George Washington stood on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City on April 30, 1789, and took the oath of office, as the first President of the United States.
Voters in the US hamlet of Dixville Notch launched Election Day in the first minutes of Tuesday with a tied vote, mirroring the incredibly close national polls in the White House race.
The Electoral College forms an instrumental part of the US election process.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump made their final case Monday in the hours before Election Day, when voters will either choose America's first woman president or hand the Republican an unprecedented comeback.
In the aftermath of the Civil War, with the abolition of slavery formalised by the 13th Amendment in 1865, approximately 4 million freed Black Americans were eager to secure their place as full citizens, including the critical right to vote.
The tiny village of Thulasemthirapuram in Tamil Nadu is praying for US Presidential Democratic candidate Kamala Harris' victory, strengthening her family's ancestral ties with the village dating back a century.
The American women's struggle for the right to vote was a long and arduous one spanning several decades before the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920.
A lot rests on the new US Presidentwill the incoming POTUS deepen the divide, will global collaboration become even more daunting, or will the new President weigh in favour of cooperation?
Gen Z voters are focusing on several key issues including climate change, social justice, economic opportunities, healthcare access, and student debt relief.
Joe Rogan, the influential host of one of the world's top podcasts, delivered a last-minute endorsement of Republican candidate Donald Trump Monday, on the eve of a historically close US presidential election.