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US: Democrats to face acid test on ongoing probe against Donald Trump

The Republican majority could cause a lot of problems for the Democrats who have launched three major investigations under the umbrella of the congress where Trump was under fire

Pelosi to announce 'future plans' with colleagues after GOP wins House

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to address her plans with colleagues on Thursday in the wake of Democrats narrowly losing control of the House to Republicans in the midterm elections. Pelosi's decision to either seek another term as the Democratic leader or to step aside has been widely anticipated. It would come after the party was able to halt an expected Republican wave in the House and Senate but also in the aftermath of a brutal attack on her husband, Paul, late last month in their San Francisco home. The Speaker plans to address her future plans tomorrow to her colleagues. Stay tuned, Pelosi's spokesman Drew Hammill tweeted late on Wednesday. He did not provide additional information about the time or location of the announcement. The speaker has been overwhelmed by calls from colleagues, friends and supporters, Hammill said, and noted that she had spent on Wednesday evening monitoring election returns in the final states where ballots were still being counted. The .

Mitch McConnell re-elected as Republican leader in United States Senate

Mitch McConnell has been re-elected as Republican leader in the US Senate

Trump's third presidency bid dicey even if some Republicans support it

Trump's third bid for presidency in 2024 could not have come at a more "inopportune moment" with the GOP divided, funders shying away and his daughter Ivanka and niece Mary not entirely on his side

Republicans on cusp of gaining House majority, elect McCarthy for speaker

On the cusp of touching the magic number of 218 that would give the Republican a majority in the House of Representatives, party lawmakers elected Congressman Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday for the powerful post of speaker in the next Congress beginning January. McCarthy, who is currently the House Minority Leader, would have to win a majority of the 436 members of the House next year before being formally elected as its speaker. The House speaker is the second in line of political succession after the president and the vice president. As of Tuesday night, Republicans had either won or taken decisive leads in 217 Congressional districts against 206 won by the Democratic Party. Tuesday afternoon, House Republicans voted 188-31 to formally nominate McCarthy to serve as the speaker in the next Congress. He defeated Congressman Andy Biggs, former House Freedom Caucus chairman. "We are going to have the ability to change America," McCarthy said, upbeat as he entered the private meeting. He .

Republicans just a seat away from control of House, says report

Democrats have already won control of the Senate, securing 50 seats with a runoff in Georgia next month

US not near recession, needs more time to cool prices: US president Biden

'We're not anywhere near a recession right now, in terms of the growth,' said Biden at the White House on Wednesday

The giant Red Wave didn't happen: President Joe Biden on US mid-term polls

Biden said "Our Democracy has been tested in recent years, but with the votes of American people we have proved once again that it's Democracy who we are," he said.

Republicans, Democrats notch victories in competitive midterm races

Control of Congress hung in the balance early on Tuesday, with both parties notching victories in some of the most competitive races in a midterm election that centred on voter frustration over high inflation and the sudden rollback of abortion rights. Democrats held a crucial Senate seat in New Hampshire, where Democratic Sen. Sen. Maggie Hassan defeated Republican Don Bolduc, a retired Army general who had initially promoted former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election but tried to shift away from some of the more extreme positions he took during the GOP primary. Republicans held Senate seats in Ohio and North Carolina. A district-by-district fight was underway for control of the House, where Democrats held closely watched seats in moderate suburban districts from Virginia to Kansas and Rhode Island. Rep. Elaine Luria, a Navy veteran who serves on the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, was the first Democratic incumbent to lose a highly ...

US midterm: Republicans limp toward house control with Senate still in play

While Democrats have reason to rejoice, the fate of President Joe Biden's legislative agenda still hangs in the balance and the prospect of government gridlock looms

US midterms: Even without a red wave, this could now be Weimar America

Having ridden to popularity on Trump's coattails, most will support The Donald in his expected rematch against President Joe Biden in two years.

