US midterm elections

Republicans unleash spending blitz in record US midterms

Between now and Election Day on Nov 3, Republicans and their allies have booked around US$888 million of advertising.

Trump approval falls to record low of 32% as high costs bite, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

The four-day poll showed 73 per cent of Republicans approved of US President Donald Trump’s job performance, down from 82 per cent a week earlier.

Trump lists 25 ‘top achievements’ as midterms loom

Polls show that the unpopular war in Iran and the fuel and other price rises it has caused are hurting Trump’s Republican Party.

Trump slams ‘horrible’ Supreme Court mail-in ballot ruling

US President Donald Trump has claimed baselessly that the US mail voting system was a “laughing stock all over the World”.

In loss for Trump, Supreme Court won’t let US Postal Service restrict mail ballots

Mail-in ballots are prepared at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Sept 11.

From Bernie Sanders to Steve Bannon, US political figures sound alarms on AI

Senator Bernie Sanders (left) of Vermont and Steve Bannon (right), have both called for stronger guardrails on artificial intelligence.

Alarm over AI grows as a divided US Congress struggles to act

US lawmakers are divided not only across party lines but within them as the debate over AI and safety grows.

Trump calls $6,300 payouts ‘easy’ to fit into federal budget

US President Donald Trump at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on Sept 9, where he unveiled the idea of US$5,000 (S$6,300) payouts.

Trump says will wait to fill press secretary post

Karoline Leavitt left the post of press secretary at the end of August.

Can an unpopular US president save his party?

Donald Trump’s plunging popularity has rattled Republicans, who fear his voters will sit out the coming elections.

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