Tag: US midterm elections

Democrats urge acting AG to step aside from Russia probe

WASHINGTON: Top Democrats stepped up pressure Sunday on acting US Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to step aside from overseeing a special counsel probe into...

With control of US House, Democrats will seek to rein in...

Democrats take control of House of Representatives, while Republicans expand control of Senate  Several firm Trump supporters, including Florida gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, emerge victorious  WASHINGTON:...

Democrats pick up US governorships but lose Florida, Ohio

TALLAHASSEE: Democrats won governorships on Tuesday in several US states that supported Republican President Donald Trump in 2016 but lost high-profile races in Florida...

Divisive Trump era ushers record number of women into House

WASHINGTON: A record number of women were elected to the US House on Tuesday, nearly two years after women spilled out into the streets of...

Trump frames midterms as ‘tremendous success’

WASHINGTON: Staring down the potential loss of one-party control in Washington, President Donald Trump declared Tuesday’s election results a “tremendous success” for Republicans as his...

In a first, two Muslim women elected to US Congress

UNITED STATES: US voters elected two Muslim women, both Democrats, to Congress on Tuesday, marking a historic first in a country where anti-Muslim rhetoric...

US votes in midterms verdict on turbulent Trump rule

UNITED STATES: A turbulent election season that tested President Donald Trump’s slash-and-burn political style against the strength of the Democratic resistance comes to a...

American dream at stake in midterm elections, says Trump

UNITED STATES: Donald Trump completed a whirlwind final push to stop Democrats from breaking his Republicans' stranglehold on the US Congress in bitter midterm...

Three ways the US midterm elections will affect world politics

Seldom have America's mid-term elections been watched so closely across the globe. The reasons are clear enough: what impact they'll have on the competitive attractiveness...