Donald Trump has won the first pivotal swing state in the race for the White House leaving Kamala Harris supporters increasingly fearful she will lose the presidential election. Trump has soared to an all-time high in the betting markets with his chances of reaching the required 270 Electoral College votes passing 90 per cent. The former president’s surge has prompted ‘silence’ among Team Harris as hopes rest on pulling off victories in a number of close contests. The former president has picked up victories in Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Alabama , Oklahoma, Florida , South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Ohio, Louisiana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Utah, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas

A Channel 4 presenter claimed Boris Johnson was ‘fired for banging on about his book’ during a special on the US election. Mr Johnson was harangued by the stations presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy for promoting his memoir, which has been serialised by the Mail, during their ‘America Decides: US Presidential Election’ coverage. When asked by fellow presenter Emily Maitlis if he still wanted Trump to win, the Mail Columnist joked: ‘Well, as I say in my book Unleashed..’, to which Mr Guru-Murthy interjected saying ‘put it away, stop it, enough’.

Democrats have expressed fears over Kamala Harris’ chances of winning the White House despite a number of swing states being too close to call. Trump has soared to an all-time high in the betting markets with his chances passing a 90 per cent chance of winning as Democrat strategist James Carville conceded Harris had lost grounds in the suburbs. The former president has picked up victories in Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Alabama , Oklahoma, Florida , South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Ohio, Louisiana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, Utah, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas