US Midterms
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Republicans extend Senate majority with Florida win
- US
- November 19, 2018, 20:04
Republicans look set to widen their majority in the US Senate after two Florida recounts – one by machine, one manual – confirmed that the state’s out(...)

Donald Trump calls for Florida election recount to be abandoned
- US
- November 12, 2018, 20:17
US president Donald Trump has called for the election recount in Florida to be abandoned and for Republican election candidates to be appointed, as he(...)

‘I still feel so connected to America, but grateful to be gone’
- Abroad
- November 11, 2018, 11:00
There is no dust settling after the US midterms. Within 24 hours of the elections, Donald Trump started clearing house and throwing tantrums. He fired(...)

Richard Ford: Reflections on America, the day after the midterms
- Culture
- November 10, 2018, 06:00
Now may not be the ideal moment for a European to try to understand America’s woeful political plight, and its foreshadowing of a possibly dismal futu(...)

US midterms: Result widely welcomed in Middle East
- Middle East
- November 8, 2018, 18:40
The election of two Muslim women to the US House of Representatives as well as the Democratic Party’s success in taking back control of the chamber ha(...)

My ringside view of Donald Trump’s latest attack on the media
- US
- November 8, 2018
On Wednesday morning, as most journalists in Washington were waking bleary-eyed from the marathon midterm election count of the night before, the Whit(...)

US midterms: How Republican gerrymandering stymied Democratic gains
- US
- November 8, 2018, 14:30
The US midterm elections brought significant gains for Democrats, who retook the House of Representatives and snatched several governorships from the (...)

White House bans CNN reporter as Trump sacks Sessions
- US
- November 8, 2018
CNN’s chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta has been banned from the White House, after a tense interaction with US president Donald Trump at a p(...)

Trumpism alive and well and all set for 2020 elections
- Opinion
- November 8, 2018
For those looking for a decisive snapshot of the state of American politics in 2018, the results of the midterm elections are frustratingly inadequate(...)

Trump sacks Sessions after claiming victory in midterm elections
- US
- November 8, 2018
A combative Donald Trump claimed “close to a complete victory” on Wednesday as Republicans expanded their Senate majority but lost the House of Repres(...)