Voters are casting ballots to determine the balance of power in Washington and across the country in an election seen as a referendum on President Trump’s first two years.
A pre-election and Election Day survey interviewed about 90,000 people who said they voted in the midterms or intended to.
A divided electorate flocked to the polls to render its first verdict on President Trump’s administration in a midterm campaign likely to shape the rest of his term.
East Coast races could be early indicators on which party will control the House, while the Senate fight runs through a slate of tossup states in later time zones. 1019
Evidence of a potential Democratic surge in the suburbs emerged in the northern Virginia as Barbara Comstock became the first GOP member of Congress to be voted out of office during the Trump era.
Election officials have begun counting votes in states that will determine which party controls the Senate next year.
Oil prices are on the cusp of a bear market one month after hitting four-year highs as a wave of supply has returned to hit crumbling confidence in global growth.
Shifts in Congress could swing stocks following a whirlwind October, but the convergence of other market-driving events could pose a greater obstacle to investors trying to protect gains or limit recent losses.
“We do not want to live in an imperialist world,” the Turkish president said, rejecting the Trump administration’s hard line on Tehran even after Ankara was granted a waiver to keep buying energy supplies.
Soldiers install wire atop a fence near the border in McAllen, Texas.
Around border crossings throughout Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, military personnel have filled up hotels and delivered trucks packed with coils of razor wire as they begin to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. 127
Facing one of the tightest labor markets in the U.S., Foxconn has been trying to tap Chinese engineers through internal transfers to supplement staffing for its planned Wisconsin plant, according to people familiar with the matter. 326
Amazon.com Inc.’s change of plans to name more than one location for its massive HQ2 second headquarters leaves cities in a bind as they prepare for a decision that could come as soon as this week.
Dell Technologies has been contacting large shareholders of an affiliate about sweetening a roughly $22 billion bid to buy them out before the unpopular deal goes to a vote next month.
Qualcomm has licensed patents by charging device makers a percentage of the sales price up to $400 on handsets, but under the ruling, the chip maker can only assess fees based on the $15 to $20 cost of modem chips.
Rwanda has been hailed as a homegrown model of African development, but rights groups and a growing number of academics point to a darker side of its economic miracle.
Pyongyang says it has made enough concessions on nuclear disarmament and wants the U.S. to reciprocate, while Washington remains adamant about maintaining sanctions pressure.
As rising costs become a bigger concern, the best-performing stocks might be determined by each company’s brand loyalty and pricing power.
Stocks climbed as investors awaited the results of midterm elections that could change control of Congress and put a brake on much of the White House agenda.
A prolonged period of underinvestment by commodity producers is setting the stage for large price increases in raw-materials markets, some investors say.
In what could be one of the biggest regional bank deals of the last two years, New Jersey-based Investors Bancorp is exploring a possible sale. Shares rose more than 8% on the news.
Thousands of Central American migrants who have been making their way north are gathering in Mexico City before deciding whether to head to the U.S. border as one very large caravan or in smaller groups, migrants and activists said.
Islamic State left more than 200 mass graves in Iraq, the United Nations said, burial sites that could provide some of the first evidence of war crimes committed during the extremist group’s three-year rule in the north of the country. 52
Russia has failed to show that it has halted the use of chemical and biological weapons, the State Department notified Congress Tuesday, a determination that paves the way for mandatory sanctions against the Kremlin and entities under its control.
French President Emmanuel Macron called for the creation of a “true European army,” issuing a sharp critique of trans-Atlantic security ties days before U.S. President Trump is due to visit France. 54
NFL teams are passing more. NBA teams are shooting more 3-pointers. The most popular strategies in professional sports? They’re how we’ve always played videogames.
Yuskavage was grappling with sexuality, power, and womanhood long before #MeToo. Now, her work is more relevant than ever.
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy on songwriting without words, how addiction affected his work and his aversion to the term “dad rock.”
Voters are casting ballots to determine the balance of power in Washington and across the country in an election seen as a referendum on Trump’s first two years. Follow the latest updates.
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Venture-capital investment in advertising technology and marketing-technology startups will plunge in 2019, according to a report that Forrester Research plans to release Tuesday. But that could be a good thing for marketers.
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