Democrats Win Senate, Taking Full Control of Congress Away From Republicans
Democrats flipped enough seats to control both chambers, as voters rebuked Trump over the economy, inflation and the Iran war, exit polls showed.
- On Tuesday, Democrats captured the U.S. Senate majority and neared control of the House of Representatives, delivering a decisive rebuke to President Donald Trump in the 2026 midterm elections.
- Voters nationwide expressed deep frustration with the country's direction, fueled by high living costs, government corruption, and the unpopular war with Iran that drove their rejection of Trump's agenda.
- Texas State Representative James Talarico defeated Attorney General Ken Paxton in Texas, while South Carolina candidate Annie Andrews upset Darline Graham, marking the first Democratic Senate wins in those states in decades.
- President Trump claimed on social media that he "would have won IN A LANDSLIDE" if on the ballot, even as his hand-picked candidates lost across South Carolina, Texas, North Carolina, and Michigan.
- Democratic control of the Senate will profoundly reshape Trump's final two years in office, hampering his legislative agenda and opening the door to aggressive investigations of his administration.
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Democrats Seize Control of Congress in Midterm Elections; President Trump Notes Impact of Iran War and Fuel Prices
Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress […] The post Democrats Seize Control of Congress in Midterm Elections; President Trump Notes Impact of Iran War and Fuel Prices appeared first on The Media Line.
The overwhelming victory of the Democrats, now the majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate, inspired unusually magnanimous comments to the American president.
Democrats retake control of the US Congress in a heavy blow to Trump
The Democratic Party on Tuesday regained control of both the US House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections, winning in Republican strongholds such as Texas, Ohio and Kansas in a heavy blow to President Donald Trump, who will govern for the remaining two years of his term with Congress in opposition hands.
Democrats win House and Senate: Why Donald Trump failed the midterm test
The single biggest backlash against the Trump administration in the midterms stems from the reversal of its campaign promise not to start new wars. The cost of the Iran war has landed squarely on American households
Barack Obama wrote on the social network X: "The American people sent a clear message tonight: they want politics that unite people, not divide them."
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