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Jile Snyder Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Gile Snyder Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Gile Snyder. Former President Donald Trump is expected to address supporters soon.

He's planning to speak after claiming two of the seven key swing states where the race for the White House is being decided. According to race calls by the Associated Press, Trump has now won Georgia and North Carolina, leaving his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, reliant on the blue wall states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. NPR's Windsor Johnson is with me. Hello, Windsor.

Hi, Giles. Well, right now these states are absolutely crucial for Vice President Kamala Harris. Although it's still too early to call the races in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, these are states that are seen as pivotal in the outcome of the race. In Pennsylvania, Harris' path to victory is narrowing, and that's not good news for her campaign. All eyes are on the city of Philadelphia and its surrounding counties because Harris really needs a large pickup there to win the state in its 19 electoral

votes. In Michigan, officials say the state is still on track to report complete unofficial results. At some point tonight, Michigan, 15 electoral votes. Shifting to Wisconsin, again, it's a state where both candidates have heavily campaigned in recent weeks for the state's 19 electoral votes. But right now, we're still watching these states extremely closely because they are the ones that will ultimately decide the outcome of this race, and it may come sooner rather than later. All right, Windsor, thank you very much. Republicans have flipped two Senate seats, including in

Ohio, where Republican Bernie Marino is defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown as NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports. This marks a major victory for Republicans who now have enough seats to control the Senate. Moreno, a former car dealership owner, received the endorsement of former President Donald Trump and tried to link Brown to national Democratic figures. The race was essentially a dead heat ahead of the election, one of the tightest of toss-up races in the country. Both parties invested historic levels of spending, pouring hundreds of millions

of dollars into the state that was considered the nexus of the battle for control of the Senate. Brown has been in the Senate for nearly 18 years, flipping a seat in 2006. He had never before been on the same ballot as Trump. Barbara Sprunt and Peer News, Washington. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br. Br Voters went to the polls on a mostly smooth election day, but there were a series of bomb threats in swing states. In Georgia, Fulton County Police Chief Wade Yates says the county received more than 30

bomb threats. We planned heavily for the incident of a bomb threat being called in, and it's a good thing we did because that's the only thing that happened today was 32 bomb threats at different polling locations. Bomb threats were also made in Arizona and Pennsylvania, forcing evacuations and leading some polling places to extend hours. The FBI says many of the threats appeared to originate from Russian email domains. This is NPR News. Voters in Nevada are deciding on a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights up to 24 weeks in the state constitution.

And Davis of member station KNPR spoke with voters at the polls in Las Vegas. Several dozen Las Vegans lined up to vote at a local community college, many in support of Ballot Question 6. Noreen Coleman is a first-time voter who also cast her ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris. I think a woman should have control of her body and if she wants to abort then that's fine. Aurel Balog, however, cast her ballot for former President Donald Trump and voted no on question 6. I believe that God gave our moms babies like for a reason and I don't believe killing babies is a good thing.

If ballot question six is approved, a second vote would be needed in 2026 to amend the state constitution. From PR News, I'm Ann Davis in Las Vegas. Abortion rights advocates may have lost a ballot measure in Florida, but they prevailed in four other states. Voters approved abortion rights measures in Colorado, Maryland, and Missouri, where the amendment clears a way to undo one of the nation's strictest bans. In New York, voters passed a measure that bans discrimination on the basis of pregnancy outcomes. Japan's Mount Fuji remains without its iconic snow cap. Snow usually starts falling on Mount Fuji's summit in early October,

but weather forecasters say it's been unusually warm, leaving Mount Fuji snowless in November for the first time in 130 years. I'm Jaiil Snyder, NPR News from Washington. Who's claiming power this election? What's happening in battleground states? And why do we still have the electoral college? All this month, the Throughline Podcast is asking big questions about our democracy and going back in time to answer them. Listen now to the Throughline Podcast from NPR.