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- US President-elect Donald Trump is on track to win the popular vote, with provisional counts showing him ahead of his Democratic rival Kamala Harris by nearly five million ballots.
- Trump has named campaign manager Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff, in the first major appointment of incoming administration.
- Incumbent US President Joe Biden says he will ensure a peaceful transition of power in his first comments since Trump was declared the election winner.
- Harris, the US vice president, has conceded the presidential election but promised to keep fighting for democracy and the rule of law.
- Trump’s Republican Party has also won a majority in the Senate, but control of the House of Representatives remains unclear.