US Vice President Kamala Harris
US Vice President Kamala Harris is yet to speak or concede, despite it becoming clear by Wednesday morning that Donald Trump had secured enough votes in key swing states to win the 60th presidential election.
Ms Harris has lost her bid to become America's first woman leader, as her Republican rival surged to a decisive victory in the poll last night.
A CNN source says Ms. Harris will deliver remarks this afternoon at Howard University.
The source said she is also expected to call Mr. Trump to concede the election.
She will implore her supporters across the nation to accept the results in an address intended to strike similar themes to the closing days of her campaign.
She'll also urge the country to work together to find areas of "common ground."
Last night Ms. Harris cancelled her expected election night appearance at Howard University in Washington DC, where she studied as an undergraduate, as Mr. Trump began to make steady gains.
Early projections revealed that the key battleground states, which had swung back to the Democrats in the 2020 election, would again be won by Mr. Trump.
He defeated Hillary Clinton in 2016 by demolishing the Democrats' so-called "Blue Wall" of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Mr. Trump is also beating Ms. Harris in the popular vote - the first Republican to lead nationally since George W. Bush in 2004.
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