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Congress returns for a long discussion about what needs to be done.
US Senator Joe Schumer has said that a stopgap bill to fund the government will be brought up for a floor vote as Congress comes back from its break. The bill would extend funding for the government till December 16. It was passed by the Senate in September and would expire on December 16.
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The elections are not over until the votes are certified.
Tammy Patrick, a senior adviser at the Democracy Fund, spent a decade working as an election official in Arizona, mostly as a federal compliance officer. She said the nuts and bolts of how elections are run haven’t changed a lot since her time there. Patrick said distrust could be the reason why more people dropped…
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There is one person to blame for Republicans losing in the polls.
Blake Masters, a Republican senator candidate from Arizona, won the party’s nomination for the 2020 Senate elections with the help of former US President Donald Trump’s endorsement. “I think Trump won in 2020,” Masters said in a video in which he looked directly into the camera and told viewers, “I think Trump won in 2020.”
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There are three things Americans should learn from China.
US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the White House wasn’t viewing the world “solely through the prism of strategic competition”, adding that Biden “made the Big Lie an article of faith in the MAGA Republican Party – a minority of that party”. Sullivan added that Biden raised North Korea, China and…
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Tuesday’s vote is a special category, according to an opinion.
Mark Ronchetti, the Republican candidate for New Mexico Governor, has said that he thinks the state “would support outlawing abortion only after 15 weeks of pregnancy”. He added that he’s “personally pro-life” but believes “we can all come together on a policy that reflects our shared values.” Ronchetti has also said that he thinks “life…
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CNN is forecasting that Democrats will retain control of the Senate.
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said that Democrats’ win in the US midterm election was a “vindication” of the party’s agenda. He added that it amounted to a rejection of “anti-Democratic, extremist, MAGA Republicans”. Schumer further said that Democrats will continue to control the agenda on the Senate floor and in committees, particularly…
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The balance of power in congress is being live updated.
Democratic lawmakers in Arizona said they will not allow their state’s voters to be intimidated by activists who turned up to monitor ballot drop boxes late last month. They said it was frightening that radical Republicans were able to rise up and support candidates like Kari Lake, Blake Masters and Mark Finchem, who echoed former…
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The 9th January hearing on its investigation is here.
Former US President Donald Trump sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election, even going as far as pressuring state officials and the Department of Justice, The Washington Post reported citing leaked emails. The emails also showed Trump’s advisers and White House staff were aware of his plans to overturn the election results, the…
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GOP leaders are planning on having tense talks after the election.
US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s opponents are considering a long-shot challenge to him as the leader, according to reports. “I’ve heard from multiple of our constituents who question the wisdom of proceeding forward with that leadership,” Arizona Rep Andy Biggs said, adding that there needs to be a “frank conversation” about who they elect…
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Democrats retained control of the Senate after winning the Nevada seat.
Democrats are set to win the control of the US Senate in Tuesday’s midterm elections, with Vice President Joe Biden predicting a victory that will be “historic”. It is the first time since 1964 that a political party has won the majority in the Senate after winning the presidential election. Republicans have held the Senate…
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Democrats shouldn’t underestimate the threat Trump poses.
Former US President Donald Trump, who lost to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in the 2016 polls, is planning to run for President in 2024, CNN reported. Trump has been planning to launch his campaign on November 14, which is the date of the US presidential election, the report added. Trump had lost the 2016…
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Biden had a meeting with a Chinese leader.
Top officials from the US government and the Taliban met in-person in Afghanistan for the first time since the death of al-Qaedafounder Ayman al-Zawahiri, reports said on Sunday. The meeting came as US Vice President Joe Biden was in Cambodia for the East Asia Summit. Earlier, Biden urged Cambodian PM Hun Sen to “reopen civic…
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The House speaker’s husband was attacked by Paul Pelosi.
