BELGRADE, Mont./ATLANTA (Reuters) – President Donald Trump touted U.S. economic growth and painted a grim picture on immigration in rallies with Republican candidates before Tuesday’s elections as Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden urged voters to reject division. In the latest injection of racial tensions into the campaigns, a wave of automated calls using racist

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional candidates hammered into the homestretch of a bruising campaign season on Saturday, with Democrats focused on protecting a 2010 healthcare law while President Donald Trump touted economic growth and sounded dire warnings on immigration. A general view of autumn foliage at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. November 2, 2018.

The following statements were posted to the verified personal Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at Huntington Tri-State Airport in Huntington, West Virginia, U.S., November 2, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria The opinions expressed are his own. Reuters has not edited the statements or confirmed their accuracy. @realDonaldTrump :

(Reuters) – Two federal courts on Friday issued rulings that order Georgia to allow some 3,000 naturalized U.S. citizens to vote in elections next week and prevent the state from throwing out some absentee ballots. An early voter casts his vote in Athens, Georgia, U.S., October 26, 2018. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant The rulings are a rebuke

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Reuters) – In rally after rally, President Donald Trump exhorts throngs of red-hatted supporters to treat next week’s congressional elections as a referendum on Trumpism and the grass-roots movement that swept him to power. “You’re voting for me in 2018,” Trump told a raucous crowd in a late September appearance for Republican candidates

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, who spoke by telephone on Thursday, expressed optimism about resolving their trade dispute ahead of a high-stakes meeting at the end of November in Argentina. FILE PHOTO: Trucks transport containers next to a container ship at a port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping both expressed optimism on Thursday about resolving their bitter trade disputes ahead of a high-stakes meeting planned for the two leaders at the end of November in Argentina. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Estero, Florida, U.S., October 31,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration planned to require immigrants seeking asylum in the United States to come into the country through a legal port of entry, pushing a hard line on immigration ahead of elections next week. The president’s remarks, five days before U.S. voters determine which party will

75th Golden Globe Awards – Photo Room – Beverly Hills, California, U.S., 07/01/2018 – Oprah Winfrey poses backstage with her Cecil B. DeMille Award. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (Reuters) – Oprah Winfrey is lending her star power on Thursday to Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, who is vying to become the first female black governor in the United

TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) – Democrats have pulled ahead in Florida’s marquee races for the U.S. Senate and governor, a new Reuters opinion poll showed on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump was set to return to the battleground state in a closing bid to bail out Republicans. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Bill Nelson speaks at a

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee is pursuing a wide-ranging examination of former White House adviser Steve Bannon’s activities during the 2016 presidential campaign, three sources familiar with the inquiry told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon holds a news conference in Rome, Italy September 22, 2018. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianch/File

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Ilhan Omar fled civil war in Somalia and spent four years of her childhood in a refugee camp in Kenya. Now she is poised to win a seat in the U.S. Congress, taking on a president who has tried to prevent people like her from coming to America. U.S. Democratic congressional candidate

FILE PHOTO: Special Counsel Robert Mueller (R) departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo (Reuters) – Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team has asked the FBI to look into claims that

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With congressional elections a week away, President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will seek to scrap the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of non-citizens and illegal immigrants as he tries again to dramatically reshape immigration policies. Reviving his support for a legally questionable theory, Trump told the Axios news website

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said he will seek to limit the right of citizenship for certain children born in the United States in a new bid to dramatically reshape immigration policies that was likely to spark a congressional battle. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Southern Illinois

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro, Illinois, U.S., October 27, 2018. REUTERS/Al Drago SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he thinks there will be “a great deal” with China on trade, but warned that he has billions of dollars worth of new tariffs ready

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to postpone a trial set for Nov. 5 that will examine the legality of its decision to ask people taking part in the 2020 U.S. census whether they are citizens. A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington December

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. coal miners union has put a larger share of its campaign donations behind Democrats ahead of the Nov. 6 elections than in 2016, as dimming hopes for a coal industry revival led by President Donald Trump reinforce fears about the safety of worker pensions. Coal miners listen to U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. first lady Melania Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 28, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts The following statements were posted to the verified personal Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) The opinions expressed are his own. Reuters has not edited the statements or confirmed their accuracy. @realDonaldTrump :

FILE PHOTO: Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) holds up a sample tax form as he speaks during a media briefing after the House Republican conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives’ leading lawmaker on taxes suggested

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump accused the U.S. news media on Friday of using reporting on the suspect in least 14 bombs sent to some of his prominent critics to score political points against him. U.S. President Donald Trump waves to the crowd at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina U.S., October

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and China’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe greet each other ahead of talks in Singapore, October 18, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Stewart MANAMA (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said his Chinese counterpart would be visiting Washington next week to continue talks on military relations between the two countries. “Strategic

The following statements were posted to the verified personal Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina U.S., October 26, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The opinions expressed are his own. Reuters has not edited the statements or confirmed their accuracy. @realDonaldTrump : – Funny how

Top-seeded Roger Federer had to work for it, but he ultimately beat Frenchman Gilles Simon on Friday to advance to the semifinals at the Swiss Indoors Basel in Switzerland. FILE PHOTO – Tennis – Shanghai Masters – Men’s Singles – Semi-finals – Qi Zhong Tennis Center, Shanghai, China – October 13, 2018. Roger Federer of

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Long before Cesar Sayoc was arrested on Friday for sending pipe bombs to critics of U.S. President Donald Trump, the 56-year-old former stripper had shown flashes of violent anger, threatening to bomb a power company and posting vitriolic screeds online. Cesar Altieri Sayoc in an August 2015 booking photo. Broward County

TBILISI (Reuters) – The White House has formally invited President Vladimir Putin to Washington, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Friday, returning to an idea that was put on hold in July amid anger in the U.S. over the prospect of such a summit. President Donald Trump held a summit with Putin in

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a reception commemorating the 35th anniversary of the attack on the Beirut Barracks in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, U.S., October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Al Drago WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that news coverage of the suspicious packages

Central American migrants, part of a second wave of migrants heading to the U.S., hitchhike on a pick-up truck as they continue their journey to the Mexican border, in Chiquimula, Guatemala October 23, 2018. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is considering a plan to ban entry of migrants at the United

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The investigation into 10 pipe bombs sent to high-profile Democrats and critics of U.S. President Donald Trump is focusing on leads in Florida, a federal law enforcement source said on Thursday while another source said investigators believe the devices’ design came from the internet. All the suspicious packages were believed to

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The record numbers of women running for office in the United States this year are mostly Democrats, and their party is banking on their candidacies and a widening gender gap on key issues to achieve big wins in the Nov. 6 elections. FILE PHOTO: L-R: U.S. Democratic congressional candidate Amy McGrath of