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The US election is all nonetheless over, the headline consequence is known with appropriate a couple of states left to account for for either candidate.
Donald Trump is headed support to the White Dwelling in January, nonetheless earlier than then there are silent just a few issues that savor to happen.
Here’s what happens next:
Last counting in superb states
We’re silent looking out at for legitimate results from some states. And while we know that Mr Trump has secured adequate Electoral Faculty votes to score the presidency, a handful of states savor silent no longer been declared for either candidate.
They embody Alaska, Arizona and Nevada.
There is also the topic of the popular vote, which looks save to bound to the Republican. That will designate the first time Mr Trump has received the popular vote in his three election campaigns, and the first time his get together has accomplished so since George W Bush in 2004.
Trump finalises his crew
We also attain no longer know precisely who Mr Trump will carry to the White Dwelling with him.
Robert F Kennedy, who dropped out of the presidential high-tail and instructed the Republican, is among the names being discussed for roles in the new Trump administration.
The same goes for X proprietor Elon Musk, who spent at the least $119m (£92m) canvassing for him in the seven battleground states.
Mr Trump looks in court in Would possibly presumably additionally. Pic: Reuters
26 November: Trump to be sentenced in hush money case
Being elected president for a 2nd time would no longer stop Mr Trump having to seem earlier than a Unusual York court on 26 November.
His sentencing in the hush money case used to be delayed till after the election nonetheless will now take save.
He used to be discovered responsible of falsifying documents to screen up a price to silence a porn star
17 December: Electors meet
The Electoral Faculty is made up of electors who technically solid their votes on behalf of their pronounce.
On 17 December, the electors will meet in their respective states (and the District of Columbia) to select the new president and vice president.
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Trump’s victory in maps and charts
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25 December: Closing date for electoral votes to be bought
Christmas Day is the slice-off date whereby electoral votes have to be bought by the president of the Senate (currently Kamala Harris in her characteristic as vice president) and the Archivist of the United States.
3 January: Congress convenes
A pair of days into the new Twelve months, Congress (the Senate and the Dwelling of Representatives) will convene for its 119th session.
The two legislatures will meet and elect a speaker on 3 January.
6 January: Votes are counted in Congress
On 6 January (this date might well presumably perchance also sound acquainted), Vice President Harris will preside over the Electoral Faculty vote count at a joint session of Congress.
She will articulate the consequence and account for who has been elected.
Remaining time this took save, a mob sought to destroy into the US Capitol building in an are trying to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
20 January: Inauguration day
Two weeks after the votes are certified, it is inauguration day.
Mr Trump and JD Vance will take their respective oaths of place of work all the way through the swearing in ceremony at noon, after which the 2nd Trump administration will initiating.
