US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño

Thirty-five Senate seats are up for grabs when Americans head to the polls on Nov. 3. A key handful of them will be critical in determining whether Democrats or Republicans control the chamber next year. Republicans currently control the Senate with 53 seats. Democrats and two independents make up the Senate minority with 47 seats. In order for Democrats to take the chamber back, they’ll have to net four seats in the upcoming election. Republicans can afford to lose up to three and still be considered the Senate majority with the tie-breaking vote of Vice President JD Vance.

In a reliably red state, candidates say dissatisfied voters tell them they’re planning to vote Democrat for the first time Democrat Kim McCarthy is canvassing in a middle-class Ohio neighborhood of four-bedroom, three-bathroom homes. There are $70,000 trucks in the driveways and robot lawnmowers at work. “This is a neighborhood of two incomes and young families; people working hard,” says McCarthy, who is running against a three-time Republican incumbent for a seat in Ohio’s house of representatives.

As the US midterm elections approach, we take a look at data to see a true picture of the US economy under Trump With the midterm elections fast approaching, many Americans have the economy on their minds. US voters are exhausted by years of higher prices. Donald Trump won the presidency in 2024 on promises to lower inflation and undo the damage he said the Biden administration had inflicted on the economy.

President Trump is making his case for Republican candidates in Michigan. He spoke at a rally in Port Huron on Sunday ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. During his speech at McMorran Place, the president said Michigan was built by "American patriots who shed their blood, sweat and tears." He praised Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan , as "one of the most respected men in Washington" and targeted Rogers' Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed. "I'm here to keep a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member from becoming a United States senator," Mr. Trump said.