North Carolina Republicans open to new U.S. House seat vote if fraud is found
North Carolina Republican Party leaders said on Thursday they would be open to holding a new congressional election in a district roiled by fraud allegations if a state investigation finds enough evidence that the outcome of the race was affected. Almost a month after Republican ...
Republican Rick Scott wins Florida Senate seat by just 10,000 votes as Bill Nelson concedes
Florida's departing Republican Gov. Rick Scott has narrowly won a U.S. Senate seat in a bitterly contested race with incumbent Bill Nelson, official results showed Sunday. Nelson conceded the seat he has held for three terms since 2001 after a machine and hand recount showed ...
Florida finishes first round of recounts in Senate and governor races
Florida election officials on Thursday completed an initial recount of ballots in close races for the U.S. Senate and governor's seat but did not immediately release updated statewide figures. The recount concluded after U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee, Florida, cleared the way to ...
Angry Trump sacks senior adviser at start of expected White House shake-up
An angry Donald Trump removed a senior advisor Wednesday after First Lady Melania Trump demanded her sacking, with more heads set to roll in a White House reshuffle triggered by infighting and setbacks in the midterm elections. Melania Trump made the extremely rare demand for ...
Trump's baseless voter fraud allegations seen marring U.S. faith in elections
More than a dozen times in the past seven days, President Donald Trump has alleged, contrary to evidence, that the recount of Florida's elections for governor and the U.S. Senate has been marred by fraud. "Many ballots are missing or forged," he tweeted on Monday. ...
Trump urges Florida to halt law-mandated recount, hand races to Republicans
U.S. 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. Leads by ...
After mixed results in U.S. midterms, Trump likely to hit Japan on trade: Thomas Friedman
Results of last week's U.S. midterm elections were mixed, leaving a chasm in the U.S. political landscape. The Republicans not only retained control of the Senate, but also gained more seats. The Democrats, meanwhile, took back the House of Representatives. But in terms of American foreign ...
How Tokyo saw the U.S. midterm elections
Japan remains concerned about what U.S. President Donald Trump will do or not do next.
'Trump from Pahrump': Dead Republican brothel owner wins election in Nevada
A brothel-owning, evangelical Christian-backed Republican candidate who died last month won his race for the Nevada state legislature late on Tuesday, according to state election officials. Dennis Hof, 72, defeated Democratic candidate and educator Lesia Romanov in the race for Nevada's 36th Assembly District, earning ...
America's pink wave: Elected women set Congress record, fired by disgust of Trump
The U.S. election has swept a record number of women into Congress, fired up by disgust of Donald Trump, emboldened by the #MeToo movement and making the Democratic Party more diverse and younger than ever. The class of 2019 includes the youngest congressional women in ...
No 'blue wave' but increased Democrat ranks pose threat to Trump governing agenda
Democrats have regained control of the House from President Donald Trump's Republican Party in the midterm elections, powered by a suburban revolt that has threatened what's left of the president's governing agenda. But the GOP added to its Senate edge and prevailed in some key ...
Most Japan firms remain wary of Trump policy after midterm polls
Most Japanese companies remained cautious Wednesday about the outlook for their U.S. operations after the midterm elections, seeing little possibility of change in President Donald Trump's protectionist policy. "I presume that the impact on the Japanese economy would be very small," Akio Mimura, chairman of ...
