Colorado voters reject tougher rules on oil and gas drilling
Colorado voters on Tuesday rejected a measure calling for greater distances between oil and gas drilling and public spaces, a move opponents said would have sharply limited new wells in the fifth-largest oil producing state in the nation.
Democrats pick up 28 seats in U.S. House: media/data provider DDHQ
Democrats won more than the 23 seats needed to take control of the U.S. House of Representatives after U.S. voters went to the polls in Tuesday’s midterm congressional election.
Democrats will seek to rein in Trump after taking U.S. House
Donald Trump faced greater restraints on his presidency and intrusive investigations from Democrats who won control of the U.S. House of Representatives and pledged to hold the Republican accountable after a tumultuous two years in the White House.
Dead Republican brothel owner wins election in Nevada
A brothel-owning, evangelical Christian-backed Republican candidate who died last month won his race for the Nevada state legislature late on Tuesday, according to state election officials.
Nevadans side with Buffett’s Berkshire in energy spat with Adelson
Nevada voters on Tuesday blocked efforts supported by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson to open up the state’s electricity market, delivering welcome news to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc .
With control of U.S. House, Democrats will seek to rein in Trump
Donald Trump faced greater restraints on his presidency after Democrats won control of the U.S. House of Representatives and pledged to hold the Republican accountable after a tumultuous two years in the White House.
Trump to hold news conference on Wednesday after election: White House
U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a news conference on Wednesday morning, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said in a post on Twitter, following results from Tuesday’s midterm congressional election.
Germany: ‘Europe United’ must be answer to Trump’s ‘America First’
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday that Europe must respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda of tighter borders, protectionist economic policies and unilateralist diplomacy, with “Europe United”.
Democrats aim to restrain Trump after seizing U.S. House
Donald Trump faced greater restraints on his presidency after Democrats won control of the U.S. House of Representatives and pledged to hold the Republican accountable after a tumultuous two years in the White House.
It would be wrong to expect policy change from Trump after mid-terms: German minister
It would be wrong to expect policy change from U.S. President Donald Trump after mid-term elections, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Wednesday.
