Democrats are favoured to take the House as US midterms enter their final weekend with Senate control on a knife-edge

With three days to go before Tuesday's vote, polls favour Democrats to take the House and give them a plausible shot at a Senate majority, which would strip Trump of control of both chambers for the first time in his second term. A federal judge has already ordered the Justice Department to stop threatening to prosecute state and local election officials who resist the administration's voting demands. Andrew Neil warns a post-midterm Trump, humiliated but undimmed, will become more reckless and dangerous than ever. Record ad spending of $11.6 billion has flooded the battlegrounds as billionaires on both sides pour in unprecedented sums.
A US district judge ruled just days before the election that the DOJ went too far threatening officials who wouldn't comply with Trump's voter-registration demands.
Elon Musk, who has put $446 million of his own money into the midterms, warns a future Democratic sweep could mean the 'end of democracy' and a permanent one-party state.
Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's campaign told rival Rep. Haley Stevens to stay away from his events just days before he faces Republican Mike Rogers in a race that could decide the Senate.
