US midterms

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From Gen Z revolutions to Trump’s shadow: 40+ countries that will decide the world’s future in 2026

January 09, 2026 12:09 am

Bangladesh's general elections will be held on February 12, the first vote in the country since the ouster of the then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024, by a student-led uprising.

JFK’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, launches 2026 US Congress bid from New York

November 12, 2025 9:14 pm

Schlossberg, who has more than 1.5 million followers on TikTok and Instagram, is also a political commentator and writer whose work has been published in such news outlets as The Washington Post, Politico, and Time magazine.

Why Donald Trump's return to the presidency can't be ruled out

November 18, 2022 6:52 am

Large swathes of Americans are still in thrall of Trumpism. His third bid to be president revives spectres for America's democracy that had not really gone away.

US midterms: A defeat for Trumpism

November 14, 2022 7:59 am

The question now is whether the Republican Party will continue to back the former President, Donald Trump, after the midterm setback. If so, democracy has survived for now, but trouble lies ahead

How the 2022 US midterms became a squeaker

November 13, 2022 5:42 pm

Interviews with more than 70 current and former officials show the outside forces — and miscalculations and infighting — that led to an improbable, still-undecided election.

Joe Biden pleased with election turnout, says reflects quality of party's candidates

November 13, 2022 11:48 am

Joe Biden had framed the midterm election as a test of U.S. democracy at a time when hundreds of Republican candidates embraced former President Donald Trump's false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

Democrats clinch control of US Senate with win in Nevada

November 13, 2022 11:36 am

Republicans remained close to winning control of the US House of Representatives as officials continued counting ballots cast in Tuesday's US midterm elections.

Despite discontent, midterm voters did not kick out incumbents

November 12, 2022 11:08 am

The overall landscape heading into the 2022 midterm elections looked bleak for incumbents across the country, and for Democratic ones in particular. But early tallies show that voters have mostly opted to keep their members of Congress.

Diverse field of candidates makes history in midterms

November 10, 2022 2:17 pm

Maura Healey, the incoming Democratic governor of Massachusetts, is the first openly lesbian governor elected in any state.

Why the US midterm election results are a personal setback for Donald Trump

November 10, 2022 4:09 pm

As many pollsters predicted a "red wave" across the country, that's the assessment most analysts put their money on. It did not quite turn out that way as candidates backed by Trump lost or were trailing in several key states.

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Democrats or Republicans? Control of US Congress hangs in balance

November 09, 2022 12:17 pm

Americans on Tuesday voted in the 2022 midterm elections after months of conspiracy theories and voter frustration. With the counting of ballots underway, the control of the Congress hangs in the balance.

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