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Democrats win one Georgia runoff election, poised to pick the second

Democrat Raphael Warnock won the first of two critical runoff elections in Georgia that will decide control of the US Senate at the outset of Joe Biden's presidency.

Updated on Jan 6, 2021, 10:14 PM IST

Georgia Senate runoffs: Democrats take early leads

Guests watch news coverage of the run-off election for Georgia’s two Senate seats, featuring incumbent Republican U.S. Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler and Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, at the GA GOP election night event in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Updated on Jan 6, 2021, 7:54 AM IST

Senate Democrats slam Republicans for opposing Electoral College results

On Saturday, the GOP senators called on the US Congress in a joint statement, to appoint an Electoral Commission to conduct an emergency 10-day audit of the election returns in disputed states.

Published on Jan 3, 2021, 10:34 AM IST

Mitch McConnell rebuffs Trump, Democrats by blocking $2,000 aid checks

US Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Updated on Dec 30, 2020, 4:58 AM IST

Democrats face a turnout test in Georgia’s Senate runoffs

Roughly 75,000 people in Georgia have also registered to vote ahead of the runoff, with less than half of those self-identifying as white.

Published on Dec 24, 2020, 11:05 AM IST

Democrats squeezed as Covid-19 relief bill talks continue

The path forward for their proposals — and for Covid-19 aid more generally — remains unclear, though Cornyn said the bipartisan plan has lots of “good stuff” for any year end agreement.

Published on Dec 15, 2020, 5:49 PM IST

Know what’s common between Kamala Harris and The Lion King? Lilly Singh reveals in this viral ‘victory song’

Lilly Singh shows what’s common between Kamala Harris and The Lion King

Updated on Nov 8, 2020, 11:29 AM IST

Who won the world? America witnesses spike in women’s political participation with at least 131 to serve the US Congress

Record number of women to serve in the next US Congress

Updated on Nov 6, 2020, 5:27 PM IST

US Election 2020: GOP shreds Democrats’ Senate hopes by holding key states

Although Democrats picked up seats in Colorado and Arizona, they fell short everywhere else.

Published on Nov 5, 2020, 10:47 PM IST

Republicans on track to dash Democratic hopes of US Senate majority

A President Donald Trump supporter watches as Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks on a television at a Republican election night watch party.

Updated on Nov 5, 2020, 12:02 PM IST

Democrats’ hope of a Blue Wave didn’t pan out as they expected

Joe Biden, candidate for US President

Updated on Nov 5, 2020, 6:14 AM IST

Democrats head toward House control, but lose incumbents to GOP

By retaining House control, Democrats would mark only the second time in a quarter century that they’ve led the chamber for two consecutive two-year Congresses.

Updated on Nov 4, 2020, 2:54 PM IST

US Election 2020: Democrat Deborah Ross wins open House seat in North Carolina

Over a dozen incumbents of both parties from safe districts have been easily re-elected as polls are beginning to close in some eastern and Midwestern states

Updated on Nov 4, 2020, 10:21 AM IST

Democrats push to extend control of House for two more years

Should Democrat Joe Biden defeat Trump and Democrats win the Senate majority, the party would fully control the White House and Congress for only the second time since 1995.

Published on Nov 3, 2020, 9:34 PM IST

Democrats to boycott Senate Judiciary vote on Judge Barrett’s nomination

Barrett is a former law clerk to the late right-wing beacon Justice Antonin Scalia

Published on Oct 22, 2020, 8:50 AM IST

GOP pushes Amy Coney Barrett toward court as Democrats decry ‘sham’

US Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett pauses while testifying on the third day of her US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, US on October 14, 2020.

Published on Oct 16, 2020, 6:58 AM IST

Joe Biden and Democrats raised record $383 million in September for White House bid

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden delivers remarks at a Voter Mobilization Event campaign stop at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal in Cincinnati, Ohio, US on October 12., 2020.

Updated on Oct 15, 2020, 10:58 AM IST

Senate Democrats’ fundraising success puts GOP on defensive

Democratic Senate candidates are mounting a push in Republican states that few would have thought possible just a few months ago

Updated on Oct 13, 2020, 6:11 AM IST

Cellphones in hand, ‘Army for Trump’ readies poll watching operation

Signs supporting US President Donald Trump stand in the front yard of a home in Bainbridge, Ohio, US on September 30, 2020.

Updated on Oct 9, 2020, 10:18 PM IST

Ginsburg’s death draws big surge of donations to Democrats

But Ginsburg’s death brought new impetus to the campaign, particularly after Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., both pledged to move forward with finding a new justice.

Updated on Sep 19, 2020, 11:48 PM IST

‘Pelosi wants bailout money only for states run by Democrats,’ says Donald Trump

Trump said on Friday that House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was only interested in bailing out states run by Democrats.

Updated on Aug 30, 2020, 7:43 AM IST

Trump accepts nomination, calls Biden ‘destroyer of American greatness’

US President Donald Trump sought to portray Biden as weak on China, immigration, foreign policy and a “Trojan horse” for the radical left wing of the Democratic party.

Updated on Aug 28, 2020, 11:47 AM IST

Hillary Clinton urges Democrats to vote in ‘overwhelming’ numbers

Hillary Clinton’ speech laced together stark comments about Trump’s presidency and reminders of her loss, as well as praise for Kamala Harris, Biden’s running mate and the first Black woman on a major party’s presidential ticket.

Published on Aug 20, 2020, 9:26 AM IST

Republicans preparing $500 billion Covid-19 relief proposal

The fight between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats has become a critical political battle that weaves together Trump’s troubled handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the deeply wounded economy.

Updated on Aug 19, 2020, 5:58 AM IST

Trump holds up coronavirus aid to block Democrats’ bid for election funding

US President Donald Trump.

Updated on Aug 13, 2020, 7:54 PM IST

Donald Trump says he’ll order unemployment payments if impasse persists

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, US on August 7, 2020.

Updated on Aug 8, 2020, 7:06 AM IST

The Democrats veer towards the centre

Biden and Sanders represent two different strands within the party. One is a pragmatic centrist, closely associated with Washington; the other is an avowed socialist, calling for the dismembering of the United States political and corporate establishment

Published on Mar 12, 2020, 8:07 PM IST

Pete Buttigieg quits campaign, fellow Democrat Joe Biden back in US presidential race

Pete Buttigieg, a military veteran and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana ended his campaign on Sunday to be the Democratic nominee.

Updated on Mar 2, 2020, 10:02 AM IST

‘I know how to take on an arrogant con man like Donald Trump’: Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg is worth more than USD 64 billion, according to Forbes, towering over Trump’s USD 3.1 billion net worth. The former New York City mayor has also come under fire for pouring millions of his own money into his campaign.

Updated on Feb 20, 2020, 11:34 AM IST

Democrats start 2020 White House race with a blank

White House

Updated on Feb 4, 2020, 8:51 PM IST

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