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US Elections 2024: How will Sunita Williams cast her vote from space?

Two NASA astronauts, Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, will cast their vote for the US elections 2024 from space. They are currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS)

Control of US Congress at stake in tight Presidential election battle

The outcome will play an important role in determining how easily the winner of Tuesday's US presidential election will govern until the next congressional elections in 2026

US election: What time do polls close and when will the results be known

There is no set national time for voting to begin on the morning of November 5. Most states will begin voting at 7am in their local time, with others starting as early as 5am or as late as 10am

US Election 2024: Harris vs Trump - Who says what on immigration, H-1B visa

US election 2024 result will have a widespread effect on immigrant communities globally, including a substantial Indian population

US polls: New York ballots feature an Indian language, but it's not Hindi

US Presidential elections 2024: On Tuesday (November 5), voters across the US will cast their ballots to choose the next president - Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump

US Presidential Election 2024: Date, time, results, and where to watch

Former President Donald Trump is attempting a rare return to the White House, while Vice President Kamala Harris looks to make history as the first woman and woman of colour to become a president

US elections: Why Pennsylvania could be key to deciding White House race

US Presidential elections 2024: Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes could be decisive in electing Republican Donald Trump or Kamala Harris

Dollar slips as FX traders gird for US Presidential election outcome

Democrat Kamala Harris has also experienced improving odds on election gambling sites and had a slight lead on PredictIt overnight, although Polymarket continued to show Trump as favourite

Howard University excited for Harris' election night party in Washington

The Howard University on Tuesday looked forward to hosting Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris for her election night watch party. This marks the first time in modern history that a presidential election night event will be hosted on a college campus. Harris graduated from Howard University with a bachelor's degree in 1986. Nigel Jhonson, a law student at Howard University, is upbeat about the event. It is a momentous occasion. You always love to see your alumni, and your classmates doing big things. It is an honour to have the world here and the world to know the type of people the university produces. We produce leaders and the world ought to know that Howard University is synonymous with leadership," Jhonson told PTI. Jade, a freshman at Howard who thinks Harris' election will help the college get prominence, said: It feels great to have the spotlight on us and having alumni like the Vice President of US. I feel like it shows the university produces good students. T

US polls: Indian-American women stand by Harris, younger men favour Trump

Indian-Americans find themselves at crossroads, with voting preferences now shaped by gender, age, and values

Democratic lawmaker Jon Tester tries to hold key US Senate seat in Montana

Three-term incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana faces perhaps his toughest reelection challenge yet on Tuesday, with control of the Senate on the line in a state that's veered sharply rightward since the 68-year-old grain farmer's first election. Republicans have pinned their hopes on Tim Sheehy, a former U.S. Navy SEAL and founder of an aerial firefighting company. Sheehy, 38, had early backing from party leaders including former President Donald Trump, clearing the political newcomer's path to win the June primary. This is the first time Tester's name appears on the same ballot as Trump, who won Montana by wide margins in 2016 and 2020. A Sheehy victory would seal Republican party dominance across the five-state Northern Plains region: Tester entered office as one of six Democratic senators in the largely rural swath of American heartland that also includes Wyoming, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. He's now the only one. The lawmaker also is the sole ...

US Election 2024: Indian-Americans express divergent views as voting starts

Some Indian-American voters are supporting Donald Trump for his economic and immigration policies while others are standing behind Kamala Harris, attracted by her leadership style

Empty seats seen more often at Trump's final rallies ahead of vote

Donald Trump has spent nearly a decade bragging about his crowds. Lately, he's been making the same boasts to swaths of empty seats. In his third presidential bid, Trump for the first time is facing an opponent who stages her own massive rallies, calling further attention to the fact that his crowds, however enthusiastic they are, sometimes have failed to fill large venues and often thinned out as he spoke. In North Carolina this weekend, the former president and Republican nominee spoke at First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, where the lower level of the 22,000-seat arena remained unfilled, with the upper level blocked off altogether. We've had the biggest rallies in history of any country. Every rally's full," he falsely claimed anyway. You don't have any seats that are empty. He began Monday, the eve of the election, in Raleigh, North Carolina, where a late-arriving crowd came close to filling the venue but left a smattering of empty seats. In Reading, Pennsylvania, Trump took

