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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter casts their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter casts their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter casts their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voter fills in their ballot for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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2025 Virginia Election

A Fairfax County voters cast their ballots for the 2025 election at the Fairfax County Government Center polling place in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, 04 November 2025. The Virginia gubernatorial race between Democrat Abigail Spanberger and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has gained national attention as a testing ground for both parties ahead of next year’s national midterm election.

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Philippine midterm elections

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. casts his vote in the country's midterm elections on May 12, 2025, in the province of Ilocos Norte.

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Philippine midterm elections

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. shows his inked finger to the media after casting his vote in the country's midterm elections on May 12, 2025, in the province of Ilocos Norte.

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Philippine midterm elections

Sara Duterte, eldest daughter of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and incumbent vice president, shows her inked finger to the media after casting her vote in the country's midterm elections on May 12, 2025, in Davao, southern Philippines.

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Philippine midterm elections

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from R) shows his inked finger to the media after casting his vote in the country's midterm elections on May 12, 2025, in the province of Ilocos Norte.

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Philippine midterm elections

Imelda Marcos, former Philippine first lady and mother of incumbent President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., arrives at a polling station for the country's midterm elections on May 12, 2025, in the province of Ilocos Norte.

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Philippine midterm elections

Sara Duterte, eldest daughter of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and incumbent vice president, shows her inked finger to the media after casting her vote in the country's midterm elections on May 12, 2025, in Davao, southern Philippines.

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Philippine midterm elections

Sara Duterte, eldest daughter of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and incumbent vice president, prepares to cast her vote in the country's midterm elections on May 12, 2025, in Davao, southern Philippines.

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Biden delivers State of the Union address to divided Congress amid sour public mood

STORY: Biden delivers State of the Union address to divided Congress amid sour public mood DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:07 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Biden walking into the U.S. House Chamber 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President 4. Biden delivering the State of the Union address STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night amid a sour public mood. This is Biden's second State of the Union speech since he took office in January 2021 and the first of its kind before a divided Congress with Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives after last year's midterm elections and Democrats still running the Senate this term. The primetime remarks came a week after a Gallup poll showed that most Americans remain downbeat on the way things are going in the United States, with only 23 percent saying that they are satisfied while more th

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U.S. House adopts rules package after dysfunctional opening week

STORY: U.S. House adopts rules package after dysfunctional opening week DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting on the bill 2. various of exterior of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The U.S. House of Representatives adopted a rules package on Monday after the dysfunctional opening week. The package, which will govern how the House led by Republicans operates for the next two years, was passed in a 220-213 vote, mainly along party lines. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy -- whose bid to take the gavel last week paralyzed the lower chamber for days -- said on Monday evening that "Congress has been broken for a long time." McCarthy, a California Republican, made multiple concessions to House Republican hardliners in order to rise to the post, including a measure to allow a single member to call for a vote to remove the speaker. Republicans flipped the House in the 2022 midterm elections while Democrats he

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2022-WORLD NEWS

(230110) -- BEIJING, Jan. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Voters fill in their ballots at a polling station in New York, the United States, on Nov. 8, 2022. Concerned voters across the United States went to the polls to cast their ballots in the 2022 midterm elections amid heightened partisanship and divide. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)

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U.S. House adjourns after failing to elect speaker in historic political stalemate

STORY: U.S. House adjourns after failing to elect speaker in historic political stalemate DATELINE: Jan. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting to elect the speaker 2. various of exteriors of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned on Tuesday evening after its members failed to elect a speaker for the lower chamber. U.S. Congressman Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, failed to secure enough votes in three ballots earlier in the day after a group of House Republicans voted against him. There will be at least a fourth vote as House members agreed to adjourn until Wednesday noon. McCarthy was reportedly negotiating with fellow Republicans on Tuesday night. The political drama came nearly two months after the 2022 midterm elections, in which Republicans flipped the House and Democrats held onto their majority in the Senate. This was the first time in a century that the

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JAL's new seats for international flights

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. demonstrates its first fully reclining seats for business class for long-haul international flights during an event in Tokyo on Sept. 13, 2012. The airline unveiled all new seating for Boeing 777-300ER international flights as part of its midterm business plan following rehabilitation from its January 2010 bankruptcy.

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Philippine gov't charges ex-Pres. Arroyo

MANILA, Philippines - File photo shows former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was charged on Nov. 18, 2011, before a Manila court with electoral sabotage over alleged vote rigging in the 2007 midterm election.

