Midterms 2018
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Potential explosives sent to homes of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, as CNN’s New York studios and Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s offices in Florida were evacuated -
Kirstjen Nielsen says soldiers have ‘no intention’ of shooting migrants as Jim Mattis expected to sign order -
From calling a Muslim school ‘Terror High’ to claiming Democrats want to ‘lynch black folks’, the upcoming election has seen a large number of race-baiting and prejudiced ads
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In today’s politics news: Andrew Gillum faces questions about FBI investigation; moderate Republican hangs on in Florida; Mississippi special election heading for runoff -
In today’s politics news: Trump barnstorms country before midterms; Democrats play defense in the Senate; Bernie Sanders is cruising to re-election by a margin of 60%-19% -
Explainers
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The votes on 6 November will give US voters their first chance to pass judgement on Donald Trump since he took the White House. Here’s what you need to know -
These key races represent a slice of some of the most competitive and compelling contests in November -
Get details for online, phone and in-person voter registration in your state in time for the 2018 midterm elections
On the trail
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Demographic changes could bring success for Democrats and Stacey Abrams - and counter alleged voter suppression against minorities -
The grassroots Hill has never held office, but her youth-oriented campaign typifies a new kind of poster child for the Democrats -
Key issues
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Democrats scented midterm success by focusing on local issues in a state Trump won by 42 points but a supreme court confirmation tossed a new element into the campaign -
The question in this election is whether liberal enthusiasm or Republican satisfaction will prevail -
Measures range from complex voter ID laws to restrictive voter registration procedures and bids to exclude more former felons from casting a ballot -
Candidates Joe Manchin and Phil Bredesen are at the center of fight to win back the Senate – and a world away from the slate of diverse candidates running across America for the House
Campaign videos
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Boyhood director’s ad issues riposte to ‘Tough as Texas’ senator in run-up to US midterm elections -
Ron DeSantis has released an ad indoctrinating his children into Trumpism – but what does it say about the president’s popularity?
'It's all fake' Nevada Republican's family blasts his campaign in op-ed