US election results show a divided America

In 2004 a little known senator from Illinois gave the keynote address at the Democratic Party convention.

Trump allowed his supporters to make him anything they wanted

• ANALYSIS

Throughout this election campaign Donald Trump's inconsistencies and outright contradictions drove his critics mad.

As Hillary Clinton concedes, a reminder of her character, personal touch

As Clinton shook the woman's hand, she noticed her name tag. "I know that name," she said.

The man who got this election right

Michael Moore's thesis, which he laid out in detail and which has now proved to be spectacularly correct.

'We owe him an open mind': Hillary Clinton gives concession speech

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have sought to calm a nation stunned either in horror or joy, calling for an orderly transition of power and full acceptance of president-elect Donald Trump's electoral win.

Clinton's march to White House ends in heartbreak

• ANALYSIS

Hillary Clinton's long, long political march was paved with extraordinary accomplishment; signposted by humiliation and staggering resilience. It ended in heartbreak and horror.

As campaign winds down, Hillary Clinton's transition team springs to life

Hillary Clinton believes in the role of government in improving lives, but is willing to sacrifice the perfect in order to secure the good.

Stars come out for Philadelphia rally as Obamas deliver final boost

Hillary Clinton and her get-out-the-vote machine leave nothing to chance as they enter the last kilometres of a long and bitter campaign.

A surge seen in Latinos voting early in Florida and Nevada

It used to be a truism of American politics that Hispanic voters, though growing in number, did not turn out to vote. That may change.