Us Presidential Race 2016

US President Donald Trump has criticised Hillary Clinton for blaming everyone for her defeat in the 2016 presidential race in her new book, saying "she lost the debates and lost her direction".

Russia's ambassador to Washington told his superiors in Moscow that he discussed campaign-related matters, including policy issues important to Moscow, with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race, contrary to public assertions by the embattled attorney general, according to current and former U.S. officials.

Russian hackers targeted 21 U.S. states' election systems in the 2016 presidential race, a U.S. official told Congress on Wednesday, but a former official testified that a video of Donald Trump bragging of sexual conquests distracted attention from Washington's warnings.

In the closing weeks of the presidential race, Hillary Clinton's campaign - and the outside groups that supported it - aired more television advertisements in Omaha than in the states of Michigan and Wisconsin combined.

From Lena Dunham's backing Hillary Clinton with her enthusiastic fashion choices to Sarah Palin's endorsement of Donald Trump, the cult of celebrity has reigned supreme during this most unusual presidential race

Donald Trump put aside the celebrations and began planning his 73-day transition to the White House on Wednesday as rival Hillary Clinton promised to bury the bitterness of their long presidential race and work to unify a divided country.

Spot gold was up 2.9 percent at $1,311.80 an ounce by 0235 GMT. Bullion peaked at $1,312.80, its strongest since October 4.

Former Republican President George W Bush and his wife, Laura, did not cast a vote for US president on Tuesday but did vote for Republicans in down-ballot races, a spokesman for Bush said.

Polls began to close in the long and bitter race for the White House between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday, with last-minute opinion polls giving Clinton the edge in the final hours of the race.

The long and contentious race for the White House between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump hurtled toward its conclusion on Tuesday as millions of Americans cast ballots, with only hours left to vote.

Hillary Clinton cast her ballot early on Tuesday as the extraordinary US presidential race draws to a close, with the divided nation choosing whether to elect its first woman president or populist Donald Trump.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton held a four percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump in the ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Monday, one day before the US presidential election.

Watch US election results 2016 live on NDTV and follow updates here. The entire world witnessed a stunning victory of Donald Trump over heavily favored Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House.

Investors had been unnerved in recent days by signs of a tightening presidential race, preferring what is seen as a known quantity in Hillary Clinton, over the political wild card, Donald Trump.

The two sides in this bitter presidential campaign are likely to be arguing for years over the question of who was helped and who was hurt by the pair of political bombshells that FBI Director James Comey dropped into the final stage of the race.

US President Donald Trump has criticised Hillary Clinton for blaming everyone for her defeat in the 2016 presidential race in her new book, saying "she lost the debates and lost her direction".

Russia's ambassador to Washington told his superiors in Moscow that he discussed campaign-related matters, including policy issues important to Moscow, with Jeff Sessions during the 2016 presidential race, contrary to public assertions by the embattled attorney general, according to current and former U.S. officials.

Russian hackers targeted 21 U.S. states' election systems in the 2016 presidential race, a U.S. official told Congress on Wednesday, but a former official testified that a video of Donald Trump bragging of sexual conquests distracted attention from Washington's warnings.

In the closing weeks of the presidential race, Hillary Clinton's campaign - and the outside groups that supported it - aired more television advertisements in Omaha than in the states of Michigan and Wisconsin combined.

From Lena Dunham's backing Hillary Clinton with her enthusiastic fashion choices to Sarah Palin's endorsement of Donald Trump, the cult of celebrity has reigned supreme during this most unusual presidential race

Donald Trump put aside the celebrations and began planning his 73-day transition to the White House on Wednesday as rival Hillary Clinton promised to bury the bitterness of their long presidential race and work to unify a divided country.

Spot gold was up 2.9 percent at $1,311.80 an ounce by 0235 GMT. Bullion peaked at $1,312.80, its strongest since October 4.

Former Republican President George W Bush and his wife, Laura, did not cast a vote for US president on Tuesday but did vote for Republicans in down-ballot races, a spokesman for Bush said.

Polls began to close in the long and bitter race for the White House between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday, with last-minute opinion polls giving Clinton the edge in the final hours of the race.

The long and contentious race for the White House between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump hurtled toward its conclusion on Tuesday as millions of Americans cast ballots, with only hours left to vote.

Hillary Clinton cast her ballot early on Tuesday as the extraordinary US presidential race draws to a close, with the divided nation choosing whether to elect its first woman president or populist Donald Trump.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton held a four percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump in the ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Monday, one day before the US presidential election.

Watch US election results 2016 live on NDTV and follow updates here. The entire world witnessed a stunning victory of Donald Trump over heavily favored Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House.

Investors had been unnerved in recent days by signs of a tightening presidential race, preferring what is seen as a known quantity in Hillary Clinton, over the political wild card, Donald Trump.

The two sides in this bitter presidential campaign are likely to be arguing for years over the question of who was helped and who was hurt by the pair of political bombshells that FBI Director James Comey dropped into the final stage of the race.