New reality: Obama, GOP talk compromise, conflict

2010-11-04 02:15:55 GMT SINA.com WASHINGTON – A chastened President Barack Obama signaled a new willingness to yield to Republican demands on tax cuts and jettisoned a key energy priority on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he and fellow Democrats absorbed election losses so severe he called them a shellacking.

Obama takes responsibility for voter frustration

2010-11-03 17:25:50 GMT Xinhua English WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday said the mid-term election results show people are frustrated progress in economic recovery hasn't taken place fast enough, and he takes responsibility for it.

U.S. Republicans take control of House, fail to win Senate

2010-11-03 08:59:30 GMT Xinhua English WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Republicans won control of the U.S. House of Representatives but Democrats retained majority in the Senate, a scenario that has well been anticipated by politicians and analysts, exit polls showed Tuesday night.

Democrats retain majority in U.S. Senate

2010-11-03 04:09:41 GMT Xinhua English WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Struggling Democrats managed to keep control of the U.S. Senate after claiming victories in key states that have been seriously challenged by Republican opponents in this year's midterm elections, according to several U.S. media projections Tuesday night.

New political landscape jeopardizes U.S. climate bill

2010-11-07 09:08:04 GMT Xinhua English WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The new political landscape emerging from U.S. midterm elections almost killed any likelihood that a climate bill could be passed over the next two years and substantially hampered the White House's efforts on the issue.

A chastened Obama faces the world

2010-11-04 02:29:39 GMT SINA.com As President Barack Obama finds his domestic political agenda increasingly hamstrung by Republicans' control of the House of Representatives and their veto power in the Senate, the temptation will grow to seek presidential achievements beyond these shores. But, if anything, the impact of the congressional power shift will make an already forbidding international environment tougher still for the President.

U.S. Congress: Reconciliation or continued bickering?

2010-11-04 01:33:18 GMT Xinhua English WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Just before Tuesday's big GOP wins, experts had forecast that the new Congress would likely be just as divided -- perhaps even more so -- than it has been over the last two years.

An eyewitness of hot race in cold New York

2010-11-03 10:09:53 GMT Xinhua English by Yang Lei

Revamped Democratic logo aims to be more social, inclusive

2010-11-01 10:23:08 GMT SINA.com At least no one will confuse it with a Pepsi logo.

About US 2010 midterms

2010-11-01 10:12:22 GMT SINA.com The 2010 United States midterm elections will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 37 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested in this election along with 38 state and territorial governorships, many state legislatures, four territorial legislatures and numerous state and local races.

Rally in U.S. capital pokes fun at politics

2010-11-01 08:50:54 GMT Xinhua English WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of people converged Saturday in Washington, D.C. for funnymen Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, enjoying an afternoon of antidote to the nation's polarizing politics in a campaigning season filled with partisan bickering.

Obama calls end to domestic violence

2010-11-01 08:50:11 GMT Xinhua English WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday held a high-profile White House event against domestic violence, as his Democrats strive to get women out to vote in next week's mid-term elections.