More bomb threats Voting has been suspended at five polling places in DeKalb County after receiving bomb threats. They will try to extend voting hours there, the county confirmed Tuesday evening, after other bomb threats — linked to Russia — were reported in the state earlier in the day. Arizona officials said threats were also reported at four locations in Navajo County that officials said they believed were related to Russia.

First votes coming inThe first election results of the presidential race are coming in from Indiana and Kentucky after polls in just a few counties closed at 6:00 PM EST. Early results show Trump with a large lead in Republican Party-leaning states, according to the Associated Press, although with only 5% or less of the estimated total vote, it’s still too early to predict how the results will turn out .

Milwaukee is recounting the ballotsElection results in Milwaukee are expected to be delayed as the city’s election commission said it will recount 31,000 ballots. The ballots — which represent about a third of all mail-in ballots in the city — are being recounted out of an abundance of caution after workers noticed the tabulation machine doors were not properly closed, The New York Times reports.

Trump’s fraud claims have been dismissedPhiladelphia City Commissioner Seth Bluestein and District Attorney Larry Krasner on Tuesday dismissed Trump’s claims on Truth Social that there is “a lot of talk about massive fraud in Philadelphia” as the ex-president and his allies have made numerous false fraud claims in the state submitted. . “There is absolutely no truth to this allegation,” Bluestein said, calling voting in the city “safe and secure,” while Krasner said there is “no factual basis whatsoever within law enforcement to support this wild accusation.”

White voters are switching from TrumpNBC’s exit polls show white voters are turning away from supporting Trump, while minority voters are doing the opposite. White voters went from 57% supporting Trump in 2020 to 49% now, while Latino voters went from 38% to 42% and Black voters went from 10% to 14%. More voters also now support deporting “most” undocumented immigrants compared to 2016, NBC found, up from 25% support to 39%.

The first exit poll data is coming inNBC News and CNN released their first exit poll results, with both networks finding that voters’ top issue is democracy (35%), followed by 31% who prioritize the economy and 14% who choose abortion. Both networks also found that voters had a pessimistic view of the state of the nation, with about 40% telling CNN they were dissatisfied and 43% telling NBC the same, while 29% said they were “angry.”

Trump blocks reporters’ accessReporters from multiple news outlets, including Politico, Axios, Mother Jones and Puck, were denied credentials or had their credentials revoked for Trump’s election night event in West Palm Beach, Florida. The denials came after the media published critical reporting on the former president, according to CNN. Other outlets are still expected to attend the event.

Michigan polling station closesAccording to the Associated Press, a polling place in the swing state of Michigan was closed Tuesday afternoon after reports of a natural gas leak. Voters were sent to different districts to cast their votes.

Polling station in Georgia evacuatedA polling place in the Atlanta suburb of Gwinnett County was closed for about an hour Tuesday afternoon due to a non-credible bomb threat, CNN reported. The Georgia Secretary of State’s office has filed a request with the judge to extend voting hours at the swing state’s polling location to make up for lost time.

Man arrested for threatening to attack A 25-year-old man was arrested in Michigan on Tuesday and charged federally after threatening to attack conservatives with a “stolen” automatic weapon if Trump won the 2024 election, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan said.

Arizona voters turned away A county in the swing state of Arizona, home to the Navajo Nation and the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, is experiencing hours of wait times at the polls and some voters were turned away Tuesday due to problems with faulty voting machines, CNN reported.

Representative shares misleading election mapRep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., shared an image Tuesday showing Trump as the projected winner of the Electoral College. Alethea, the disinformation tracking company, told The Washington Post that it is intended to “preemptively cast doubt on the election results in the event that former President Trump loses.”

Man arrested outside the US CapitolA man stopped during security at the Capitol Visitor Center “smelled of fuel” and was in possession of a flare, flare gun and two containers that smelled of gasoline, U.S. Capitol Police said Tuesday. Due to research, the visitor center will remain closed for the rest of the day.

Musk joins Trump at Mar-A-LagoBillionaire Trump supporter Elon Musk will spend at least part of election night with the candidate at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as part of a small group of people who will watch the results come in live to the former president. reports the New York Times.

Cambia, PA Polls open until 10pmPolls in rural Cambria, Pennsylvania – which could be a key swing state district for Trump – will remain open until 10pm on Tuesday to make up for hours lost when a morning software glitch hampered voting. Trump won 68.1% of the vote in Cambria County in 2020.

Russia linked to bomb threatsBomb threats that temporarily closed two polling stations in a predominantly black district in the swing state of Georgia were “of Russian origin,” Georgian Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said, adding: “They are planning to do mischief, it seems it, and they don’t. I don’t want us to have smooth, fair and accurate elections.”

Trump votes in FloridaTrump cast his vote late Tuesday morning in Palm Beach, Florida, with his wife Melania. He said it was an “absolute outrage” that votes would not be counted until days after the election, but said he was “very confident” in his chances of winning.

Russia paid pro-Trump influencerA pro-Trump social media influencer (who uses the @AlphaFox78 handle on X) said he was paid multiple times by a Russian propagandist to post a fake election video spreading lies about voter fraud.

Betting markets favor Trump, but…Poll-based prediction sites FiveThirtyEight and Silver Bulletin give Harris the (slight) advantage. Here’s the breakdown.

Harris and Trump split the notch in DixvilleHarris and former President Donald Trump each captured three votes in the small New Hampshire town of Dixville Notch, ending the long-running tradition of being the first in the country to declare results — although the town’s results are historically far from have been predictive of the results of the elections. only national result.

Trump, Vance end on a dark noteFormer President Donald Trump hurled insults at former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during his campaign’s final rally in Michigan, which stretched into early Tuesday, while his running mate Sen. JD Vance Vice President Kamala Harris during an earlier meeting on Monday evening as ‘waste’.