Democrats claimed their first pick-up of the midterm elections Tuesday, networks projected, flipping a US House seat in Virginia seen as crucial to their effort to regain a majority in the chamber.

Democrats get first House pick-up of midterms: US networks

US midterm polls: Republicans pick up 3 seats in the Senate; many still outstanding

After a divisive campaign marked by fierce clashes over race, immigration and other cultural issues, Americans began casting votes early on Tuesday to determine the balance of power in the US Congress and shape the future of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Control of Congress and verdict on Trump at stake as US votes in midterm polls

The United States is geared up to vote in the upcoming midterm elections. While the House of Representatives has all 435 seats at stake, voters will elect a new governor in 36 states.

Kamala Harris: America's only Indian-American Senator bolsters Democrats' midterm prospects, eyes 2020 ticket

Wall Street stocks were modestly higher early Tuesday as the United States headed to the polls for congressional elections seen as a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency.

US stocks rise as midterm vote gets underway

For many Americans, Tuesday's congressional midterm elections are a referendum on Republican President Donald Trump’s divisive persona, hard-line policies and pugnacious politics.

US midterms: For Trump supporters, elections a battle to protect leader under siege

Despite President Donald Trump's overwhelming presence, the US midterm election -- driven by unprecedented Democratic enthusiasm, record numbers of women candidates and intense debate over presidential style and policies -- has seen charismatic personalities emerge.

US midterm polls 2018: Key faces of the campaign

In pictures: America goes to polls to decide if it is for or against Trump

Donald Trump and his Democratic rivals made frenzied, final pushes to motivate their core voters Sunday ahead of contentious midterm elections seen as a referendum on the president's divisive first two years in office.

'You gotta get to the polls on Tuesday, and you gotta vote,' Trump says before US midterm elections

Bob Menendez, 64, has held the seat for more than a decade as a powerful force in Washington, while representing a state that has not sent a Republican to the US Senate in 46 years.

Midterm elections: US Senate poll in New Jersey crucial for Democrats

Donald Trump's stunning 2016 White House win got a major boost from sagging Democratic enthusiasm in Pennsylvania, but now the party is poised for big wins on Tuesday in congressional races in the state that could signal which party controls the U.

Democrats' road to controlling US House runs through Pennsylvania

US congressional candidates hammered into the homestretch of a bruising campaign season on Saturday, with Democrats focused on protecting a 2010 healthcare law while President Donald Trump touted economic growth and sounded dire warnings on immigration.

US campaigns in high gear three days before congressional elections

As the US midterm election enters the final stretch, many races are too close to call but most polls have Democrats seizing control of the House of Representatives and Republicans clinging on to the Senate.

US midterm polls 2018: Democrats favoured to take House, Republicans to hold Senate

Minnesota's rural northeast has sent Democrats to the US Congress for all but two of the past 71 years, but its political shift can be seen in roadside billboards thanking Republican President Donald Trump for imposing tariffs on imported steel.

Democrat struggles to keep hold on teetering Minnesota district

US midterm polls 2018: Candidates campaign full-throttle before election day

Three weeks after a bizarre White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, rapper Kanye West said on Tuesday he was distancing himself from politics. West, Trump's biggest celebrity supporter, also sought to distance himself from a new campaign that encourages black Americans to quit the Democratic Party.

Kanye West says he's been 'used', distances himself from politics

US President Donald Trump on Friday said that the news coverage of the suspicious packages targeting high-profile Democratic politicians and critics of the president had slowed momentum for Republican candidates ahead of congressional elections.

Donald Trump says bomb alerts harming Republicans' vote 'momentum'

US Capitol Police are investigating the suspicious package that was mailed to former US President Barack Obama, former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and other high-profile Democrats.

Threats of political violence have no place in US: Trump

A Republican congressman in central Arkansas and his challenger on Thursday condemned a political action committee's radio ad that suggests white Democrats will lynch black Americans if they win the midterm election next month.

Radio ad in Arkansas suggests 'lynching' if Democrats win

Thousands of people made their disdain for President Donald Trump heard Saturday at a rally and march in Chicago aimed at galvanizing support for Democrats in the upcoming November midterm elections.

Thousands march in Chicago against Trump's 'anti-woman agenda'

Pop star Taylor Swift is not really known for making political statements, but the "Bad Blood" singer is no longer holding back ahead of the midterm elections in November.

Taylor Swift gets political, endorses Democrats in US midterms

US President Donald Trump said Friday he had reached a deal to keep Chinese telecoms giant ZTE running, rolling back some penalties in exchange for security guarantees

White House reaches deal to lift sanctions on China's ZTE

Scott Pruitt requested 24-hour protection beginning on his first day in office

US EPA chief Scott Pruitt's security bill soars, agency cites death threats

United States President Donald Trump has branded the lawsuit filed by the Democratic Party a 'good news' and has sought the documents held by the 'Pakistani mystery man', DNC Server, Debbie Wasserman Schultz Servers and Clinton emails to counter it

Trump seeks 'documents held' by Pakistani man to counter Democrats' lawsuit

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