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US Voters Cast Ballots in Midterm Referendum on Trump
Americans voted in midterm elections, with polls indicating Democrats may take control of the House from Republicans. The contests are seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump's second term, amid low approval ratings and issues like Iran tensions.
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All 435 seats in the US House of Representatives are up for election, along with 35 of the Senate's 100 seats, though the majority of contests are not considered competitive. TRUMP'S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INTERVENESThe US Justice Department said on Tuesday it was deploying 1,000 election monitors and observers to all 50 states in what it called the largest Election Day monitoring effort in history.
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