‘Turnout has sort of drained’: Democrats battle to mobilise Georgia’s black voters
Rev Al Sharpton warns of an epidemic of ‘amnesia’ over the struggles of the civil rights generation
Can 2,000 people in a hangar in Sioux City influence the US midterms? Trump is banking on it
In another turbulent week for the Republican Party, including controversy over a ‘deeply troubling’ ad in Ohio, Donald Trump went to a pocket of Iowa and felt the love
Branded ‘lazy’ by Trump, a Democrat is mounting an unexpected challenge in a Republican stronghold
Democrat Josh Turek is mounting an unexpected challenge in Iowa, a traditional Republican bastion
Can an everyday Methodist pastor create a political miracle in Kansas?
Polls suggest Democrat Adam Hamilton is on the cusp of a sensational Senate win amid Republican disillusionment with Trump
Funny, irreverent, cocky: Can Abdul El-Sayed win a vital senate seat in abandoned America?
In Flint, birthplace of General Motors, voters wrestling with healthcare costs and economic decline may determine control of the US Senate
Talented James Talarico silences conspiracy theorists in fascinating Senate race in Texas
The Democratic candidate, derided by Donald Trump, belongs to none of the traditional American political archetypes and is aiming to win in a state where Republicans have dominated for decades
‘A lot of people are losing hope’: A state Trump turned red now appears more divided
Protests greet arrival of Donald Trump for an Ohio event that is greatly reduced in scale and intensity from mega-rallies two years ago
Emerging Democrat star Jon Ossoff has become a chief thorn in Trump’s side
Georgia senator verbally pummeled his ‘bigot’ Republican rival in recent debate and has become a chief thorn in Trump’s side ahead of midterms
Sublime evenings and empty downtowns: Democrats threaten comeback in America’s heartland
I drove across Ohio on Route 40, one of the many states in which Republican strategists are responding to distant sirens
Lone star Trump believes he can bend Texas and midterm elections to his will
US president’s essential message to Maga voters on campaign tour has been ‘pretend I am on the ballot’
Cornell rape allegation scandal brings an early bleakness to upstate New York
Case suggests college years are more challenging and, in some cases, troubling than ever
Christa Pike: Life, death and a botched execution in Tennessee
Pike was sentenced to death in 1996 for murder and now lies in hospital after two lethal doses failed to kill her
US Friends of Ireland politicians call on UK government to cancel Drumcree parade
Fourteen members of US Congress say failing to act decisively risks ‘reopening one of the most painful chapters in North’s history’
A Trump electoral project to make Steve Hilton the next governor of California
The transformation of Steve Hilton, former strategy guru for David Cameron, into a renegade Republican candidate is one wacky story
UN delegates stride on Manhattan streets steeped in bloody mafia history
Steakhouses such as Sparks, outside which Paul Castellano was shot dead in 1985, are untouched by food fads or the 21st century