Fake social media accounts spread pro-Iran messages during U.S. midterms, cybersecurity firm says
A network of fake social media accounts impersonated political candidates and journalists to spread messages in support of Iran and against U.S. President Donald Trump around the 2018 congressional elections, cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. said on Tuesday. The findings show how unidentified, possibly government-backed, groups ...
High-profile U.S. elections could be headed to recounts, legal action
High-profile elections in Georgia, Florida and Arizona remained unresolved on Thursday, two days after the vote, with the prospects of legal challenges and recounts setting the stage for possible weeks of uncertainty. The undecided races will not tip the balance in either chamber of Congress ...
Tokyo stocks rebound strongly after post-election surge on Wall Street
Stocks bounced back sharply on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, aided by an overnight surge in U.S. equities following the closely watched U.S. midterm elections. The key 225-issue Nikkei average jumped 401.12 points, or 1.82 percent, to end at 22,486.92. It lost 61.95 points ...
In case you missed it: Trump's awkward response to a Japanese reporter
A reporter, whose question Trump brusquely dismissed as incomprehensible, prompted an array of reactions from those watching the scene unfold.
Republican Brian Kemp's campaign said on Wednesday he had won Georgia's high-profile governor's race, but Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams vowed not to concede until all ballots were counted. "Simply put, it is mathematically impossible for Stacey Abrams to win or force a run-off election," Kemp ...
Democratic rising star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made history Tuesday as the youngest woman elected to Congress, riding a wave of minority women reaching office and cementing her place as a prominent voice on the left of U.S. politics. "We have made history tonight," the grinning 29-year-old ...
With Democrats capturing control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterms, one lawmaker will reclaim the mantle of Washington's most powerful woman — and an opposition scourge for President Donald Trump. Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is expected to become speaker of the House, ...
Democrats will use their new majority in the U.S. 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. Rep. Eliot Engel, the ...
U.S. women voters drive Democratic House victories, Republican Senate gains: Reuters/Ipsos poll
U.S. women increased their support for Democratic candidates for the House of Representatives, providing an anticipated swing to help the party take control of the chamber, according to a Reuters/Ipsos Election Day poll. Fifty-five percent of women said they backed a Democrat for the House ...
Two Native American women break ground in election to U.S. Congress
Democrats Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland broke new ground Tuesday, becoming the first Native American women elected to Congress, U.S. networks projected. Davids, 38, of Kansas, is an attorney by training and a former mixed martial arts fighter. She is also openly lesbian, in a ...
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib become first Muslim women in U.S. Congress
A onetime Somali refugee and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants shared the historic distinction Tuesday of becoming the first two Muslim women elected to U.S. Congress. Both women — Ilhan Omar, 37, and Rashida Tlaib, 42 — are Democrats from the Midwest and outspoken advocates ...
Great-grandmother, 106, gets U.S. citizenship on Election Day
A 106-year-old great-grandmother born in El Salvador became an American citizen Tuesday as the U.S. held bitterly contested midterm elections in which Central American immigration was a hot-button issue. Maria Valles Bonilla waved a small American flag at a ceremony in Washington, her hand on ...
