1 dead, multiple people shot near Azusa polling station; active shooter heavily armed, officials said  —  Police are responding to an active shooting in Azusa.  (KTLA-TV Channel 5)  —  One person was killed and at least three others were wounded Tuesday in an active shooting near a polling place in Azusa.

Donald Trump Is Elected President in Stunning Repudiation of the Establishment  —  Donald John Trump was elected the 45th president of the United States on Tuesday in a stunning culmination of an explosive, populist and polarizing campaign that took relentless aim at the institutions and long-held ideals of American democracy.

Never Trumper John Kasich plans Thursday speech  —  John Kasich, a possible 2020 candidate, plans to give a speech less than 48 hours after polls close in this election, casting his vision for the future of the Republican Party after his vocal opposition to current GOP nominee Donald Trump.

Live Presidential Forecast  —  Our best guess right now is that is ahead.  Below, our estimates of three key indicators:  —  The projections for each state are based on the votes reported so far and how those places have voted in previous elections.  —  We're showing the closest states by default.

Dow futures down 300 as election looks tighter than expected  —  Stock futures plunged as traders watched for the outcome in a presidential race that continued to be extremely tight.  —  Investors moved into bonds and stock futures fell as traders questioned whether Democrat Hillary Clinton could win the race, as expected.

George W. Bush didn't cast a ballot for president  —  George W. Bush and Laura Bush did not vote for either major-party presidential nominee this year.  Instead, they did not make a selection at the top of the ticket and voted for Republicans down ballot.  —  *Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.

Donald Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway Describes ‘Very Gracious Exchange’ Between Hillary Clinton and President-Elect  —  President-elect Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton had a “very gracious exchange” early this morning after election results showed the Republican with enough electoral votes …

Sources: Hillary Clinton concedes  —  Donald Trump is on the verge of winning the presidency, after capturing the Democratic bastion of Wisconsin and moving within two electoral votes of the White House.  Hillary Clinton called Trump to concede the race, according to sources A Trump win …

BREAKING: Sheriff Joe Arpaio goes down  —  “It's going to be a new day for Arizona.”  —  PHOENIX, ARIZONA—A scream rose from the crowd gathered at Grant Park on the south side of Phoenix when the Associated Press announced that Joe Arpaio's 23-year tenure as Maricopa County Sheriff had come to an end.

Charlie Crist wins Florida House seat  —  Former Gov. Charlie Crist (D) is projected to win a Florida House seat, breaking his long run of unsuccessful bids for political office.  —  Crist defeated Rep. David Jolly (R) for the Pinellas County seat.  The district became more Democratic …

The Huffington Post ending editor's note that called Donald Trump ‘racist’  —  The Huffington Post's editor's note calling Donald Trump as a “racist” and “xenophobe” is no more, a source in the newsroom tells POLITICO.  —  For months, every story on the Huffington Post about Trump came …

The Democratic Party Establishment Is Finished  —  What a joke.  —  The Democrats will now control next to nothing above the municipal level.  Donald Trump will be president.  We are going to be unpacking this night for the rest of our lives, and lives beyond that.

Markets plunge worldwide as Trump surges to the White House  —  Global financial markets convulsed Tuesday night as Donald Trump was projected to claim victory in the race for the White House after a polarizing campaign that investors had largely bet against.

This 99-Year-Old Man Rode His Bike to the Polls.  Wisconsin Republicans Turned Him Away.  —  Scott Walker's voter-ID law is disenfranchising the greatest generation.  —  By ,  —  Madison, WI— Fred Leidel was born in 1916, before women got the right to vote.

Omarosa: Republicans Who Vote Against Donald Trump Will Be Put On “A List”  —  NEW YORK — Omarosa Manigault, a surrogate of Donald Trump and former contestant on the reality television show “The Apprentice,” said the GOP presidential nominee will keep a list of Republicans who vote against him.

Executive orders, pardons, ‘midnight’ regulations expected as Obama presidency draws to close  —  Look out for the executive orders, the “midnight” regulations and, perhaps most controversially, the pardons.  —  As President Obama runs out the clock on his eight-year tenure, analysts say …

Global Markets Rocked as Traders See Pathway for Trump Victory  —  Mexican peso sinks most in eight years as S&P 500 futures dive  —  U.S. Treasuries, yen, gold surge on safe-haven demand  —  Global markets were thrown into disarray as early results from the U.S. election raised the possibility …

Georgia mayor creates firestorm with Election Day post  —  A metro Atlanta mayor got a quick lesson in social media exposure Tuesday.  —  As voters across Georgia went to the polls, Jefferson Riley posted this on his personal Facebook page, which identifies him as the mayor of the Newton County city of Mansfield:

Inside the Loss Clinton Saw Coming  —  “We have some news.  It's not good.”  —  Hillary Clinton's communications director Jennifer Palmieri filled the candidate in as the plane landed in Iowa, with campaign manager Robby Mook in the huddle.  Jim Comey's letter had hit when they were still in the air …

The Most Extraordinary Election of Our Lifetime  —  I'll just throw out some observations, because I'm in a state of shock.  A welcome state in many ways, but still shock.  I'm recalling how my mother once told me of the morning after the 1948 election—she was working in an office downtown LA then …

The Trump campaign just basically got laughed out of a Nevada courtroom  —  The first rule of Las Vegas is, the house always wins.  Donald Trump's campaign made the case Tuesday that the presidential election in Sin City's home county might be rigged.  —  The court didn't agree.

Paul Krugman: The Economic Fallout  —  It really does now look like President Donald J. Trump, and markets are plunging.  When might we expect them to recover?  —  Frankly, I find it hard to care much, even though this is my specialty.  The disaster for America and the world has so many aspects …

RNC model showed Trump losing  —  The GOP shared its analysis with reporters four days before Election Day to prove that it had given Trump the tools to win.  —  The Republican National Committee, despite its sometimes testy relationship with Donald Trump, publicly predicted …