Donald Trump elected as the next President of the United States

President-elect Donald Trump and Republican candidates across the country enjoyed big wins on Election Night, with the GOP taking the White House and the Senate.

Democrats are holding out hope that they can gain control over the House of Representatives, though the Fox News Decision Desk says that chamber also slightly favors Republicans.

Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump to concede the race late Wednesday morning, and she plans to formally address the nation with a speech from Howard University at 4 p.m. ET.

Fox News' election coverage will continue here throughout Wednesday.

The Fox News Decision Desk projects that Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., managed to survive a tough re-election battle, defeating her Republican opponent in the swing state. 

She overcame challenger Eric Hovde, a Republican businessman who sought to unseat her. He was notably endorsed by former President Trump. 

Baldwin will now serve a third term in the upper chamber after first being elected in 2012. 

The race in Wisconsin was considered particularly competitive given the expectation that the state would also be decisive in the presidential election. With the steep decline in split-ticket voting, a Senate candidate would have a much greater chance at winning if the presidential candidate also took the state. 

The Fox News Power Rankings rated Wisconsin as a toss up in the presidential election as of mid-October. In late September, the Senate race was rated "Leans Democrat." 

Democrats are growing increasingly concerned that they will narrowly lose the House of Representatives after Republican victories in the Senate and White House.

The balance of power in the House is expected to run razor-thin no matter who wins, but sources who spoke with Fox News Digital are worried that the Democrats' path is narrowing.

"We're almost certainly going to lose the House by a narrow margin," a senior House Democratic aide told Fox News Digital. "We got our a--es kicked."

The House aide found optimism, however, in Republicans' comparatively decisive victories in the upper chamber and presidential race.

"If you told me [President-elect Trump] won the popular vote, dominated the electoral college, and they could end up with 56 seats in the Senate, this House map is really not too bad," they said.

A person familiar with House Democratic campaigns told Fox News Digital, "If last night is any indication of how the House will flip, I don't feel confident. The American people are clearly not buying what we're selling."

"I think it comes down to the economy, honestly," the second source said. "People feel like they could have more in their bank account."

As of early Wednesday afternoon, Republicans led Democrats by nearly two dozen projected race wins, according to The Associated Press.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind

Shawn Fain, the president of the United Auto Workers union – which endorsed Kamala Harris in this election cycle – released a statement Wednesday saying, “It's time for Washington, D.C. to put up or shut up, no matter the party, no matter the candidate.” 

“Will our government stand with the working class, or keep doing the bidding of the billionaires? That’s the question we face today. And that’s the question we’ll face tomorrow,” he continued. 

Fain said during an Election Day appearance on Fox News’ ‘Your World with Neil Cavuto’ that “we weren’t in good relations with [Trump] when he was president before” and “he doesn’t care about working people.”  

“UAW members around the country clocked in today under the same threat they faced yesterday: unchecked corporate greed destroying our lives, our families, and our communities,” Fain said Wednesday. “It’s the threat of companies like Stellantis, Mack Truck, and John Deere shipping jobs overseas to boost shareholder profits. It’s the threat of corporate America telling the working class to sit down and shut up. We’ve said all along that no matter who is in the White House, our fight remains the same.” 

The Fox News Decision Desk estimates that Republicans have a slight edge in the House as of Wednesday afternoon.

Ballot counting will continue over the next several days, and possibly longer, the desk says.

For his part, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., says he is confident the GOP will maintain control over the House.

"As more results come in it is clear that, as we have predicted all along, Republicans are poised to have unified government in the White House, Senate, and House," Johnson said in a statement Wednesday morning.

He said Republican promises of "secure borders, lower costs, peace through strength, and a return to common sense" drove Americans to vote red across the country."

Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report

President-elect Trump’s historic victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday has surrogates of the Democratic candidate pointing fingers and laying blame for the defeat – even before Harris officially concedes.

Harris-Walz surrogate Lyndi Li spoke to Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich at Howard University, Harris’ alma mater, in Washington, D.C., saying that the Harris team wasn’t "expecting a blowout at all."