Republican Greg Abbott wins 3rd term as Texas governor, beats O'Rourke

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott decisively won a third term on Tuesday night, defeating Democrat Beto O'Rourke in a midterm race that tested the direction of America's supersized red state following the Uvalde school massacre and a strict new abortion ban. The victory underlined Abbott's durability. Despite record spending in the race that topped more than USD 200 million combined, O'Rourke was in danger of losing by double-digits just four years after his narrow US Senate loss that was the closest by a Texas Democrat in decades. Tonight, Texans sent a very resounding message," Abbott said during a victory speech in the southern border city of McAllen. In rapidly changing Texas a booming juggernaut of 29 million people that is becoming younger, less white and a magnet for major companies Abbott remained a bulwark for the GOP in the face of a high-profile and hard-charging challenger. Abbott capitalised on anxieties about crime and inflation against a charismatic rival who took

US midterms: Americans set to deliver verdict on Biden and Democrats

Biden's party is trying to buck history by holding onto their razor thin congressional majorities with the president's remaining legislative agenda hangs in the balance.

US midterm polls: Trump confirms he voted for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

He further predicted a great night for the Republicans saying "I think we're going to have a very great night and it's exciting".

US House Speaker Pelosi says attack on husband weighs on her future plans

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday the brutal attack on her husband will impact her decision on whether to remain in Congress after the midterm election, as she called on Republicans to stop the misinformation that is fuelling political violence and urged Americans to vote to defend our democracy. In a wide-ranging CNN interview, the Democratic leader did not disclose her future plans if the party loses the House majority, as many believe Pelosi and others will step down. Known for her stiff resolve, Pelosi's voice cracked with emotion and she acknowledged she was close to tears as she described the trauma of the attack on her 82-year-old husband and the sadness she felt for the country. I'm sad because of my husband, but I'm also sad for our country, Pelosi said. I just want people to vote and we will respect the outcome of the election, and I would hope that the other side would do that as well, she said. Pelosi was speaking for the first time publicly on the eve of ..

Elon Musk tells Twitter followers to vote for Republicans in US midterms

His tweets were slammed by many of his followers

US polls are chaotic affairs left to patchwork of state, local authorities

The Federal Election Commission is only in charge of enforcing federal election campaign laws and not running the elections

US 'in decline'; Biden has his own dire warning, says Donald Trump

Former President Donald Trump is predicting America's destruction if his fellow Republicans don't deliver a massive electoral wave on Tuesday. Democrats, led by President Joe Biden and two other former presidents, are warning that abortion rights, Social Security and even democracy itself are at stake. Three of the six living presidents delivered dire closing messages Saturday in battleground Pennsylvania entering the final weekend of the 2022 midterm elections, but their words echoed across the country as millions of Americans cast ballots to decide the balance of power in Washington and in key state capitals. Polls across America will close on Tuesday, but more than 39 million people have already voted. On Sunday, Biden was set to campaign in suburban New York, while Trump was headed to Florida. If you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the American dream, then on Tuesday you must vote Republican in a giant red wave, Trump told thousands of cheering supporters as

Judge to appoint monitor for Trump's company to ensure no further fraud

A Manhattan judge said Thursday he will appoint an independent monitor to ensure there is no further fraud at former President Donald Trump's company, restricting its ability to freely make deals, sell assets and change its corporate structure. Judge Arthur Engoron ordered an outside watchdog as he presides over a lawsuit in which New York's attorney general alleges Trump and the Trump Organization misled banks and others about the value of prized assets, including golf courses and hotels bearing his name. Attorney General Letitia James says the company is continuing to engage in fraud and has taken steps to dodge potential penalties from her lawsuit, such as incorporating a new, similarly named entity - Trump Organization LLC - in September, just before the lawsuit was filed. Engoron wrote in an 11-page order that Trump and the Trump Organization demonstrated propensity to engage in persistent fraud and that appointing an outside monitor is the most prudent and narrowly tailored ..

Midterm elections: Biden asks voters to save democracy from lies, violence

After weeks of reassuring talk about America's economy and inflation, President Joe Biden turned Wednesday night to a darker, more urgent message, warning in the final days of midterm election voting that democracy itself is under threat from former President Donald Trump's election-denying lies and the violence he said they inspire. Pointing in particular to the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, he said that Trump's false claims about a stolen election have fuelled the dangerous rise of political violence and voter intimidation over the past two years. Six days before major midterm elections, Biden said, As I stand here today, there are candidates running for every level of office in America, for governor, for Congress, for attorney general, for secretary of state, who won't commit to accepting the results of the elections they're in. That is the path to chaos in America.," he declared. "It's unprecedented. It's unlawful. And, it is un-American. The president, who ha