Top Democrats stepped up pressure Sunday on acting US Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to step aside from overseeing a special counsel probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, vowing to order him to testify early next year.

US Democrats urge acting attorney general to step aside from Russia probe

US President Donald Trump on Monday urged Florida election officials to abandon recount efforts, declare his fellow Republicans the winners and, without evidence, cast doubt on vote tallies as state officials scrambled to review more than 8 million ballots by a Thursday deadline.

US midterm polls: Trump urges Florida to halt vote recount, hand races to Republicans

California's pro-Russia congressman, Dana Rohrabacher, is one of four Republican incumbents in the state whose seats are still in danger of falling to Democratic opponents in the US House of Representatives as America's most populous state slowly counts its votes.

Midterm polls: California House races hang in balance amid slow vote count

By Scott Lucas America has voted, the results are in, but the country’s future remains uncertain – for now. Tuesday’s Congressional midterm elections were billed – rightly – as among the most important in US history.

US midterm elections: What do the results mean for the country’s uncertain future

In pictures: Democrats win House, putting Trump under scrutiny

Democrats will use their new majority in the US House of Representatives to reverse what they see as a hands-off approach by Republicans toward President Donald Trump's foreign policy, and push for tougher dealings with Russia, Saudi Arabia and North Korea.

Democrats will use House win to get tougher on Russia, Saudi Arabia & North Korea

Democrats seized control of the lower house of Congress in midterm elections Tuesday, dealing a stern rebuke to Donald Trump almost two years into his polarizing, rollercoaster presidency.

US midterm elections: In stern rebuke to Trump, Democrats take control of House

Texas Republican Ted Cruz won re-election to a second term in the Senate, beating off Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke in one of America's most expensive and closely watched midterm races, US news networks projected on Tuesday.

Ted Cruz re-elected to Senate in Texas, beats off Beto O'Rourke

Millions of Americans voted Tuesday and results have been projected in several races in the US midterms, the critical first nationwide election seen as a referendum on Donald Trump's presidency.

US Midterms 2018: State of play

Donald Trump branded fellow Republican Mitt Romney a "stone cold loser" for failing to defeat Barack Obama in 2012, but the conservative presidential nominee-turned-Trump-critic exacted his revenge Tuesday by winning a US Senate seat.

US midterms: Mitt Romney wins Senate seat, may act as check on Trump

Armed with subpoenas and a long list of grievances, a small group of lawmakers will lead the investigations poised to make President Donald Trump's life a lot tougher now that Democrats have won a majority in the US House of Representatives.

Trump faces blitz of investigations from Democrats, threatens to 'consider' same in return

US networks projected Wednesday that the Democrats would take the House of Representatives or Congress while Trump's Republicans would keep control of the Senate.

US midterms: Democrats projected to take House, Republicans to keep Senate

Greg Pence, the older brother of US Vice President Mike Pence, won a seat in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday soon after polls began closing in the midterm elections.

Vice-President Mike Pence's older brother Greg elected to US Congress

Democrats began to scent a big night in the US midterm elections Tuesday with early results pointing to them seizing the House of Representatives from the Republicans in what would be a dramatic rebuke to President Donald Trump.

US midterms: Democrats scent victory over Trump's Republicans in Congress

US Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi vowed Tuesday to impose new "checks and balances" on Donald Trump's administration -- but also signaled it would not be all-out war with Republicans after her party seized the lower house of Congress.

America has 'had enough of division': Democratic leader Pelosi

The US midterm elections on Tuesday will bring a range of fresh faces to Washington, from the vice president's brother to the youngest-ever woman in Congress. Here is a look at some of the most prominent of the new legislators: Young left-wing star At 29, staunch left-winger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the youngest woman ever elected to Congress and one of the youngest members ever.

Young progressives, VP brother to enter US Congress

President Donald Trump called Tuesday's midterm congressional elections a "tremendous success," despite his Republican Party losing control of the House of Representatives.

Trump calls midterm elections a 'tremendous success'

Democratic Congressman Jared Polis has won the governor's race in Colorado, networks projected on Tuesday, making him the first openly gay person to be elected as a US governor.

Colorado elects first openly gay governor in US

US midterms: Democrats scent victory over Trump's Republicans in Congress Democrats began to scent a big night in the US midterm elections Tuesday with early results pointing to them seizing the House of Representatives from the Republicans in what would be a dramatic rebuke to President Donald Trump.

News brief: Big stories of the day

Wall Street stocks rose early Wednesday after Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in key midterm elections even as President Donald Trump's Republican party increased its Senate majority.

US stocks jump at the open after midterm results

Now that the Democrats have won control of the US House of Representatives, they need to choose a leader and that means solving one of their toughest puzzles: Nancy Pelosi.

For Democrats, US House win moves Pelosi to center stage

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw his support behind top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi, saying she ought to be US House Speaker, one day after Democrats won enough seats in the midterm congressional election to take control of Congress' lower chamber.

Trump says Democrat Pelosi 'deserves' to be House speaker

American voters poured out across their bitterly divided country Tuesday to deliver judgment on Donald Trump in midterm polls where opposition Democrats hope to seize at least partial control of Congress.

US midterms: Huge turnout as America votes to decide if it is for or against Trump

The so-called Samosa Caucus - informal group of the Indian Americans in the US Congress - failed to increase its strength, even as its all four incumbent members were most likely to be re-elected to the House of Representative in the highly polarised midterm elections held Tuesday.

Informal group of Indian-Americans, 'Samosa Caucus', fails to increase its strength in US midterm