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5 major banks report group net profits for April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Tsukamoto, president of Mizuho Financial Group Inc., briefs reporters on the company's midterm earnings report for fiscal 2009 at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2009.

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JAL incurs net loss of 131.2 bil. yen in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks about the company's midterm earnings report for fiscal 2009 at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2009.

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JAL incurs net loss of 131.2 bil. yen in April-Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Haruka Nishimatsu speaks about the company's midterm earnings report for fiscal 2009 at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2009.

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Kirin to close 2 domestic plants, boost sales by 2012

TOKYO, Japan - Kirin Holdings Co. Kazuyasu Kato briefs reporters on the company's midterm business plan during a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2009. Kato announced the company will close two out of 11 domestic beer plants by next year to boost production efficiency on the back of a saturated beverage market at home.

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Aso seeks cooperation from labor groups on emissions target

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) meets with Tsuyoshi Takagi, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 8. Aso called on Takagi to cooperate in achieving Japan's midterm greenhouse gas emissions reduction target.

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Ban urges Japan to set 'far-reaching' midterm CO2 cut target

KYOTO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon delivers a speech at a town meeting on global warming at Kyoto University in Kyoto on June 29. Ban called on Japan to set a ''far-reaching'' medium-term target for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to take a leading role in the international community in the fight against global warming.

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targets

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit.

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targets

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit.

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Fukuda unveils post-Kyoto climate plan, eyes nat'l emission targets

DAVOS, Switzerland - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech on Jan. 26 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Fukuda said Japan is committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by setting a quantified national midterm target beyond the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol and urged other major polluters to follow suit.

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Sanyo to focus on battery business to double profit in FY 2010

OSAKA, Japan - Seiichiro Sano, president of Sanyo Electric Co., speaks about the company's midterm business plan at a news conference in Osaka on Nov. 27.

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Sanyo to focus on battery business to double profit in FY 2010

OSAKA, Japan - Seiichiro Sano, president of Sanyo Electric Co., speaks about the company's midterm business plan at a news conference in Osaka on Nov. 27.

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Panel OKs midterm economic policy to boost growth

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Hiroko Ota speaks at a press conference after the government Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy endorsed a midterm economic policy to boost Japan's economic growth to an annual 2 percent or more in real terms and 3.5 percent in nominal terms during the five-year period from fiscal 2007.

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Panel OKs midterm economic policy to boost growth

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) addresses a meeting of his Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at his official residence on Jan. 18. The panel endorsed a midterm economic policy to boost Japan's economic growth to an annual 2 percent or more in real terms and 3.5 percent in nominal terms during the five-year period from fiscal 2007.

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NTT midterm group net profit slumps 11.9 percent on cost rises

TOKYO, Japan - Norio Wada, president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for the April-September period at the NTT head office in Tokyo on Nov. 10.

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Aeon's midterm group sales hit record high

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada, president of major supermarket chain operator Aeon Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 4. He said that both group sales and operating profit hit record highs in the Feb. 21-Aug. 20 period of the 2006 business year.

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Mitsubishi Fuso to consolidate sales firms

TOKYO, Japan - Harald Boelstler, president of struggling Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corp., said in a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 28 the company will consolidate sales firms and move the location of its headquarters from Tokyo's Minato Ward to Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, under its midterm business plan.

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NTT posts 1st-ever revenue fall in midyear results

TOKYO, Japan - Norio Wada (L), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT), speaks at a press conference in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Nov. 18 about the company's midterm earnings report.

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NTT DoCoMo posts 168.35 bil. yen loss for 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Keiji Tachikawa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 7 about the company's midterm earnings report. NTT DoCoMo posted an unconsolidated net loss of 168.35 billion yen in the fiscal first half to Sept. 30. At the group level, the company managed to log a net profit of 4.17 billion yen.

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Nissan expects record operating profit in 1st half

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co. Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Oct. 23 about the company's midterm earnings. Ghosn said Nissan expects to post a record 348 billion yen in group operating profit for the first half of fiscal 2002 ended Sept. 30.

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Polls close, vote counting begins in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines - A woman casts her vote at a polling station in a primary school in Makati in metropolitan Manila on May 14. The Philippines' midterm congressional and local elections are together viewed as a crucial referendum on the four-month-old administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

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Toyota suffers 20.9% fall in midterm group net profit

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. President Fujio Cho (C) speaks at a news conference at the Nagoya Stock Exchange on Nov. 15. Japan's leading automaker announced its consolidated net profit in the fiscal first half to Sept. 30 fell 20.9% from a year earlier to 159.59 billion yen.

