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南華早報·02:59

Who won in China? In the US midterms, Susan Collins and the…

Republican Senator Susan Collins won in China on Tuesday. So did the volunteer firefighters. Voters in several small American communities with China in their names cast ballots in Tuesday’s US midterm elections. Their local contests had little to do with Beijing and a great deal to do with fire engines, budgets and paving. In China, a lakeside town in northeastern Maine, Collins outpolled Democrat Troy Jackson by 1,333 votes to 871, according to the town’s general election return. Statewide,...

#US midterm elections 2026#United States#Susan Collins#China#US Politics#US-China relations

南華早報·07:57

US midterms: what happened while Asia slept, and when to ex…

Polls began closing across the United States on Tuesday evening in midterm elections that will decide whether US President Donald Trump’s Republicans keep control of Congress, after a day of voting disrupted by floods and machine glitches but largely free of the problems many had feared. The first polls closed at 6pm Eastern Time (7am Hong Kong time), with most states following over the next several hours. The last state to close polls will be Alaska, at 1am Eastern Time (2pm Hong Kong time)....

#US midterm elections 2026#China#United States#Florida#Taiwan#Donald Trump

BBC News·11:32

Supreme Court rejects Trump's request to stop California co…

#US Supreme Court#US midterm elections 2026#Donald Trump#United States#California

南華早報·08:00

US midterm elections 2026: all you need to know

Americans go to the polls on Tuesday, November 3, in midterm elections that could reshape the final two years of Donald Trump’s second term as president. Control of both chambers of Congress is in play, along with 36 governorships. Polls suggest Democrats go into the vote with an advantage, but the outcome will hinge on a few dozen closely fought races. More than 100 million people are expected to vote if turnout matches the 2022 midterms. By October 12, a record US$3.8 billion had been spent on...

#Democrats#Marco Rubio#US Supreme Court#Republicans#Immigration#US Postal Service

南華早報·05:49

US judge dismisses Trump administration’s Harvard race data…

A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by US President Donald Trump’s administration seeking to force Harvard University to turn over records for an investigation into whether it continues to consider race in its student admissions process. US ‌District Judge Myong Joun in Boston rejected the US Department of Justice’s lawsuit, which Harvard contends was filed as part of a broader campaign by the Republican president’s administration against the Ivy League school. The judge stressed that...

#United States#Donald Trump#Education#US Politics#US Department of Justice#US immigration

南華早報·05:29

Trump ends midterm campaign calling Democratic candidates ‘…

US President Donald Trump ended the midterm campaign season on Monday by calling the Democratic Party’s candidates the “most extreme and dangerous” in American history, the day before voters decide which party controls Congress. Speaking at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, which reopened after a renovation by his administration, Trump called the elections “the most important midterm, I believe, in our lifetime”. “These are the most dangerous candidates ever put up,” he...

#US midterm elections 2026#United States#Donald Trump#J.D. Vance#US Politics#Republican Party

南華早報·01:57

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to set aside 20,000…

On the ⁠eve of the US midterm elections, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to temporarily block California from counting mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters who federal officials allege are probably non-US citizens. Escalating a legal fight that could affect thousands of voters, the Justice Department filed the emergency request as it seeks to prevent counting the disputed ballots until each voter’s citizenship status can be verified. A federal appeal...

#Donald Trump#US midterm elections 2026#US Politics#US Supreme Court#Joe Biden#US immigration

南華早報·23:59

US Postal Service in sprint to deliver millions of ballots…

From longer hours and extra staffing to special lines in its branches, the US Postal Service (USPS) ⁠is taking an array of special actions ⁠to make sure mail-in ballots for the midterm elections are ⁠counted on Tuesday. This year more than ever, the pressure is on the USPS to deliver. President Donald Trump ordered the agency to write rules that would bar it from delivering ballots if the states did not agree to turn over lists of eligible voters and some voters have expressed concern about...

#United States#US midterm elections 2026#Donald Trump#US Supreme Court