Live updates and the latest news on the 2024 election as voters hit the polls to decide who will be the next United States president, Kamala Harris or Donald Trump.

Voting is underway in the 2024 Presidential election. Follow live updates on Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, poll close times, results, voting issues, results analysis and more.

Kentucky (eight electoral votes) will be the first state to close its polls at 6 p.m. Eastern. For most of the eastern half of the country, voting polls will close between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., while polls on the West Coast will close at 11 p.m. Eastern.

Final polls before Election Day 2024 show Trump and Harris tied in key battleground states as Americans await results. See the latest updates and stream live coverage here.

Republicans are favored to gain Senate control of the Senate as Democrats are on defense in several swing states. A two-seat swing for Republicans would flip the chamber.

Election results that look like victory for one candidate at 10 p.m. could shift the other way at 11:30 p.m., or even later. And it may take days to find out who won.

Follow Minnesota House District 3 election results live during the 2024 election. Get updates on voting outcomes from the Minnesota House election, including maps from NBC News.

Voters said the economy and immigration are the top issues facing the country, but the future of democracy was also a leading motivator for many Americans casting a ballot in Tuesday’s presidential election.

More Democrats than Republicans voted early in the Keystone State, the swing state with the most electoral college votes, 19. The latest secretary of state data shows 1,892,614 ballots have been returned, and of those, over 1.04 million were from registered Democrats while 622,800 were from registered Republicans.

Traders are bracing for a turbulent week. Just two days after Election Day, the Federal Reserve will announce its latest interest rate decision, the first since cutting rates by half a point. The Fed’s announcement comes amid new data showing signs of a cooling labor market, adding another layer to an already stacked week for markets.

There’s heightened attention on Election Day issues by state and federal authorities with pockets of problems reported, but for the most part, voting has been steady.

The decentralized system of election management in the United States has few parallels. But results in many countries can take time to finalize.