2024 Election Results Live: Trump Speaks After Claiming Victory over Harris as Four Swing States Remain to be Called

Former President Donald Trump said he had won the election and the popular vote during a speech to supporters at a watch party in Florida on Wednesday morning.

Trump is projected to win the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina, nearing the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. He is also currently ahead in the four remaining swing states: Arizona, Nevada, Michigan and Wisconsin, per the Associated Press.

Republicans were also projected by Fox News and AP to take control of the Senate after flipping seats in Ohio and West Virginia.

In Washington, D.C., supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris were seen leaving the Democratic nominee's election watch party at Howard University in tears.

Follow Newsweek's live blog throughout the day for the latest updates.

05:25 AM EST

Trump Media stock soars in pre-market trading

Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) stock was up nearly 47 percent at one point during pre-market Wednesday as the company's majority shareholder, Donald Trump, was on the cusp of election victory.

At 05:19 a.m. ET it had dropped but was still up more than 30 percent, priced at $44.40 per share.

Truth Social parent TMTG has seen its share price ride a rollercoaster of volatility since it went public in March, with the stock performance linked closely to what sort of headlines Trump was making in the news at the time.

Read More: Trump Media Stock Surges More Than 12% on Day of Election

05:18 AM EST

Four shock results on election night

There are several ways in which election night shaped up to be significantly different than what last-minute polls had prepared Americans for, but former President Donald Trump's unexpected victories in multiple once-blue bastions of the country have been among the biggest surprises of the race.

While the results are overall positive for the former president, Newsweek reports the biggest surprises of election night so far.

Read More: Donald Trump Shatters Records: Four Shock Results on Election Night

05:15 AM EST

Here's what the Electoral College map looks like early this morning

Donald Trump is on the cusp of an Electoral College victory, projections show, and is leading in the four remaining swing states.

Those states are Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin and Michigan. Alaska is also yet to declare, and Trump is projected to win there too.

05:07 AM EST

Trump says win ushers in new "golden age" for US

Former President Donald Trump celebrated the election results during a speech from West Palm Beach, Florida just after midnight on Wednesday, promising a new "golden age for America".

Trump had been declared the winner of several battleground states by early Wednesday morning. CNN had declared him the victor in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Arizona, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin remained too close to call, though he held leads in each of those states.

"This was a movement like nobody's ever seen before, and frankly, this was, I believe, the greatest political movement of all time," he said. "There's never been anything like this in this country and maybe beyond, and now it's going to reach a new level of importance because we're going to help our country heal."

Read More: Donald Trump in Victory Speech Says Win Ushers in New 'Golden Age' for US

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