Welcome to Learning English, a daily 30-minute program from the Voice of America.

I'm Katie Weaver.

And I'm Mario Ritter, Jr.

This program is designed for English learners, so we speak a little slower,

and we use words and phrases especially written for people learning English.

Today on this show, we hear stories from Mario and Jill Robbins.

Brian Lynn brings us the Science and Technology Report.

And we close the show with The Lesson of the Day.

But first, here's Jill.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to earn a new four-year

term as the country's leader.

Trump secured at least 277 of the 538 available electoral votes in Tuesday's election.

In the U.S. system, the presidential vote is counted in the states.

Trump's victories in Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, and Wisconsin gave him a majority of electoral college votes,

which decide the U.S. presidency.

Trump becomes the first U.S. leader to win two terms that are not consecutive since

Grover Cleveland in 1892.

Republican Party wins Tuesday, extended to Congress.

The party won a majority in the Senate, with at least 51 of 100 seats.

Control of the House of Representatives, which is currently held by Republicans, was not yet

clearly decided early Wednesday.

World leaders offered congratulations to Trump, after news media projections, showed that

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