The battleground state of Arizona has closed its polls in the 2024 US presidential race. Wisconsin has also shut its polls.

Election day is upon us and polls are tighter than ever, but some glimmers of hope for the Republicans are sending left-wing media into meltdown. MSNBC’s Joy Reid put in a last-ditch effort to slam Donald Trump, reeling off names of infamous dictators in an unhinged rant

Sky News host Laura Jayes evaluates what needs to happen for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris to secure 270 electoral college votes. “There’s a couple of pathways, and some of them are a little bit more difficult than others,” Ms Jays said. Ms Jayes added Georgia and North Carolina will be two of the most crucial seats both the Republican Party and Democratic Party will be vying for.

Sky News Chief News Anchor Kieran Gilbert says the result of the 2024 US presidential election is “a coin flip”.

Steven Miles has been formally endorsed as Queensland’s new Opposition Leader. The former premier and his deputy Cameron Dick were elected unopposed despite leading Labor to last month’s state election loss. Sky News Queensland’s political reporter Harry Clarke details Mr Miles being re-endorsed.

Former US president Barack Obama has urged voters on X to let the election process “run its course”. The post encouraged voters to thank election workers for contributing across the country. Mr Obama concluded, “it takes time to count every ballot”.

Third Way Executive Vice President for Policy Jim Kessler says Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has done “pretty well” at laying out policy options. Mr Kessler said the question for Kamala Harris is “What do you do that separates yourself from the President, Joe Biden … and what do you do that’s new,” Mr Kessler said. “I think that’s been a challenge for her.”

Millions of Americans have voted to decide their next president and vice president. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have spent the final moments of the election campaigning in crucial swing states. Sky News host Peter Stefanovic reports on the day’s movements from West Palm Beach, Florida.

Queen Camilla has withdrawn from royal engagements while being treated for a chest infection. Buckingham Palace released a statement but has given no further details on the Queen’s condition. Queen Camilla is said to be quietly resting at home. Her Majesty will be forced to miss the Field of Remembrance Service this Thursday while she recovers.

Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris is calling on Georgia voters to head to the polls during an interview on Atlanta radio station. Ms Harris is only doing radio interviews today as millions take to the polls to cast their ballot. She says her focus is on making sure voters know the power of their voice through voting.

Israel’s Prime Minister has fired his Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Benjamin Netanyahu says a crisis of trust had developed between himself and Gallant and was impacting the management of the war. There have been reports Gallant has been increasing pressure on the Prime Minister to make a ceasefire and hostage deal. Israel Katz has been named as the new Defence Minister.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has cast his ballot in West Palm Beach, Florida. Appearing at the voting booth alongside his wife Melania, Mr Trump told reporters he would honour the result of today’s election. He says he believes Republicans have turned out in big numbers and is certain of victory.

Turning Point USA contributor Erin Elmore has claimed that the immigration and economy issues in America are just another example of how the Republican party are “chipping away” at the Democratic base. “I think this immigration issue is going to be a big one and also the economy,” Ms Elmore told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “Both of those two issues are really directly impacting women. Most women, let's face it, are the primary ones that are having to go to the grocery store and see that one bag of groceries has almost quadrupled in price. “So I think this is another example of how we're just chipping away at that Democrat base. Erin Elmore, thank you so much for your time this evening.”

Sky News host Caleb Bond, Liz Storer and James Macpherson have reacted to the latest news over Algerian boxer Imane Khelif as a ‘leaked’ report claims the athlete is a biological man. It follows after a major gender row arose during the 2024 Paris Olympics when Khelif and Taiwan boxer Lin Yu-ting were at the centre of controversy after they were given the green light from the International Olympic Committee to compete in female boxing despite failing a gender eligibility test at the 2023 world championships. “The IOC ought to apply, to every other woman who competed in the female boxing, we got it wrong but we're not gonna hear that from them, are we?” Mr Bond said.

Sky News host Rita Panahi has reacted to Oprah Winfrey's appearance at Kamala Harris's final rally in Philadelphia. “It's election day and in the final hours we've had an appearance from Oprah Winfrey and she has turned up the hysteria and hyperbole to new levels,” Ms Panahi said. Ms Panahi's remarks come as Winfrey during the rally issued an ominous warning about a second Trump presidency to voters

Sky News host Rita Panahi reacts to a "mad banshee" trying to rip a Donald Trump flag off a man's truck.

Newsweek senior editor at large Josh Hammer has predicted Donald Trump to “dominate” the male vote as the race to the White House remains close with Americans heading to the polls. “I think that he's going to absolutely dominate the male vote,” Mr Hammer told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “The metrics that I have seen show that Donald Trump is crushing with the male vote even more so than the Harris Walz ticket is crushing with the female vote.”

Sky News host Liz Storer slams Vice President Kamala Harris for her “copy and paste” of rally speeches. “All Kamala has every time she takes the stage is just a copy and paste of what she said at the last rally, and the rally before that, and the rally before that,” Ms Storer said. “You couldn’t come up with a slightly different version? “You couldn’t get a speech writer to just throw in a few one-liners unique to the last one?”

Sky News host Caleb Bond slams Oprah Winfrey after speaking at a rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Oprah got up today and spoke and went to the old grab bag,” Mr Bond said. “It is honestly preposterous that even at this point, they’re still running these same old lines.”

Sky News host James Macpherson says Anthony Albanese will “start on the backfoot” if Donald Trump is elected as US president. A clip of Anthony Albanese in 2017 shows him critiquing Donald Trump. Mr Macpherson said Kevin Rudd is “not our biggest problem” in maintaining a stable relationship with the US.