Local authorities in Pennsylvania's Luzerne County ordered to stay open two additional hours after reports detailed that voting machines were running out of paper

🚨 Republicans clinch Senate wins in South Carolina, Indiana as Dems make gains in Vermont - US media

Kentucky's Republican Sen. Rand Paul projected to win reelection bid

🤔Twitter CEO Musk's Pro-GOP Tweet Balances Years-Long Bromance Between Big Tech and Dems

▪️On Monday, Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk endorsed the GOP for the midterm election and urged American netizens to vote Republican.

💬"Shared power curbs the worst excesses of both parties, therefore I recommend voting for a Republican Congress, given that the Presidency is Democratic," tweeted Musk, advocating a power balancing. He even pinned the tweet to the top of his user profile. Earlier, in May, the billionaire announced his plans to cast his ballot for GOP lawmakers.

▪️The US left-leaning mainstream press immediately accused Musk of being irresponsible, demonstrating political bias and influencing his 100 million-plus followers. Still, there is nothing new under the sun: previously, Silicon Valley giants routinely came under criticism from the GOP for silencing conservative voices, tagging and labeling the Republican president's tweets.

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‼️With 50% of votes counted, Republicans Rubio & DeSantis take lead in Florida races - media

Republicans Sen. Marco Rubio and Gov. Ron DeSantis projected winners in Florida

🗳️ Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who served under the Trump administration, has won her bid in Arkansas' gubernatorial race

🇮🇳 An Indian-born software engineer and former Twitter executive Sriram Krishnan tweeted that he was "helping out Mr. Musk temporarily with some other great people".

▪️ Elon Musk has reportedly put together a small team of his friends and confidants to implement his vision for Twitter. Sriram Krishnan appears to also be included in this team. It is difficult to say how close his ties with Musk are at this point, though reports have described him as a part of Musk's "inner circle".

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🚨🚨Vermont slated to pass state-level measures to protect abortion, ban slavery

‼️Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott projected to win reelection - US media

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott won reelection over his Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke, US media projected.

With 38% of votes in, Abbott won 51.6% of the votes while O'Rourke had 47.3% of the votes.

⚡⚡ US judge rejects Republican effort to extend poll hours and delay the release of early ballot numbers for Arizona's Maricopa County.

Republicans earlier filed a lawsuit claiming voters had been denied their chance to vote after tabulation machine issues were reported at 60 polling stations. The suit alleged voters had been encouraged to scrap their ballot by election officials.

🗳 Democrat Rep. Ocasio-Cortez projected to win reelection in New York - US Media

😮 Britain’s Royal Military Police have launched a probe into at least three soldiers from the Army Air Corps (AAC) for posting racist memes, including one of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, in a WhatsApp group.

▪️ According to a UK news outlet, apart from the mocked-up photo of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding day, other doctored images showed the head of a black man on that of the Archbishop of Canterbury and a black man’s forearm bearing the denoscription “truck drivers’ suntan competition winner”.

▪️ The outlet cited an unnamed military source as saying that “the pictures and captions being shared in the [WhatsApp] group were moronic. They don’t realize how offensive this sort of material is to black troops.”

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‼️US state of Maryland has voted in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana use

Effective July 1, 2023, Marylanders aged at least 21 will be allowed to possess up to 1.5 grams of the drug. The legal changes will also set the stage for expunging past convictions, as well as re-sentencing for imprisoned offenders.

Incumbent Muriel Bowser wins Washington, DC mayoral race third time in row

Bowser received about 76% of the votes and beat Libertarian party candidate Dennis Sobin, Republican party candidate Stacia Hall and independent Rodney Grant.

Bowser became the first person in more than 30 years to be elected mayor of Washington, DC three terms in a row.

🚨Democrat Michael Bennet projected to win US Senate race in Colorado - US media

‼️New York Democrat Attorney General Letitia James projected to win reelection - US media

🗳Republican Eric Schmitt to win Missouri Senate race - US media

📹WATCH: Mobilized Russian troops practice assaulting enemy positions (video courtesy of Russia’s MoD)

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✅ Republican Brian Kemp projected to defeat Democrat Stacey Abrams in race for Georgia governor - US media

✅ Republican J.D. Vance wins Senate race in Ohio - US media

🗳 Democrat Kathy Hochul wins race for New York governor - US media