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Hours before polls closed Tuesday in US midterm elections, Alaska Republican Senator Dan Sullivan denounced what he called “election cheating” by Democrats, highlighting a scandal that has rocked the 49th state’s midterm campaign. Sullivan has accused the campaign apparatus of his Democratic rival Mary Peltola of recruiting a man with the same name as the Republican lawmaker to be a “decoy” candidate. Despite the uproar, retired schoolteacher Daniel J. Sullivan’s name has remained on ballots. Senator Sullivan, who is endorsed by US President Donald Trump, lashed out at his rival…

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Democratic Senator Mark Warner has been projected to win a fourth term representing Virginia in the US Senate, while Jon Ossoff has retained his seat in Georgia, marking two early victories for the party in the 2026 midterm elections. CNN’s Decision Desk and the Associated Press have projected Warner’s victory over Republican candidate Bert Mizusawa, a retired US Army major general who served in the Afghanistan war. Meanwhile, NBC News and CBS News have projected Ossoff’s victory over Republican Mike Collins in Georgia. Ossoff, who is seen as a potential…

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Polls began closing on Tuesday in the US midterms, with Democrats poised to seize the House and potentially the Senate, threatening to shatter Donald Trump’s grip on Washington and curtail his power for the rest of his presidency. Republicans losing the House would give Democrats the power to stall Trump’s legislative agenda and launch sweeping investigations of his administration. A Senate defeat would also threaten his ability to appoint Supreme Court justices and senior officials. The election amounts to a nationwide judgment on Trump at a time when the mood…

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The US Senate race in Michigan has drawn national and international attention, with Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed facing Republican Mike Rogers in a contest that could make El-Sayed the first Muslim senator in American history. The 42-year-old El-Sayed, a physician and progressive politician, is challenging 63-year-old Rogers, a former congressman and FBI agent, for the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Senator Gary Peters. The contest has emerged as a major political battleground in Michigan, a key swing state where Democrats and Republicans have traditionally faced close electoral competition. El-Sayed’s…

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Ballot machines malfunctioned in a hotly contested House race in New York state on Tuesday, prompting right-wing influencers to fling unfounded allegations of US midterms voter fraud even as local election officials insisted all ballots would be counted. President Donald Trump and his allies have previously spread unproven claims about voting machines, alleging that they are faulty or unreliable. The Westchester County Board of Elections said it was aware of an issue involving paper ballots that is preventing voting machines from accepting ballots at polling locations throughout the county. The…

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Linda Jones has set up a folding chair near a polling station in Atlanta, Georgia, to watch out for anything that might keep people from casting their ballots in the US midterms. “I want to help people navigate the voting, which has gotten more and more complicated,” said the septuagenarian, who is serving as an election observer for the first time. She and two other volunteers will keep a close watch on activity around this polling station, set up in a public library, and report any issues that arise. “In…

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Americans voted on Tuesday in a midterm election seen as a nationwide referendum on Donald Trump that could wrest control of Congress from his Republican Party and impose major restraints on the remaining two years of his presidency. Polls predict the Democrats will win a majority in the House of Representatives and possibly seize the Senate on the back of voter resentment at an unpopular president, soaring energy costs and the ongoing conflict with Iran. Republicans losing the House would give Democrats the power to stall the 80-year-old Trump’s legislative…

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President Donald Trump’s approval ​rating held near a career low as a broad swath of the US electorate saw ‌their vote in Tuesday’s congressional midterm elections as a way to oppose the Republican president, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll completed on Monday. The poll results underscore Republican vulnerabilities brought on by a surge in fuel prices since Trump launched a war on ​Iran in February. Voters in the nationwide poll said they preferred Democrats over Republicans — 46% to ​38% — in what is known as a “generic ballot” question.…

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AFP has deployed reporters, photographers and video journalists across the United States as American voters head to the polls for crucial midterm elections. Here is a round-up of interviews on Tuesday at polling stations where voters agreed to share their thoughts about what was on their minds and what motivated their choices. Hopeful Democrats With polling data suggesting the Democratic Party is on track to capture a majority in the House of Representatives and perhaps even in the Senate, many left-leaning voters said they were hopeful about the results. “Two…

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Americans voted on Tuesday in midterm elections to decide whether President Donald Trump’s Republicans retain control of Congress or spend the final two years of his term confronting Democratic majorities. High living costs, the war with Iran and Trump’s poor approval ratings have helped Democrats expand the electoral map, with unusually tight contests even in Republican strongholds. But polling errors, redrawn districts and record campaign spending make the outcome uncertain. The arithmetic Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate majority. Democrats need a net gain of four seats to take the upper…

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