David DePape, the man who allegedly attacked US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi with a hammer, had reportedly been involved in conspiracy theories. In a court filing, DePape is said to have shared a picture of a hammer and a pair of underwear with the words “Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready” on Facebook.…
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Opinion: Pennsylvania’s races should be on everyone’s mind.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign said in a statement, “Trump and his running mate Mike Pence are humbled by the support they have from the American people.” Trump added, “He is on a mission to make America great again.” The statement further said, “We are confident that he will become President of the United…
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The GOP should not have bet on Herschel Walker.
Democratic US Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican Senator Scott Walker will contest a December 6 runoff for the Senate seat in Georgia. Warnock was elected to his second term in the US Senate after garnering 56% of the vote compared to Walker’s 49%. President Donald Trump is set to announce his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh…
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The national party has a message for the two people who wrote it.
According to the latest New York Times-Siena University poll, 54% of likely voters say they are likely to vote in the US Presidential elections, while 45% will vote for the Republican candidate. The poll is based on phone interviews and has a margin of error of 2.6 percentage points. It has a margin of error…
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Pelosi said House Democrats want her to consider another leadership bid.
A spokesman for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said that McCarthy is “about par for the course for an uninspiring and incoherent politician like the Minority leader”. Hammill added that McCarthy’s “only real accomplishment to date is typing up a radical right-wing wish list” that sends a “clear message to the American people…
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The key races are still being counted by the states.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Joe Lombardo has won the election in Nevada, CNN projected. Lombardo defeated Democratic Governor Steve Sisolok to win a fourth consecutive term. He appealed to Republicans by saying he’d prioritise immigration issues in his campaign and also said that he believed President Donald Trump would win the election.
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The bubble of the DeSantis may burst.
The US is voting in the midterm election on Tuesday, the first since ex-President Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election and have augured an acrimoniously two years to come. The election is being seen as a referendum on Trump’s first two years in office and his policies. The elections will determine the balance…
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The CNN projection shows that Democrat DavidTrone will win the 6th Congressional District in Maryland.
Former US Senator Rick Santorum said it was time for President Donald Trump to move on from his “pet issue”. Santorum compared Trump to Moses in the Bible, adding that it was time to move on from the President’s “pet issue”. “I hope that (Trump) does a postmortem…and thinks what this means to his message,”…
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The government of Ethiopia and the Tigray have agreed on an end to the war.
A peace deal was signed on Wednesday between Ethiopia’s government and the Tigray Federalist Congress (TPLF) to end a two-year conflict in the Tigray region. The deal came after Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed met with TPLF leaders in Nairobi, Kenya. The conflict began in November 2020, less than one year after Ethiopian PM made peace…
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The group was prepared to stop the election if necessary, according to Oath Keeper.
A member of the militia group Oath Keepers testified that he packed his car full of weapons and travelled to Washington, DC, to stop Joe Biden from assuming the presidency “by any means necessary”. Jason Dolan’s testimony is crucial to the case as prosecutors try to establish that Oath Keepers are prepared to stop the…
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The Democratic Party and Joe Biden were not defeated during the last election.
Former US President Joe Biden, during a campaign stop, said, “This is going to be a very tough election.” His comments came as the US was set to hold the mid-terms elections on November 6. “There’s lots of uncertainty, but I’m optimistic that we’ll come back stronger than we were,” he added. “We’re going to…
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Some states went in different directions during the midterms.
Democrats have regained control of the US House of Representatives in the elections that took place on Tuesday. The Democrats had lost the majority in the US Senate in 2020 and now hold a narrow advantage over the Republicans. In the US, all 435 seats in the US House of Representatives are up for election…
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The states went differently in the midterms.
Four Republican candidates that rejected, questioned or tried to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory will be elected as state elections chiefs, all of them in Republican-dominated states. The candidates are Mark Finchem in Arizona, Paul Sarbanes in Georgia, Kari Lake in Nevada and Jay Inslee in Washington. The Republicans had argued that Biden had won…