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Riding a wave of voter discontent, Republicans picked up six Senate seats Tuesday but fell short in their bid to wrest control of the upper house from Democrats and oust Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, CNN projected, based on its analysis of exit poll data.

Investors are awaiting the outcome of the midterm elections and the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting amid speculation over stimulus programs.

The president calls stations in L.A., Las Vegas and Chicago and tells listeners, 'I need folks to vote today.' Even with voting already under way, President Obama furiously worked the phones calling urban-format radio stations Tuesday, hoping to stave off a Republican tide at the polls.

The coalition's efforts were part of a larger get-out-the vote campaign by Latino organizations across the country. Some Latino activists have warned that they planned to sit out the election because of frustration over a lack of progress on comprehensive immigration reform by the Obama administration.

President Barack Obama will hold a postelection news conference on Wednesday.

Republicans enter Election Day confident they will recapture the House as Democrats struggle to face a likely significantly smaller Senate majority.

Republicans are signaling that they plan to push bills and strategies to undermine labor’s political clout and ability to grow.

In a year when the public sentiment is squarely against them, Democrats are hoping that well-funded, sophisticated voter turnout efforts will help them win.

Top Republicans conceded Sunday that they could fall short of winning control of the Senate in Tuesday's congressional elections. With the Republican wave in danger of falling short in the Senate, tensions rose over a ...

President Barack Obama warned Saturday that Republicans could roll back his agenda if they prevail in Tuesday's congressional elections as he sought to rally Democrats in a final campaign push.