Hope and fear as America heads to the polls -...

Things don’t look as rosy as they might in MAGAland. Texas Republican Ken Paxton was caught on tape blaming Trump’s Iran war for his own tough race. To be fair, Paxton may find he can sink this one on his own. But the picture is the same in many of the deep Red states where Trump ...  Show more

The Republicans cannot get over Jack Smith. The former special counsel who led two criminal cases against Donald Trump faced a barrage of attacks from GOP senators on the Judiciary Committee: "You make me want to throw up in my mouth"; "The most egregious abuse of power in the hi ...  Show more

Will this be the most gendered election ever? How late should you stay up to watch the results? And who do Jon and Lewis think will win?With less than three weeks to go to the US election, we answer your most pressing questions.Editor: Tom HughesExecutive Producer: Louis Degenhar ...  Show more

The Americast team pore over the New Hampshire results after an evening in which Donald Trump looks to have the Republican nomination all but sewn up. Nikki Haley says she's a fighter and that the race "is far from over" but is there really a route back from here?Earlier in the e ...  Show more

Hours after Presidential candidate Donald Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania, Jon and Lewis take a look at how the assassination attempt will impact the election in November.Will it strengthen Trump's campaign? And does it mean Joe Biden will now definitely stand against h ...  Show more

In the US election, seven battleground states could swing the contest toward Donald Trump or Kamala Harris. Voters in these states have faced a barrage of outreach and campaign visits. We hear from a panel of local journalists taking the pulse of their communities on the calculus ...  Show more