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Donald Trump has become the first convicted felon to be elected U.S. president, according to CNN which called the 2024 presidential election early Wednesday morning.

Trump, the Republican nominee who faced four historic criminal indictments in the fallout from his first administration, defeated former prosecutor Vice President Kamala Harris, according to predictions from Decision Desk HQ and CNN.

Former President Donald Trump declared victory early Wednesday over Vice President Kamala Harris and told a raucous crowd of MAGA supporters to brace for a new "golden age."

As chants of "U-S-A" broke out at his campaign HQ in West Palm Beach, Florida, Trump called MAGA a "movement like no one has seen before." He vowed to help the "country heal."

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene cannot wait to dismantle the government, she said on the heels of a likely Election Day victory for former President Donald Trump.

The Georgia MAGA firebrand, who was re-elected to her seat Tuesday, also declared on X about 1:45 a.m. Wednesday that she was thrilled at the prospect of releasing from prison rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

One of the most important calls of the 2024 presidential election has been made, with Donald Trump taking the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The result was called early Wednesday by CNN and Decision Desk HQ.

As a second domino fell to former President Donald Trump late Tuesday, CNN anchors called it "very, very bad news" for Vice President Kamala Harris and pointed to a "flashing light" that spelled doom for her in a critical battleground state.

As CNN projected a Trump win in Georgia, Dana Bash delivered a grim assessment of Harris' chances.

CNN anchor Chris Wallace said Tuesday night that, as the map looks increasingly in favor of Donald Trump reaching the 270 electoral vote threshold, the moment feels “more like 2016 than 2020.”

The former Fox New host told his fellow CNN anchors during the network's election night coverage that it was just before midnight four years ago that Fox News made “the very controversial call” in Arizona.

The state of Georgia has been called for Donald Trump in the presidential election. The result was called by NBC News and CNN.

It's a major battleground result, with significant implications for the overall winner of the presidential election.

The Republican Party seized control of the Senate late Tuesday as Republican candidates flipped seats in Ohio and West Virginia and fended off a surprising challenge in Nebraska.

Bernie Moreno defeated incumbent Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio and Gov. Jim Justice won in retiring independent Sen. Joe Manchin's seat in West Virginia. Incumbent Republican Deb Fischer held onto her seat in Nebraska.

As former President Donald Trump drew closer to reclaiming the White House — despite a criminal conviction, authoritarian threats against "enemies," former allies who reported he praised Nazis, signs of cognitive decline and a running mate who says people without children are sociopaths — his critics cast angry glares at one person.

"Reminder that Trump would just be an angry retiree shouting at the TV right now had [Sen.] Mitch McConnell decided to do the right thing after 1/6," New Yorker staff writer Susan Glasser wrote on X. "Amazing."