US-style abortion wars are reaching Kenya
Campaigners say growing anti-abortion activism, legal challenges and new forms of scrutiny are making reproductive healthcare harder to access
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‘Turnout has sort of drained’: Democrats battle to mobilise Georgia’s black voters
Rev Al Sharpton warns of an epidemic of ‘amnesia’ over the struggles of the civil rights generation
Don’t mistake protest votes for Democrat support in US midterms
Voters in Carroll County, New Hampshire like to ‘keep their political options open’, prioritising a government that puts schools, healthcare, and housing first
Can 2,000 people in a hangar in Sioux City influence the US midterms? Trump is banking on it
In another turbulent week for the Republican Party, including controversy over a ‘deeply troubling’ ad in Ohio, Donald Trump went to a pocket of Iowa and felt the love
Branded ‘lazy’ by Trump, a Democrat is mounting an unexpected challenge in a Republican stronghold
Democrat Josh Turek is mounting an unexpected challenge in Iowa, a traditional Republican bastion
Can an everyday Methodist pastor create a political miracle in Kansas?
Polls suggest Democrat Adam Hamilton is on the cusp of a sensational Senate win amid Republican disillusionment with Trump
US snapshot of Donald Trump’s hunger for adulation that has dragged us to this fraught moment
In Doug Mills’ photo, here Trump is in a cozy huddle with his most essential type of staff member
Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold amid deepening row with Ukraine
Move comes after Trump publicly criticised Volodymyr Zelenskiy and said the US had agreed to purchase diesel from Russia
Funny, irreverent, cocky: Can Abdul El-Sayed win a vital senate seat in abandoned America?
In Flint, birthplace of General Motors, voters wrestling with healthcare costs and economic decline may determine control of the US Senate
Talented James Talarico silences conspiracy theorists in fascinating Senate race in Texas
The Democratic candidate, derided by Donald Trump, belongs to none of the traditional American political archetypes and is aiming to win in a state where Republicans have dominated for decades
Mike Ditka: The ‘ultra-ultra-ultra conservative’ coach who transcended the NFL
Super Bowl-winning coach of the Chicago Bears opted not to run against Barack Obama for a vacant US Senate seat in 2004
What are the US midterms? A visual guide
Democrats hope to take advantage of Donald Trump’s declining popularity and reclaim the House and Senate from the Republicans
‘A lot of people are losing hope’: A state Trump turned red now appears more divided
Protests greet arrival of Donald Trump for an Ohio event that is greatly reduced in scale and intensity from mega-rallies two years ago
Ilhan Omar: US immigration authorities raid Democratic congresswoman’s home
Somali-born Omar is an outspoken critic of US president Donald Trump
Emerging Democrat star Jon Ossoff has become a chief thorn in Trump’s side
Georgia senator verbally pummeled his ‘bigot’ Republican rival in recent debate and has become a chief thorn in Trump’s side ahead of midterms
Sublime evenings and empty downtowns: Democrats threaten comeback in America’s heartland
I drove across Ohio on Route 40, one of the many states in which Republican strategists are responding to distant sirens
Lone star Trump believes he can bend Texas and midterm elections to his will
US president’s essential message to Maga voters on campaign tour has been ‘pretend I am on the ballot’
This year won’t see the end of Trumpism. But it might see the beginning of the end
Worldview: Unless the polling is very wrong, Democrats are on course to retake the House of Representatives. But they also have a strong chance of capturing the Senate
A Trump electoral project to make Steve Hilton the next governor of California
The transformation of Steve Hilton, former strategy guru for David Cameron, into a renegade Republican candidate is one wacky story
Trump weighs diesel export ban as US fuel crisis deepens
Trump at centre of lobbying fight between Big Oil and top Republicans warning of voter anger at high fuel prices
A Republican midterm defeat will not be an earthquake
Democrats are likely to make gains in Congress but divided government is unlikely to derail Trump’s agenda
Maga base exasperated as Trump embraces AI
US president’s Big Tech boosterism is alienating once-loyal supporters just weeks ahead of the midterms
Hasan Piker: the Republican Party’s bogeyman
Left-wing influencer is being used to frighten voters in advance of November’s midterm elections
Trump’s visit to North Carolina was his first explicit test of the exercise in make-believe
‘Some of you like me more than you like the party,’ US president tells small crowd in a speech that no major network covered live
Vance focuses on fearmongering as tariffs backlash hits Kansas heartland
Incumbent senator Roger Marshall was booed as he attempted to argue the Trump administration is lowering living costs
‘US business people buy properties in Ireland because they love everything about it’
Westmeath-born, Palm Beach-based Desmond Keogh, president of the Irish Georgian Society in the US, owns Oakley Park House in Co Meath
JD Vance pitches himself as Trump’s political heir at Republican midterm convention
Vance praised Donald Trump as ‘the toughest SOB in American politics’
The $5,000 question: can Trump really deliver his election cash pledge?
US president’s promise of ‘dividend’ raises legal, political and economic questions, with the plan likely to cost more than $1 trillion
Donald Trump pledges $5,000 for each US citizen if Republicans win midterms
Trump rehashes Maga message at Dallas convention that America is poised for new golden age if voters stick with him and hell if they don’t
Is controversy-plagued Pete Hegseth eyeing up a 2028 presidential bid?
Trump’s secretary of war has terrible approval ratings and a cabinet career defined by indefatigable bombast
Melania Trump to skip US president’s Ireland visit
People before Profit TD Paul Murphy says he has ‘every confidence’ President Catherine Connolly will challenge Trump on Palestine
The US’s financial position is deteriorating rapidly. This is bad news for Ireland
Foreign investment in US bond market has been a boon for Americans, but they are vulnerable to a change in sentiment
A wickedly inventive political ad is airing in Texas as midterm elections loom
Success of many democratic socialist candidates primary vote cycle has been down to avowed refusal to accept donations from super PACs
South Carolina chooses Darline Graham as Republican nominee for US Senate
Sister of Lindsey Graham, with Donald Trump’s support, overcomes concern about her lack of legislative experience
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