Most voters supported the Florida measure, but it fell short of the required 60 to pass constitutional amendments in the state.

Voting closed on Tuesday night in the tightly fought US presidential election between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

Ms Harris’s campaign says that the ‘blue wall’ of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin was now the Democrat’s ‘clearest path’ to victory.

Republican Trump-backed businessman Bernie Moreno has defeated Democratic US senator Sherrod Brown in the state of Ohio. With spending that hit 500 million dollars, it was the most expensive Senate ...

Kamala Harris’s path to the White House narrowed as Donald Trump appeared to win a key battleground in the contest to become the next US president. The Republican candidate won in North Carolina, one ...

Mr Musk described himself as a “moderate Democrat” until recently but became a vocal critic of the party during the Biden administration.

Sarah McBride easily defeated Republican John Whalen III in the race for Delaware’s lone seat in the House of Representatives.

Dr Thomas Kwan has been warned he faces a 35-year jail term for trying to kill 72-year-old Patrick O’Hara while posing as a nurse.

Rachel Reeves will be grilled by MPs on Wednesday over a series of tax hikes and increased spending unveiled in the autumn Budget. A change to the UK’s debt rule that was announced to unlock billions ...

The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice (CBFFJ) campaign group said the honour is ‘an insult’ to the dead and bereaved.

Crucial battleground states including Georgia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina are yet to be called and could tip the balance.