US politics

Democrats savour big wins in Congress, as Trump shows off his ballroom project

US President Donald Trump speaking to the media on Nov 4 inside the upcoming White House ballroom, following his Republican Party’s drubbing in the US midterm elections.

Democratic Congress could test decades of US support for Israel

Israel’s Gaza campaign and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s embrace of US President Donald Trump have strained decades of bipartisan US support for Israel.

Trump says Republicans harmed by Iran war, inability to ‘transfer the love’ for him to candidates in US midterms

US President Donald Trump addressing construction workers at the upcoming new White House ballroom on Nov 4.

Deal or escalation? Beaten in US midterms, Trump faces stark choice on Iran

Iranians holding a cartoon placard of US President Donald Trump take part in an anti-US rally in Tehran on Nov 4.

White House insists Trump is ‘still your president’ after midterm rout

A person wearing a tie depicting US President Donald Trump during a midterm election night watch party in Columbus, Ohio, on Nov 3.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson will not seek minority leadership post

US House Speaker Mike Johnson struggled to maintain control of a narrow 218-214 Republican majority after taking on the role three years ago.

Wall Street ends higher after Democrats win Congress; data centre stocks tumble

Traders working on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at the opening bell, in New York City, on Nov 4.

From Iran to trade: How the US midterms impact the rest of the world

Pictures of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are pinned on a dartboard at an anti-US rally in Tehran.

US midterms: Allies see a chastened Trump but they are wary of the backlash

World leaders are waiting to see how the US midterm results will alter US President Donald Trump’s dealings with America’s allies.

News analysis

Post midterm elections, Asia faces a more constrained but no less unpredictable Trump

Asia watches how a weakened US President Donald Trump will wield his power on trade and war.

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