Republican Kevin McCarthy has not managed to win enough votes to make him speaker of the House, so far.
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Breakaway Republicans are blocking the election of a new speaker of the US House of Representatives.
Kevin McCarthy is not having a smooth ride as he stands to be speaker of the House.
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The hard-right of the Republican Party is exerting pressures on candidates to be the next speaker of the House.
People line up to cast early ballots during the 2022 election at the University of Michigan.
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About 27% of 18- to 29-year-olds voted in the midterms, marking the second-highest voter turnout in midterms in 30 years.
When it came down to it, some Republicans couldn’t vote for Herschel Walker.
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Analysis of voting data suggests that in counties across Georgia, a slice of Republicans just couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Herschel Walker.
Georgia voters will have another ballot this December, when the Senate race is rerun.
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The runoff election for the Senate seat in Georgia has wider implications for the balance of power across the US.
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Gen Z and millennial voters will account for nearly 40% of votes at the 2024 election, reports suggest.
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What happened to the predicted red wave in the US midterms?
The state of the Union is … divided.
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The current political polarisation will make the president’s job even harder.
Busloads of voters were stopped by police on the way to place their ballots during the Brazilian election.
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Laws making it more difficult to vote are being introduced around the democratic world, an expert says.
An anti-abortion activist prays in front of a Planned Parenthood center in Philadelphia in September 2022.
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Abortion referendums in such states as California and Kentucky provide a way to protect abortion rights at the state level – but voting limitations could undermine the power of the ballot box.
Joe Biden would be 86 by the time he finishes a second term.
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Biden remains the default candidate for the Democrat nomination for the 2024 election, but he is ageing and many believe the party would benefit from a younger candidate.
Americans vote In the 2022 midterm elections on 8 November.
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Despite America’s deep divisions, the electioneering showed democracy’s resilience. This should be a boost for democracy advocates across Africa.
One in 10 American voters listed guns as their top concern.
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Two states had guns directly on the ballot in midterm election initiatives. Voters moved state laws in opposite directions.
Donald and Melania Trump vote for the US midterms in their adopted home state of Florida.
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The former president’s star appears to be on the wane, which could affect his decision whether to run for the presidency in 2024.
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The two were close colleagues, but now there’s little love lost between Trump and the man who may ruin his chances of another try for the White House.
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Election of moderate rather than Trump Republicans makes a change in Ukraine policy less likely.
Poised: a Ukrainian artillery position outside Kherson.
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Some analysts think Russia’s withdrawal may be a ruse, to draw Ukrainian troops into urban warfare.
Jim Marchant, Republican candidate for Nevada secretary of state, arrives at a rally in Henderson on Nov. 6, 2022.
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Voters mostly did not cast their ballots for chief election administration officials who deny the 2020 election. But the hyperpartisan trend could further erode trust in elections.
Voters in Michigan said ‘yes’ to Prop 3, a ballot protecting abortion rights.
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Abortion rights were on the ballot in five states during the midterm elections – all broke in favor of abortion-rights advocates.
Former president Donald Trump arrives for the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, NJ., in July 2022.
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Many of the world’s most powerful and aspiring leaders are aging or elderly men. That’s a big problem.