VOA is joining projections that Democrats have won the Senate majority. They have flipped six Republican seats, in Tuesday’s midterm elections, some of them deep in traditionally Republican held territory including Texas and South Carolina.
Voters are going to the polls across the United States on Tuesday, casting ballots in a midterm election that will determine the control of U.S. Congress during the remaining two years of President Donald Trump’s term.
Among the races to watch are seats in three districts that Republicans won in 2024, but also where a majority of voters supported Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
According to EAC data, most voting precincts count votes by using electronic scanners to read paper ballots.
Voters across the United States have already begun casting ballots in the midterm elections that are being closely watched as Democrats and Republicans battle for control of Congress.
At the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta, Secretary of State Marco Rubio answered VOA questions on Saturday, outlining the Trump administration’s foreign policy priorities and addressing a range of key international issues.
Regarding the conflict between Pakistan and the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan, Rubio told VOA the U.S. shares Pakistan's concerns about terror attacks that Islamabad says originate in Afghanistan and that the Taliban has not done enough to stop them.
U.S. Secretary of State Rubio also said that President Donald Trump is open to meeting with North Korea leader Kim Jong Un to discuss issues of concern to the U.S. and its ally, South Korea, but stated that no meeting was scheduled.
In a response to a VOA question about the upcoming top-level G20 meeting in Miami, Secretary Rubio said that the focus of the administration is on global economic growth and bringing the summit back to what he said it is meant be: growing the US and global economies.
The Vatican press office is changing the frequency of the pope’s health updates
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Administration contends it’s fighting unlawful discrimination
Other tools include facial recognition, app
Outage affects most of western Cuba, including the capital
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Ebrahim Rasool is 'no longer welcome in our great country'
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