Republicans edged closer yesterday to securing a majority in the US House of Representatives while control of the Senate hinged on a few tight races, two days after Democrats staved off an anticipated “red wave” of Republican gains in midterm elections.

The struggle for control of the US Senate boiled down to three races, with each party needing to win two of those states to secure a majority, as fractious Republicans limped along toward a tenuous hold on the House.

Republican hopes of a “red wave” carrying them to power in the US Congress faded yesterday as Joe Biden’s Democrats put up a stronger-than-expected defence in a midterm contest headed for a cliff-hanger finish.

From the first openly lesbian governor to the first Generation Z member-elect of Congress, early results in the US midterms heralded a good night for diversity.

Joe Biden’s Democrats seem to have escaped a feared drubbing in Tuesday’s midterm elections, but it remains to be seen whether that will revive the US president’s flagging fortunes until 2024 -- or beyond.

Here are some takeaways from the US midterm elections so far:

Control of Congress hung in the balance early Wednesday as Democrats showed surprising strength, defeating Republicans in a series of competitive races and defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings would drag the party down.

Republicans were favoured to wrest control of the US House of Representatives away from President Joe Biden's Democrats based on early returns in Tuesday's midterm elections, though the prospects of a "red wave" appeared to have dimmed.

US voters head to the polls on Tuesday for crucial midterm elections that threaten Democrats’ razor-thin majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate.

The White House on Monday said US support for Ukraine’s war effort will be “unwavering” even if Republicans, who have expressed concerns about the level of spending, win midterm elections. 

Days after Twitter Inc fired half its staff and new owner Elon Musk tweeted a recommendation to vote for Republican candidates, election experts are anxiously bracing for a surge in online misinformation as Americans headed to the polls yesterday.

More than 40 million Americans have cast early ballots ahead of yesterday’s midterm elections, surpassing the numbers from two years ago, the US Elections Project said Monday.

Democrats and Republicans agree the midterm elections will turn on just a few key issues — but they disagree on what those will be.

Polls opened yesterday in crucial US midterm elections that could decide the political future of both President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump -- who has all but announced that he will seek the White House again in 2024.

Americans on Tuesday cast the final ballots in U.S. midterm elections that will determine whether Democrats lose control of Congress, and with it the ability to push forward on President Joe Biden's agenda in the next two years.

President Joe Biden made a final appeal on the eve of Tuesday's midterms for Democrats to protect democracy by defeating Donald Trump's Republicans in an election that polls show could upend power in Washington.

Elon Musk, Twitter's new owner, urged Americans to elect a Republican Congress in US midterms on Tuesday to counterbalance President Joe Biden's Democrats, the first time a major social media CEO explicitly took a side.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump headlined a frantic last day of campaigning yesterday on the eve of a midterm election that will shape the rest of the US president’s term -- and could pave the way for a White House comeback by his predecessor.

An election year that unfolded against the backdrop of economic turmoil, the elimination of federal abortion rights and broad concerns about the future of democracy is concluding with a final full day of campaigning in which leaders of both parties will issue urgent appeals to their supporters.

President Joe Biden, Democratic superstar Barack Obama and Republican firebrand Donald Trump all converged Saturday on Pennsylvania to push their parties to the finishing line in a race Biden said marks a “defining” moment for US democracy.