"The blame game has started," said Li, a member of the DNC National Finance Committee and Pennsylvania commissioner.

Li said that Harris’ pick for vice president, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, may not have been the right choice to carry the "blue wall" states against the Trump-Vance ticket.

"One of the things that are top of mind is the choice of Tim Walz as vice presidential candidate," Li said. "A lot of people are saying tonight that it should have been Josh Shapiro. Frankly, people have been saying that for months."

"I know a lot of people are probably wondering tonight what would have happened had Shapiro been on the ticket," Li continued. "And not only in terms of Pennsylvania. He's famously a moderate. So that would have signaled to the American people that she is not the San Francisco liberal that Trump said she was."

Li added that she was "not sure how much Tim Walz contributed to the ticket" as the campaign was forced into "cleaning up" the governor’s "laundry list" of gaffes.

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The Fox News Decision Desk projects that former President Donald Trump has won the critical swing state of Michigan over Vice President Kamala Harris. These 15 electoral votes will add to Trump's projected victory in the 2024 race. 

Michigan, part of the so-called "Blue Wall" states that includes Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, was one of the most valuable targets for both candidates in this year’s race. Trump is projected to win the presidential election, and adds the pickup in Michigan to his total.

Long known as a Democratic stronghold, Michigan had not gone to a Republican candidate since the late former President George H.W. Bush won the state in 1988. Trump ended that streak in 2016, narrowly defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by less than one percentage point on his way to the White House.

President Biden took the state back for Democrats in 2020 in another tight battle, restoring the Blue Wall along the way by also capturing similarly tight victories in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

Shares of several renewable energy companies traded lower on Wednesday after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the presidential election, affording him a second term in the White House.

Solar companies were hit particularly hard, with Enphase Energy plummeting more than 18% and First Solar dropping more than 12%. Brookfield Renewable Partners was down over 8%.

Shares in European clean energy groups tumbled Wednesday, too. The world's largest offshore wind developer, Orsted, fell as much as 14%, while wind turbine makers Vestas and Nordex traded down around 11% and 7.6%, respectively.

Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite all soared to new intraday highs Wednesday morning.

Trump's decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris was a blow to the green agenda of the Biden-Harris administration, which significantly ramped up government spending on clean energy alternatives. 

Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 invested $369 billion in what Democrats labeled "Energy Security and Climate Change" provisions, translating to billions of dollars of incentives and tax breaks intended to reduce carbon emissions 40% by 2030.

Trump, on the other hand, has promised to "drill, baby, drill," embracing America's fossil fuel industry. The president-elect has vowed to scrap offshore wind projects through an executive order on his first day in office and to roll back the climate regulations implemented under Biden.

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Republican Rep. John James won re-election in Michigan's 10th Congressional district, with the Associated Press calling the race on Wednesday.

James defeated Democratic challenger Carl Malinga to secure his seat. The race was rated "Lean Republican" in Fox News power rankings prior to Election Day.

It was the second time James has defeated Malinga in a race to represent the 10th district, with the pair also having faced off in 2022.

House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., on Wednesday called on the Department of Justice and prosecutors in New York and Georgia to drop all their criminal cases against President-elect Trump.

"The American people have spoken: the lawfare must end," Scalise posted on social media. "I call on Attorney General Garland, Alvin Bragg, and Fani Willis to immediately terminate the politically-motivated prosecutions of President Donald Trump." 

Special Counsel Jack Smith is leading two federal prosecutions of Trump, one in Washington, D.C., for Trump's alleged involvement with the Jan. 6, 2021 riot and another in Florida based on retention of classified documents.

New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg secured a conviction of Trump for falsifying business records related to a hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

In Georgia, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is prosecuting Trump for alleged election interference in a conspiracy case with 18 co-defendants.

Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges in all cases. 

Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden is projected to fend off a competitive challenge from Democrat Rebecca Cooke in Wisconsin's 3rd Congressional District election on Tuesday, avoiding an upset.

The Associated Press called the race for Van Orden at 12:10 p.m. ET. 

Van Orden was first elected in 2022, and the 2024 election was his first as an incumbent. 

