new poll from a pollster rated among country's most reputable predicts Kamala Harris will claim a surprise victory in Iowa — a state her rival Donald Trump had been expected to win easily — as the US presidential campaign enters its final stages.
As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris blitz the swing states in the final days before the US election, twin "garbage" controversies have created headaches for both sides.
Philadelphia's district attorney Larry Krasner, a Democrat, is trying to shut down the lottery being run by the America political action committee set up by Musk to support Donald Trump's election campaign.
Kamala Harris attempts to distance herself from Joe Biden's comments about Donald Trump's supporters, which have attracted backlash in the final days of the campaign.
Elon Musk has promised to give away $US1 million a day leading up to the United States presidential election, but legal experts warn the move could open "a new avenue for wealthy special interest money" in American politics.
From war in the Middle East and Europe, to the geo-strategic complexities of our own region, America's election outcome will change the world. Our ABC correspondents break down what could follow either a Donald Trump or Kamala Harris victory.
In a country without compulsory voting, it's not enough for candidates to convince Americans they're the best option: they also need to get out the vote. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are trying different strategies to do so.
Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy confirms a deal to buy medium and long-range American missiles amid what he calls "the greatest arms race in our region since 1945".
Just a few weeks before election day, Kamala Harris ventured outside her comfort zone with a combative interview, while Donald Trump faced questions from a voter group that generally prefers his rival.
Just weeks before the US election, polls suggest the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump remains a dead heat. In the key battleground state of Arizona, abortion might be a deciding factor.
The final stretch of a heated election campaign is being marked by a spat over hurricane funding, disinformation, and a surprise announcement from Melania Trump. But will it change the outcome of the race?
Election day on November 5 is shaping up to be an extremely tight race. So when scandals broke out in two US states, both sides of politics took notice.
The US president welcomed the prime minister to his property in Wilmington, Delaware, for what could be the last official one-on-one meeting between the leaders.
Another apparent attempt to assassinate Donald Trump leads to a blame game, some troubling questions and an awful sense of deja vu in the United States.
Investigators say a Secret Service agent opened fire on a gunman at Trump's Florida golf course after seeing a rifle barrel poking through a fence while the former president was on the course. A suspect has been taken into custody. Look back on our live coverage.
While Democrats hope Donald Trump debate rhetoric will turn off undecided voters, the former president is doubling down, even flooding his social media accounts with "Cats for Trump" memes.
Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have faced off in a fiery debate in Philadelphia, with Trump clashing repeatedly with the moderators. Take a look back through our live blog to see how it unfolded.
After plenty of haggling, the Donald Trump and Kamala Harris camps have agreed to some rules for the first presidential debate. But neither side is entirely happy.
As the energy around Kamala Harris's nomination settles and she emerges from her first real test, the strategy behind Republican attack ads becomes clear, writes Jade Macmillan.
US Vice-President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz have sat down for their first interview with CNN since President Joe Biden withdrew from his White House bid. Look back at how it unfolded.
Harris doesn't have time to mess around. Biden's last-minute withdrawal from the race has left her with a very limited window to sell herself to undecided voters. It also leaves less time to rebound from any stumbles.