Battleground states are counting the ballots that will decide the next US president into the early hours of Wednesday morning, after Election Day voting that largely went smoothly despite fake bomb threats that targeted multiple states.

While New York is typically considered a solidly blue state, much attention is being paid to it in 2024 since a "red wave" swept over Long Island in 2022​, helping Republicans take control of the House.

Donald Trump won the 2024 election, notching a slew of swing-state victories.Republicans won back the Senate, while the House remains undecided and may take days to call.Investors rallied around the "Trump trade" for the rest of the week.

It's the first time Trump has topped an opponent in the popular vote​, and only the second time since 1988 that any Republican has done so.

Election deniers have spent the past four years focused on false claims that 2020 was rigged. This year, it raised similar alarms about fraud — only for those claims to evaporate as returns came in.

Former President Donald Trumps 2024 vote tally has already surpassed his total from the 2020 election, marking a potential record-breaking comeback as the final counts trickle in from key battleground states.