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The battle for control of the Senate is so close that going into Election Day there are at least eight races virtually tied, leaving in question which party will control the chamber for the next two years. Republicans currently hold a 54-46 advantage over Democrats, meaning to gain control of the Senate, Democrats would need to pick up five seats if Donald Trump wins the White House or four if Hillary Clinton comes out on top.
Nov 7 Owners of the British Grand Prix track said it had granted exclusivity to an overseas investor on future investment in the Silverstone Circuit, after talks with carmaker Jaguar Land Rover were terminated. In April, the British Racing Drivers' Club said it was in talks to lease the circuit's property to JLR, which had been considering turning the site into a "heritage centre" to show off its luxury cars.
U.S. short-term interest rates futures fell on Monday as Wall Street jumped after the FBI said Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton would not face formal charges after a review of recently found emails. Renewed focus on Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state had led traders to downgrade her chances to win the White House in Tuesday's election.
A bus and rail strike in Philadelphia that had threatened to hamper voter turnout at Tuesday's U.S. presidential election has ended after workers reached a deal with the transport authority, the two sides said on Monday. The walkout, declared a week ago over healthcare, pensions and other issues, idled buses, trolleys and trains that provide some 930,000 rides a day in the fifth most populous U.S. city.
Voters in Pennsylvania and Ohio weigh in on FBI Director James Comey's decision to send a letter to members of Congress informing them that newly discovered emails were either duplicates or personal emails that were not related to government business from Hillary Clinton's time as secretary of state. Hillary Clinton's campaign chief expressed relief Monday that the FBI's email probe had been put to rest, but Donald Trump appeared ready to hammer the issue in his last-ditch bid for critical swing states as the campaign entered its final day.
The candidates for New Hampshire governor spent the weekend crisscrossing the state, getting supporters fired up and making their final pitch to voters. In the crowd at the New England Arm Wrestling Championship in Nashua on Saturday afternoon, dozens of beefy guys sat waiting for their turn at the tables.
The FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation has created more turmoil for the bureau than any other matter in recent history, exposing internal tensions with the Justice Department and stirring concerns the famously apolitical organization unnecessarily injected itself into the campaign. The FBI for decades has prided itself on being both independent and silent about its work.
Virginia is getting attention from both major parties during the final days of the presidential campaign. Republican Donald Trump urged a crowd in Leesburg Sunday night to show up at the polls Tuesday and bring their friends.
From the moment they secured a warrant, dozens of FBI agents worked night and day to analyze a trove of messages that they thought might help advance their probe of Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server, according to a U.S. official. The pressure was intense.
Vice President Joe Biden will give his hopeful successor, Sen. Tim Kaine, a boost Monday evening, joining him at one of his final campaign rallies at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. "I've only known one vice president and it's Joe Biden, and I just think he is a great role model because I have talked to him about the role.
Newly released emails from WikiLeaks suggest that the Democratic National Committee colluded with CNN in devising questions in April to be asked of then-Republican primary candidate Donald Trump in an upcoming interview. In an email to DNC colleagues on April 25 with the headline "Trump Questions for CNN," a DNC official with the email username DillonL@dnc.org asked for ideas for an interview to be conducted by CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer.
In this June 9, 2014, file photo, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk R-Ill., speaks in his office in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune has endorsed Democrat Tammy Duckworth D-Ill.
Lifting the cloud he placed over Hillary Clinton, FBI Director James Comey said Sunday there is no evidence in newly discovered emails to warrant criminal charges against the Democratic presidential nominee - just two days before Americans choose their 45th commander in chief. Comey's move capped an extraordinary chapter in the bitter, deeply divisive contest between Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.
A second Washington state electoral college voter says he's not absolutely committed to support Hillary Clinton if she wins the state's popular vote Tuesday, the Seattle Times reported. Sen. Bernie Sanders supporter Bret Chiafalo told the Times he's considering his right to be "conscientious elector," freeing him from the responsibility to back Clinton.
Clinton says: "This election is about doing everything we can to stop a movement to destroy President Obama's legacy." Clinton's campaign is trying to boost African-American turnout, which has slipped since President Barack Obama's campaign four years ago.
I've had my gripes with Fareed Zakaria, who should hardly be considered a member of the "Liberal Media," whom the Trump campaign so loathes. I've disagreed with his lack of alarm to the dangers of fracking and I've been touched deeply by his attention to the crisis of the Syrian refugees and I've been miffed over his validation of David Brooks as an expert on, well...anything.
What It Took : How a lifetime of compromises and concessions brought one woman to the brink of history. In early 1979, on a community access television program called In Focus, the wife of the new governor of Arkansas was peppered with question after question about all the ways in which she was an untraditional woman.
Tens of millions of Americans are preparing to cast their votes to decide whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States. The two candidates have fought one of the most contentious political races of all time, with their campaigns dogged by controversies ranging from sexual assault allegations against Mr Trump to FBI probes into Mrs Clinton's email use.
Donald Trump will make a surprise visit to traditionally blue Minnesota on Sunday while Hillary Clinton has added an extra stop in Michigan to her agenda, as the two candidates seek to shore up their positions and weaken one another's strongholds in the closing stretch of a tight and bitter U.S. presidential campaign. The Republican nominee, a New York real estate developer who's waged a controversial outsider bid for the White House, told supporters in Florida on Saturday that he is "going to Minnesota," and swapped a Twin Cities appearance for a previously announced Wisconsin event.