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Kamala Harris holds marginal leads over Donald Trump in swing state polls with less than 48 hours before polls close in the 5 November election

Speaking in Macon city, the former president said he would invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1790 if he won election

With just hours remaining until election day in the United States, pundits and the public alike are scouring public opinion polls for early signs of a result.

On election eve in the United States, the presidential race is deadlocked. The polls are exceptionally close across the country and in all the swing states – Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin in the industrial midwest; Nevada and Arizona in the west; and Georgia and North Carolina in the south.

Asian markets rose Monday as investors steel themselves for a too-close-to-call US presidential election, while Chinese leaders meet to hammer out a stimulus package that experts say could be determined by the vote.

The United States presidential election will be held Tuesday, with results coming in from Wednesday morning AEDT. I have a guide to Wednesday below that includes when polls in the key states close and other information.

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh form the two traditional Democratic strongholds in swing state Pennsylvania. But in the final weekend before the 2024 US presidential vote, groups of noisy Republican campaigners spread throughout Philadelphia city centre engaging in sometimes vitriolic discussions.

A few dozen people lay with eyes closed in a Virginia yoga studio as a gong sounded.

In an ad for Kamala Harris, a woman marks her ballot for the Democratic candidate while her husband thinks she's voting for Republican Donald Trump: "What happens in the booth, stays in the booth" a voiceover says.

Kamala Harris courted voters angered by the Gaza war while Donald Trump doubled down on violent rhetoric with a comment about journalists being shot as the tense US election campaign headed into its final hours.

VP tries to appeal to state’s Arab and Muslim Americans as polling suggests they are gravitating towards Jill Stein