AMERICANS GO TO THE POLLS TODAY! Trump said results would be "better than you think", then lashed out at Europe!
These elections will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control Congress.
TL;DR
- The US is holding midterm elections to decide control of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- Democrats aim to gain majority control to limit President Trump's power, citing dissatisfaction with his policies.
- Republicans currently control both houses of Congress.
- President Trump expressed optimism about Republican chances, highlighting large campaign rallies.
- The Department of Justice is deploying its largest election monitoring program.
- 18 polling stations in Florida were relocated due to severe flooding.
- A federal judge temporarily blocked the Justice Department from providing voter lists of non-citizens to states.
- The Pope voted by mail in the US midterm elections, a historic first.
- Polling stations opened across various states, with results expected later.
- In the 2018 midterms, Democrats gained control of the House, while Republicans retained the Senate.
- President Trump concluded his campaign with remarks focusing on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation and criticizing Democrats.
- The US conducted airstrikes on Iran's Qeshm island, targeting rocket launchers, in response to an IRGC attack on a US drone.