He is a retired Navy SEAL and a vocal supporter of former President Trump, who endorsed him in the race. Van Orden is also an ally of Republican House leadership.

Cooke is a local business owner and was appointed by Wisconsin's Democrat Gov. Tony Evers to the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

The Democrat won a heated primary in the district in order to take on Van Orden. 

The 3rd Congressional District of Wisconsin includes parts of Dunn, Pierce, Pepin, Eau Claire, Buffalo, Trempealeau, Jackson, Monroe, La Crosse, Vernon, Richland, Crawford, Grant, Adams and Portage counties. 

Fox News Digital's Julia Johnson contributed to this update.

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to address the nation at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday following her election night loss to President-elect Donald Trump.

Harris will speak at Howard University, where her campaign held an election night party on Tuesday. Harris did not address her campaign on Tuesday night and has not released a statement.

She is expected to call Trump to concede prior to her speech this afternoon.

Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the day after the election is a "happy day" for Republicans, who reclaimed the presidency and a Senate majority on Tuesday. 

At a press conference Wednesday, the Kentucky lawmaker outlined several "gratifying results" of the incoming GOP majority, including that the Senate filibuster will remain intact. 

"The filibuster will stand," McConnell said, visibly pleased that Democrats will not be able to eliminate that 60-vote threshold to pass major pieces of legislation. He also outlined several other benefits of a majority for Republicans. 

"There won't be any new states admitted that give a partisan advantage to the other side. And we'll quit beating up on the Supreme Court every time we don't like a decision they make." 

McConnell said shifting to a GOP-led Senate "helps control the guardrails to keep people who want to change the rules to achieve something they think is worthwhile" in check. 

Earlier this year, McConnell announced he would step down from GOP leadership after the election. Senate Republicans will vote for a new leader next week.

Former Attorney General Bill Barr, who served in President-elect Donald Trump's first administration, is calling on prosecutors at the state and federal levels to dismiss the pending legal cases against Trump before he takes office once again.

Barr told Fox News Digital that voters were well aware of all the allegations against Trump when electing him to a second term in office on Tuesday, and that it is in the country's best interest for prosecutors to listen to them.

"The American people have rendered their verdict on President Trump, and decisively chosen him to lead the country for the next four years," Barr said. "They did that with full knowledge of the claims against him by prosecutors around the country and I think Attorney General Garland and the state prosecutors should respect the people’s decision and dismiss the cases against President Trump now."

Barr asserted that the legal theories in some of the cases already had been "greatly weakened by a series of court decisions," and that the matters "have now been extensively aired and rejected by the American people."

Once Trump takes office in January, Barr pointed out, prosecutors will be unable to continue the cases during his term. A Trump-appointed attorney general can end the federal cases brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith, one in Washington, DC, for alleged efforts to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, and another in Florida based on allegations dealing with retaining classified documents after his first term.

 The Florida case was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon on technical grounds involving Smith's appointment, and the Washington case was undermined by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that presidents have immunity from prosecution for certain official actions.

"We got immunity at the Supreme Court," Trump told Hugh Hewitt last month. "It's so easy. I would fire [Smith] within two seconds. He'll be one of the first things addressed."

But Trump would be powerless to stop state cases brought against him in New York and Georgia. One is a pending state criminal case in Georgia based on alleged efforts to overturn that state’s results in the 2020 election. He has also been convicted in a New York criminal case for falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election, and has a sentencing hearing set for later this month..

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Ronn Blitzer

Two sources confirm to Fox News that the Harris campaign has been radio silent this morning since U.S. media called the election for President-elect Donald Trump.

Harris' campaign team has sent zero talking points to surrogates, donors or influencers, sources said. 

One source tells Fox News Digital they got no answer even after reaching out. 

Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris decisively on Tuesday, winning a second term in the White House. He is only the second U.S. president to be elected to two non-consecutive terms, following Democrat Grover Cleveland in 1893.

Harris entered the presidential race just over 100 days ago after President Biden, who won the Democratic primaries, was convinced to stand down.

