• With US midterms underway, courts rebuff Trump’s pressure on state election officials
    By Luc Cohen Nov 3 (Reuters) – In the hours before polls opened for the US midterm elections on Tuesday, federal judges issued a series of rulings restricting the Trump administration’s unprecedented efforts to pressure state election officials over alleged noncitizen voting.  Over the past several months, as President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans geared up […]
  • Analysis-Trump’s Supreme Court winning streak in election cases screeches to a halt
    By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) – Six hours and 24 minutes. That is how long it took the US Supreme Court’s justices to shut down President Donald Trump’s attempt to intervene in California’s ballot count on the eve of Tuesday’s midterm elections.  Usually an institution that takes its time with decisions — mostly […]
  • Trump says US is close to making a trade deal with Canada
    WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States was close to making a trade deal with Canada.  “Canada is very good, we’re going to make a deal with Canada very soon. We’re going to make a great deal,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News. Canada and the […]
  • As Americans vote, Trump says US will stop $4 billion in aid to Israel
    By Humeyra Pamuk and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would stop $4 billion in annual funding to Israel after this year, but will still sell weapons to its close Middle East ally. In a surprise […]
  • Control of Congress on the Line as Final Day of Midterm Voting Begins
    It’s Election Day, the culmination of months of fierce campaigning and record spending in a high-stakes battle for control of Congress. The latest polls show that Democrats have a chance to make substantial gains, but Republicans are hoping to rally their base and defend their majorities. Results will begin to trickle in at 6 p.m. […]