Maggie Astor

Former President Donald J. Trump’s MAGA rally at Madison Square Garden featured dark grievances and racism. Vice President Kamala Harris is shaping a closing message focused on the stakes of a second Trump term.

Trump Is Set to Transform Washington as G.O.P. Extends Gains

President Biden acknowledged his supporters’ pain and encouraged them to “stay engaged.” He promised his administration would respect the will of voters who chose President-elect Donald J. Trump.

With five days to go until Election Day, Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris are heading westward to cities in Arizona and Nevada, including a rally Ms. Harris is set to hold in Las Vegas with Jennifer Lopez.

Her absentee ballot never arrived. So she flew from Chicago to Pennsylvania to vote.

Harris Concedes Presidential Race to Trump

It could take days to know the winner, as it did in 2020, because counting mail ballots takes time. But returns on election night could also offer clarity.

Here’s what Vice President Harris and former President Donald J. Trump have done and want to do on abortion, democracy, the economy, immigration, Israel and Gaza, and Social Security and Medicare.

Nevada’s secretary of state is worried about the state’s high level of rejected ballots.

Senator JD Vance of Ohio and Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota sparred over immigration, abortion and foreign policy — and then on Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss.