• By Jaspreet Singh Nov 1 (Reuters) – On Tuesday night, newsrooms across the US will call winners in one of the country’s most closely contested midterm election cycles in recent years, long before all the votes are counted.  Most television networks and digital outlets rely on two providers for vote counts: the Associated Press or election-data […]
  • By Nandita Bose and Tim Reid WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s White House has spent months preparing for a possible Democratic takeover of Congress, developing plans to keep advancing major parts of his agenda through executive power while bracing for investigations of his administration, according to a White House official and two […]
  • By Andrew Goudsward, David Morgan and Nathan Frandino WASHINGTON/ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov 1 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail on Sunday with rallies in Iowa and Kansas, Republican-leaning Farm Belt states where his party is fighting to hold US Senate seats, two days before midterm elections that will decide control of Congress. […]
  • By Gram Slattery and Jasper Ward PALM BEACH, Oct 31 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Saturday it was “unacceptable” for one of his former lawyers, Alina Habba Mildon, to secure a $50 million contract for herself while working at the US Department of Justice. “I thought it was totally obnoxious and outrageous, and […]
  • SEOUL, Nov 1 (Reuters) – Hanwha Defense USA said on Sunday it had signed a $269 million contract with Tote Services to build a medium landing ship for US Navy. The 2,687-ton, 100-metre vessel is to be used for operations in disputed waters including the Indo-Pacific region, Hanwha said in a statement. The ship is […]