US election 2024 how the night unfolded [Video]

Kamala Harris’s path to the White House has narrowed as Donald Trump was projected to win two key battlegrounds in the contest to become the next US president.

Here is a timeline of how the election night has unfolded so far.

11pm – The first polls closed in the states of Indiana and Kentucky.

11.30pm – Voting hours were extended at five polling places in Georgia’s Fulton County that were briefly closed earlier in the day because of bomb threats that were determined to be non-credible.

11.39pm – Donald Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, saying “law enforcement coming” to Philadelphia because of “massive cheating” there. The Republican City Commissioner in Philadelphia, Seth Bluestein, posted on X saying: “There is absolutely no truth to this allegation. It is yet another example of disinformation. Voting in Philadelphia has been safe and secure.”

12am – Donald Trump projected to win Kentucky, as expected. Pollsclose in South Carolina, Vermont, …