The first polls in the US are closing on the east coast of America.

aims to win a second term as president whilst seeks to be the first woman to assume the office.

The 2020 election was blighted by unfounded claims by Donald Trump of election fraud and this evening, the former president has taken to Truth Social to claim there is "a lot of talk about MASSIVE cheating in Philadelphia."

The election promises to be one of the closest in recent history,

Results will be coming out throughout the night but larger, heavily contested states may take days to determine a winner.

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