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White House, Congress remain underwater in approval ratings: Gallup

STORY: White House, Congress remain underwater in approval ratings: Gallup DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. President Joe Biden arriving at the White House 2. various of exterior of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The White House and Congress remained underwater in their approval ratings, according to a new Gallup survey. U.S. President Joe Biden's approval rating stands at 40 percent, with 55 percent disapproving of the way he is handling his job. Disapproval of Biden has consistently outpaced approval since September 2021 after the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Americans' approval of Congress remains largely negative, with 73 percent of U.S. adults expressing disapproval. Those findings came from a Nov. 9-Dec. 2 Gallup poll conducted after the 2022 midterm elections on Nov. 8. The United States will have a divided Congress over the next two years after Republicans flipped th

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Democratic incumbent to win Georgia's Senate runoff: U.S. media

STORY: Democratic incumbent to win Georgia's Senate runoff: U.S. media DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: Incumbent Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock will win Georgia's runoff election, multiple U.S. media outlets projected on Tuesday night. Warnock is expected to defeat his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, nearly a month after neither candidate won enough votes to secure the Senate seat in this year's midterm elections. With Warnock's victory, Democrats will control 51 seats in the 100-member chamber over the next two years versus 49 for Republicans. Republicans flipped the House of Representatives in November's midterms and have vowed more scrutiny of the White House and the Democratic Party's agenda. The divided Congress will convene for the first time on Jan. 3, 2023. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

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U.S. midterm elections charade of democracy: Turkish scholar

STORY: U.S. midterm elections expose deep division in politics, society: Turkish scholar DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Americans voting at the polling stations 2. various of the Wall Street in New York 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish) HAKKI OCAL, Veteran journalist and academic at Istanbul's Ibn Haldun University 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish) HAKKI OCAL, Veteran journalist and academic at Istanbul's Ibn Haldun University 5. various of Americans voting at the polling stations 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): HAKKI OCAL, Veteran journalist and academic at Istanbul's Ibn Haldun University STORYLINE: While commenting on the U.S. mid-term elections, a Turkish scholar has said that elections have revealed that U.S. democracy is a democracy game in the parliament between two parties with only privileged groups from several industries and the financial world being involved. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish) HAKKI OCAL, Veteran journalist and academic at Istanbul's

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Biden admits not enough votes to codify abortion rights in next Congress

STORY: Biden admits not enough votes to codify abortion rights in next Congress DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Biden speaking at the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President 3. various of exterior of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden admitted on Monday that he did not expect Democrats to have enough votes in the next Congress to codify abortion rights. SOUNDBITE (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President "I don't think there's enough votes to codify, unless something happens unusual in the House. I think we're going to get very close in the House. I think it's going to be very close, but I don't think we're going to make it." The remarks came as control of the U.S. House of Representatives remains uncertain, nearly a week after the 2022 midterm elections across the country. As of Monday afternoon, Republicans have won 212 seats out of all 435 House races this year versus 204 for Democrat

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Money talks -- Voters frustrated by influence of money in U.S. elections

STORY: Money talks -- Voters frustrated by influence of money in U.S. elections DATELINE: Nov. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:12 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. voters voting at polling stations 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAMES GANSKY, Voter in the U.S. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PAUL, Voter in the U.S. 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MICHAEL CROCE, Voter in the U.S. STORYLINE: James Gansky, a resident from Nassau County, New York, cast his ballot in the U.S. midterm elections, hoping his vote could help make a change, as the country faces intense political polarization as well as widespread concerns over issues such as a struggling economy, crime and the future of democracy itself. Yet, he remained doubtful that the voices of ordinary Americans could really be heard by voting in a system complicated by money in politics. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JAMES GANSKY, Voter in the U.S. "Everything from the economy, inflation, immigration, crime, everything, every issue you could possibly th

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U.S.-MIDTERM ELECTIONS-SENATE-MEDIA

(221113) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 9, 2022 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.. Democrats will retain control of the U.S. Senate in the new Congress as some media outlets called the Nevada race on Saturday night. TO GO WITH "Democrats to retain control of U.S. Senate: media" (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-MIDTERM ELECTIONS-SENATE-MEDIA

(221113) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 9, 2022 shows the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.. Democrats will retain control of the U.S. Senate in the new Congress as some media outlets called the Nevada race on Saturday night. TO GO WITH "Democrats to retain control of U.S. Senate: media" (Xinhua/Liu Jie)