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PoliticsSenate Republicans re-elect John Thune as leader despite midterm losses
Senate Republicans have re-elected John Thune to lead their conference, choosing continuity over a shake-up a week after midterm losses cost the party its majority in both chambers of Congress.
USAMore than 51 million Americans have already voted in the midterms, smashing the 2022 early-voting record
Early voting for Tuesday’s midterm elections has passed 51 million ballots, well above the 45.9 million early votes cast in 2022, according to data from the University of Florida’s Election Lab, with registered Democrats ahead of Republicans in the states that track party registration.
USATrump urges Haley Stevens to join Republicans as Schumer calls her Rogers endorsement a 'despicable betrayal'
President Donald Trump praised Haley Stevens's endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers as 'brave' and said he would love her to join his party, while Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer called the move a 'despicable betrayal' two days before the Michigan Senate vote.
USAUS Senator Chris Murphy hospitalised after stroke, office says he is awake and alert and expected to make full recovery
Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, 53, suffered a stroke on Saturday after feeling numbness in his arm at his son’s hockey game, and is now being monitored at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where his office says he is awake, alert and responding well to treatment.
NewsNetanyahu pressed Trump to strike Iran immediately after US midterms, while Trump wants talks to play out, reports say
Reports citing American and Israeli sources say Benjamin Netanyahu urged Donald Trump on Saturday to resume strikes on Iran straight after Tuesday's midterm elections, while Trump currently prefers to give Qatari-mediated negotiations more time.
USADemocrat Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race two days before midterms
Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, has endorsed his Republican opponent Mike Rogers, appearing with him at a Detroit church on Sunday, two days before the midterm elections.
USAFederal judge throws out Trump administration lawsuit seeking to block Alaska Senate certification if Sullivan loses
A federal judge in Anchorage has dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to stop Alaska certifying its Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, ruling the government had no standing and no workable plan that would preserve voters' right to a secret ballot.
USATrump heads to Iowa and Kansas for final rallies two days before the midterms
President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail on Sunday with rallies in Iowa and Kansas, Republican-leaning farm states where his party is fighting to hold US Senate seats two days before midterm elections that will decide control of Congress.