Throughout Election Day, the CBS News' Confirmed and investigative unit will be fact checking reports around the 2024 election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

Republicans have long said they would not be shy about litigating election returns. At least four lawsuits were filed in consequential swing states, and experts expect more in the coming days.

Polls cross the country will remain open until at least the early evening local time as Americans cast their ballots on Election Day.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A series of bomb threats across multiple battleground states and baseless claims of wrongdoing by former President Donald Trump disrupted an otherwise smooth Election Day that capped a tumultuous presidential campaign.

Battleground states are counting the ballots that will decide the next US president into the early hours of Wednesday morning, after Election Day voting that largely went smoothly despite fake bomb threats that targeted multiple states.

Election Day in the United States is now often considered election week as each state follows its own rules and practices for counting ballots — not to mention the legal challenges — that can delay the results. But the truth is, nobody knows how long it will take for the winner to be announced this time.

Since Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, the FBI became aware of “offensive and racist text messages sent to individuals around the country.” The texts appear to be going exclusively to Black residents of multiple states,

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's daughter posted a photo of the former vice presidential candidate on Instagram following his election loss.

A U.S. Postal Service mailbox in Phoenix, Arizona, was set on fire on Oct. 24, damaging several ballots and other pieces of mail. A 35-year-old man was arrested and admitted to committing arson but said it was unrelated to the election.

As Americans settle in at home to watch the results of the 2024 Presidential Election unfold, TIME’s photo editors are following images from photographers across the country. From the early hours as the first polls opened,