Factbox: Fast facts about the U.S. elections
Control of both houses of the U.S. Congress and 36 state governorships are at stake in Tuesday’s elections, which are widely viewed as a referendum on Republican President Donald Trump’s first two years in the White House.
Factbox: Most closely watched U.S. ballot initiatives
Voters in several states voted on Tuesday on ballot measures that could change state laws on a range of divisive social issues, including abortion and marijuana.
Control of Congress, and verdict on Trump, at stake in U.S. elections
After a divisive campaign marked by fierce clashes over race, immigration and other cultural issues, Americans began casting votes early on Tuesday to determine the balance of power in the U.S. Congress and shape the future of Donald Trump’s presidency…
Mail bomb suspect to have first hearing in U.S. court in New York
The Florida man accused of mailing bombs to prominent Democrats and other critics of U.S. President Donald Trump was due to make his first appearance in federal court in New York on Tuesday where prosecutors will argue he is too dangerous to be freed o…
Supreme Court death penalty case puts Kavanaugh on the spot
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers a Missouri murderer’s bid to avoid execution by lethal injection on the grounds that the procedure might rupture blood-filled tumors on his body due to a rare ailment, with new Justice Brett Kavanaugh likely …
For some in Florida Panhandle, voting takes back seat to hurricane hardships
Sissy Karr, a landlady with 14 rental properties around Panama City, Florida, is a loyal Republican who voted for Donald Trump for president in 2016. But she says she is too busy cleaning up from Hurricane Michael to vote in Tuesday’s elections.
U.S. senators, citing Reuters report, demand fixes in military housing
Two U.S. senators on Monday called on the Department of Defense and one of its largest landlords to fix housing hazards documented by Reuters at military bases nationwide, including a Marine compound in southern California.
U.S. networks drop ‘racist’ Trump ad as critical elections near
NBC, Fox News and Facebook pulled an ad by President Donald Trump’s campaign that critics had labeled racist as a bitter election fight for control of the U.S. Congress headed on Monday for an unpredictable finish.
Trump turns to Supreme Court to wind down ‘Dreamer’ immigration program
President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to allow it to end a program introduced by former President Barack Obama that protects thousands of young immigrants who live in the United States without legal status.
Citizenship query a threat to U.S. census, witness says as trial kicks off
Adding a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census questionnaire will yield a “systemic undercount” of immigrants by frightening some away from responding, warned a witness on the first day of a trial that could shape the U.S. political landscape fo…
