
Polling stations closed in several battleground states, counting ongoing
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The US midterms are in full swing. Polling stations in several contested US states have closed and counting is ongoing. Democrats were able to record their first victories. Donald Trump rails against Fox News.
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The US midterms are in full swing. Polling stations in several contested US states have closed and counting is ongoing. Democrats were able to record their first victories. And: Donald Trump rails against Fox News. All developments in live analysis.

According to AP calculations, Democrats won Senate seats in the US midterm elections, including in North Carolina and Georgia. The first House of Representatives results are available. There were election problems in several states. Celebrities like Bruce Springsteen and Nicki Minaj called for the vote.
Minister of State for Culture Wolfram Weimer defended Chancellor Friedrich Merz at Maischberger, announced the nomination of a candidate for Federal President next Monday and sees the black-red coalition as functional despite economic stagnation and internal party criticism.

In the US midterm elections two years after Trump took office, the majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives are at stake. Republicans currently hold 53 of 100 Senate seats and a slim majority in the lower house. Democrats must gain at least four seats each to take control. There are also gubernatorial elections taking place in 36 states.

In the US midterm elections, 70 percent of those surveyed want Congress to exercise greater control over President Donald Trump. Three quarters of voters are angry or dissatisfied with the country's development. There were technical problems and long lines at polling stations in several states. The first polling stations in parts of Indiana and Kentucky are already closed.
Israel's opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party of a "pogrom against democracy" over their attacks on Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara. The background is allegations of investigations against Arab parties after the parliamentary elections, in which they achieved record results.

The first polling stations in the US House of Representatives and Senate elections are closed in Kentucky and Indiana. The count could provide an initial picture of the mood. The US Department of Justice is sending observers to Democratic-dominated electoral districts. The full article is inaccessible due to a paywall.