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A historic blue wave swept over the country Tuesday night as voters elected Democrats to national, s...
A historic blue wave swept over the country Tuesday night as voters elected Democrats to national, statewide and local offices, delivering a stunning rebuke to President Trump and his party.
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Midterm voters rebuke Trump, handing Democrats both chambers of Congress
Voters delivered a sweeping rebuke of President Trump and his party in the midterms, handing Democrats major victories and dramatically reshaping the balance of power in Washington. Trump now enters a lame duck phase of his second term, promising both to use his veto power, and also to work across the aisle as he faces the largest Democratic majorities in decades. Liz Landers reports.
Breaking down the Democrats' big majorities after the blue wave
The results of the midterms have set up a two-year power struggle between Trump's White House and the incoming Democratic Congress. Lisa Desjardins takes a look at the races and the potential size of the incoming Democratic majority.
Several Republican candidates and leaders responded to the party’s sweeping losses in the midterm el...
Several Republican candidates and leaders responded to the party’s sweeping losses in the midterm elections on Tuesday. While President Trump attributed the defeat to the fact that he was not on the ballot, others in his party dismissed his explanation and pinned blame on him. trib.al/puvc34l
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Trump Confronts a New Role: A Lame Duck Facing a Hostile Congress
After a decade at the center of American politics, President Trump is politically wounded, with diminished power. Those who know him say the next two years will be unpredictable.
Trump Emerges After the Midterms: ‘Did You Guys See the Helipad?’
His party just suffered a drubbing unseen in decades. But the president, leading a tour of his ballroom project, was placid and eager to wax on about construction instead.
Susan Collins Finally Falls to an Election Foe: Donald Trump
The Maine Republican survived tough cycles in the past even as the political ground shifted underneath her. But the anti-Trump fever in her state doomed her this time.
What was really behind Wednesday's monster rally? Trump quickly making peace
The stock market skyrocketed after a decisive sweep for Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections, a move that Trump's reaction added to.
Trump-backed redistricting sought a midterm edge for Republicans. It didn't work
Republicans lost most of the Democratic-held seats they had targeted to flip, lost others they had banked on retaining and got swept out of power by a Democratic surge fueled by voter dissatisfaction with Trump, the economy and the war with Iran.
