Us Mid-term Elections

US Prez Biden's approval rating hits record high after midterms elections

Biden managed to retain the Senate majority at 50 to 49 and the Georgia runoff between Pastor Raphael Warnock and football star Herschel Walker is set to tip the scale in democrats' favour

Voting against self-interest

The economic aspects of the Republican ideological agenda are driven by the concerns of the super-rich. Surprisingly though, the bulk of Republican voters are lower-income workers

No 'red wave'

Democratic Party does better than expected in midterms

Can the outcome of US midterm election trigger a market rally?

The US midterm elections have historically marked bullish pivot points for the stock market, notwithstanding the outcome. Will this time be any different? And will this money chase Indian equities?

People have spoken, proven once again that democracy is who we are: Biden

With their votes the American people have spoken and proven once again that democracy is who they are, US President Joe Biden said as his Democratic Party performed much better than expected and put a break on the opposition's red wave in the midterm polls across the country. Both the Republicans and the Democrats were at 48 seats each in the 100 member-US Senate, while in House of Representatives, the GOP (Republican Party) was ahead with 207 seats against 183 of the Democratic Party. The GOP is expected to cross the halfway mark of 218 but is falling far short of the expectations of sweeping the midterm elections and crossing at least 250 seats. Post elections, this is said to be the best performance by a current president in decades during midterm polls. Biden, at a White House news conference, appeared to be confident and asserted that he would continue with his policies, which, he said, have worked so far. While we don't know all the results yet, at least I don't know them all

Twitter delays launch of Blue subscription service after US midterms

Twitter has delayed the roll out of its much-anticipated Blue subscription service with verification tag for $8 after the US midterm elections on Tuesday, the media reported.

Ahead of midterms, Joe Biden's job approval back down to 40%: Poll

A latest poll has revealed that US President Joe Biden's job approval rating has slipped back to 40 per cent

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg should focus on US midterms, not the Metaverse

Meta CEO Zuckerberg could start by doing what thousands of managers before him have done, and reconsider his tasks

Republican National Committee sues Google over email spam filters

The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against tech giant Google, alleging the company has been suppressing its e mail solicitations ahead of November's mid-term elections. The lawsuit, filed in the District Court for the Eastern District of California on Friday evening, accuses Gmail of discriminating against the RNC by unfairly sending the group's e mails to users' spam folders, impacting both fund-raising and get-out-the-vote efforts in pivotal swing states. Enough is enough we are suing Google for their blatant bias against Republicans," said RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel in a statement to The Associated Press. For ten months in a row, Google has sent crucial end-of-month Republican GOTV and fund-raising e mails to spam with zero explanation. We are committed to putting an end to this clear pattern of bias." Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The lawsuit focuses on how Google's Gmail, the world's largest e mail service with about 1.5 .

US gears up for midterm elections: What are they and what's at stake?

Democrats currently hold the House of Representatives by a margin of just 10 seats out of 435. This is the narrowest House majority since 1955

Indian-American groups launch voting campaigns ahead of midterm elections

Ahead of the midterm elections early in November, two Indian American groups on Wednesday launched a voting campaign for their community. Indian Americans account for over one per cent of the country's population and have one of the highest per capita incomes among ethnic groups. While they are concentrated in some of the major states like New York, New Jersey, California, and Texas, their votes might turn out to be decisive in case of close races in the states of Florida, Atlanta, and Pennsylvania. The Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS), a US-based non-profit institution for policy research and awareness, launched the #IndoAmericanVotesMatter campaign to increase the participation of American voters in the US 2022 elections. On this launch, Professor Ved Nanda, a distinguished law professor at Denver University and a FIIDS advisor said: As an immigrant minority, it is not only a civic duty, but it is also imperative for Indo-Americans to vote in the elections

Democrats attacking me and sidelining Tesla and SpaceX: Elon Musk

Elon Musk again criticised US President Joe Biden, saying that he will vote for the Republican Party in midterm elections in November as Democrats are attacking him and his companies from all sides

Facebook, Instagram will publicly provide details on how ads target users

Facebook parent Meta said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads just months ahead of the US midterm elections.

Nancy Pelosi wins nomination for Speaker of the House, must now get votes

Pelosi's actual support is at 200, adjusting for delegates who can't vote in the full House and one supporter who missed the caucus session