• Oct 25 (Reuters) – Libya’s foreign ministry summoned the US chargé d’affaires on Sunday to protest against rally statements by President Donald Trump it described as “offensive”, after he called the North African nation “terror-infested”. • The ministry said it rejected any statements that “undermine the dignity of its people or diminish their standing” • […]
  • NEW YORK, Oct 25 (Reuters) – The Justice Department’s bid to preemptively block the results of Alaska’s Senate race is not an attempt to give US President Donald Trump control of state elections, US Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday.  Blanche’s agency on Friday sued to stop Alaska from certifying the results of its US […]
  • By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Nonpartisan analysts say Democrats stand a good chance of winning the US House of Representatives and possibly the Senate in the November 3 midterm elections, which would give them a slice of power in Washington after two years of Republican control.  Democrats argue that Republicans have allowed President […]
  • Oct 25 (Reuters) – A shooting near a Florida university campus in Tallahassee on Saturday night left 11 people with gunshot wounds and another injured, authorities said. The shooting took place near Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University’s campus on Perry Street, the university said, while police counted six adults and six juveniles among the injured. […]
  • By Dan Catchpole Oct 24 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump has been telling voters to view the midterm elections as if he were on the ballot, and on Saturday one of his Democratic predecessors did just that. Ten days out from the elections that will determine control of the closely divided Congress, Barack Obama […]