Trump was projected to have breached the 270 electoral vote threshold after stunning wins in the battleground states of North Carolina, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia.

Harris is expected to address her supporters at 4 p.m. on Wednesday from Howard University.

Fox News' Jacqui Heinrich, Brooke Singman, Paul Steinhauser and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this update.

Former President Donald Trump has officially regained the Oval Office after being declared the president-elect following Tuesday's election.

Not only did Trump win the Electoral College, but also the popular vote.

The Hollywood elite are voicing their opinions - some in shambles, others rejoicing.

Christina Applegate

A dejected Christina Applegate took to social media to share her frustration with the results.

"Why? Give me your reasons why????? My child is sobbing because her rights as a woman may be taken away. Why?And if you disagree , please unfollow me," she wrote on X.

"Please unfollow me if you voted against female rights. Against disability rights. Yeah that. Unfollow me because what you did is unreal. Don’t want followers like this. So yeah. Done. Also after today I will be shutting down this fan account that I have had for so many years because this is sick."

Cardi B

Cardi B, who campaigned for Vice President Kamala Harris, said in a now-deleted Instagram Story, "This is why some of y’all states be getting hurricanes. That's what imma say," she said, referencing the recent natural disasters that caused destruction across the country."

In an additional Instagram Story, the rapper simply wrote, "I hate yall bad."

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Caroline Thayer

The New York Times editorial board was despondent over President-elect Donald Trump's decisive victory, declaring his return to power was a "grave threat" to the republic.

"American voters have made the choice to return Donald Trump to the White House, setting the nation on a precarious course that no one can fully foresee," the board wrote on Wednesday, later adding, "Mr. Trump’s election poses a grave threat to [the] republic, but he will not determine the long-term fate of American democracy. That outcome remains in the hands of the American people."

Trump capped a stunning political comeback from his defeat in 2020 and impeachment over the January 6 Capitol riot with an emphatic win over Vice President Kamala Harris. Winning back swing states like Pennsylvania, Georgia and Wisconsin, and making huge gains in deep-blue states, Trump was declared the winner by media outlets early Wednesday morning and pledged to usher in a "golden era" for the United States.

The New York Times is not among those enthused about Trump's win.

"Over the next four years, Americans must be cleareyed about the threat to the nation and its laws that will come from its 47th president and be prepared to exercise their rights in defense of the country and the people, laws, institutions and values that have kept it strong," the Times wrote.

It added all Americans should be "wary" of the incoming administration and called him "transparently motivated only by the pursuit of power and the preservation of the cult of personality he has built around himself."

The Times went on to express concerns about his leadership in foreign policy, his vow to punish his enemies and surrounding himself with "enablers prepared to pledge loyalty to him." 

It did admonish Democrats to do soul-searching about why they lost the election and said they waited too long to realize President Biden wasn't capable of seeking another term. The Times was among the media organizations that called for him to step aside after his poor debate showing against Trump in June; under intense pressure, Biden dropped out as the Democratic nominee and endorsed Harris on July 21, setting off a furious race to the campaign finish.

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Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday.

"Big congratulations to our 45th and now 47th President on an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory. No nation has bigger opportunities. Wishing @realDonaldTrump all success in leading and uniting the America we all love," Bezos wrote.

The statement was the first time Bezos has posted on X since the assassination attempt against Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.

Prior to Election Day, Bezos blocked the Washington Post editorial board from endorsing Harris, arguing the lack of endorsement would build trust for the outlet.

Former President George W. Bush congratulated President-elect Trump on his decisive victory in the 2024 election on Wednesday. 

"I congratulate President Trump on his election as 47th President of the United States of America, as well as Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and their families," Bush said in a statement. 

"I also thank President Biden and Vice President Harris for their service to our country," he continued. 

"The strong turnout in this election is a sign of the health of our republic and the strength of our democratic institutions. Laura and I are grateful to the election officials, poll workers, and volunteers who oversaw a free, fair, safe, and secure election.

"We join our fellow citizens in praying for the success of our new leaders at all levels of government. May God continue to bless our great country." 

The former president had declined to make an endorsement in the 2024 race.