Democrats heavily favoured to win both Rhode Island's seats in US House

Democrats are heavily favored to win both U.S. House seats in Rhode Island in Tuesday's election. Rep. Gabe Amo, the first Black representative in Congress from Rhode Island, is poised to be reelected in the 1st Congressional District. Amo faces Republican challenger Allen Waters and has promised to work on issues ranging from ending gun violence to supporting reproductive freedom and fighting to protect Social Security and Medicare. Waters campaigned on his support for gun rights, ending government-backed student loans for college and a promise to clean up the swamp of poorly managed government departments like the Department of Veterans Affairs. Last year, Amo beat out a crowded field in a special election to replace Democratic Rep. David Cicilline, who stepped down to lead a nonprofit foundation. Amo has worked as a senior adviser to President Joe Biden. He previously worked in state government and in the White House during the Obama administration. Amo went to Wheaton College

Pennsylvania hosts 5 crucial US house races in battle for control

Pennsylvania is home to five heavily contested races for the U.S. House, contests that will be critical to determining control of a narrowly divided chamber where Democrats need a net pickup of four seats to take control. Three of those five races are in eastern Pennsylvania, where Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and Democratic Reps. Susan Wild and Matt Cartwright are defending their seats in districts that are viewed as perennially competitive. A fourth district is in southern Pennsylvania, where Republican Rep. Scott Perry is seeking a seventh term. Another competitive contest is in the suburbs and former steel towns west of Pittsburgh where Democratic Rep. Chris Deluzio is seeking a second term. Here is a look at those five key races: 1st District Four-term Republican U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in Bucks County, just north of Philadelphia, is one of 16 House Republicans running for reelection in a district won by President Joe Biden in 2020's presidential contest. Fitzpatric

California voters weigh action on shoplifting, forced labour, minimum wage

California voters will decide on 10 ballot measures including one that would turn some nonviolent crimes, like shoplifting, into felonies again, and another that would make the state's minimum wage the highest in the nation. Here's a look at some of the most consequential propositions being put before voters: Proposition 36 This would make shoplifting a felony for repeat offenders and increase penalties for some drug charges, including those involving the synthetic opioid fentanyl. It also would give judges the authority to order people with multiple drug charges to get treatment. Proponents say the initiative is necessary to close loopholes that have made it challenging for law enforcement to punish shoplifters and drug dealers. The measure will also help the state address the homelessness and drug crises, they say. Opponents, including Democratic state leaders and social justice groups, say it would disproportionately imprison poor people and those with substance use issues rath

US election 2024: How America will choose between Trump and Harris

Election Day countdown: With Donald Trump and Kamala Harris running neck and neck ahead of Tuesday's election, here is a guide to how the balloting process works in the US

Final day of voting in US here, over 10 mn have already cast their ballots

Election Day 2024 arrived on Tuesday with tens of millions of Americans having already cast their ballots. Those include record numbers in Georgia, North Carolina and other battleground states that could decide the winner. The early turnout in Georgia, which has flipped between the Republican and Democratic nominees in the previous two presidential elections, has been so robust over 4 million voters that a top official in the secretary of state's office said the big day could look like a ghost town at the polls. As of Monday, Associated Press tracking of advance voting nationwide showed roughly 82 million ballots already cast slightly more than half the total number of votes in the presidential election four years earlier. That's driven partly by Republican voters, who were casting early ballots at a higher rate than in recent previous elections after a campaign by former President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee to counter the Democrats' longstanding advantag

US Election 2024: The fate of Trump's legal cases if he wins or losses

The outcome of the US election could reshape Donald Trump's legal battles. Can he govern from prison or will his cases be dismissed? A look at the link between his politics and legal issues

Night before Election Day, Harris brings in celebrities, Trump unimpressed

On the night before Election Day, at campaign events across the country, celebrities turned out in force for Kamala Harris' presidential bid. The battleground state of Pennsylvania was particularly starry: In Pittsburgh, the vice president's rally featured Cedric the Entertainer, Katy Perry and Andra Day. In Philadelphia, the finale of Harris' daylong dash across Pennsylvania, performers and presenters included DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe and Ricky Martin. Republican Donald Trump was decidedly unimpressed with Harris' celebrity lineup. At his own rally in Pittsburgh, which overlapped with Harris' event in the city, the former president criticized Harris for one celebrity endorsement in particular: Beyonc. He spoke dismissively about Beyonc's appearance at a Harris rally with Harris in Houston last month, drawing boos for the megastar from his supporters. "Beyonc would come in. Everyone's expecting a couple of songs. There were no songs. There was no happiness, Trump said. Beyonc did not .