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Criticism of US-Israel war on Iran seen as huge factor in Democrats’ sweeping victory. Plus, a spiky customer steps into a North Carolina bagel storeGood morning.Donald Trump has <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/trump-election-interference-midterm-results" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">accepted the results of the US midterm elections</a> as the system held up against attempts at election interference. His administration had waged an aggressive effort to sow doubt about the results in advance, but the worst fears have not been realized. “It was essentially too big to rig,” an unnamed Trump adviser told CNN, after Democrats swept into power across the nation on a “blue wave”. Trump made a public appearance the day after the seismic results – chiefly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/trump-ballroom-midterms-reaction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">to talk about his new White House ballroom plans</a>.Follow <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/nov/05/midterm-elections-live-latest-updates-mississippi-senate-race" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">our continued live coverage</a> of the election results and find <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-midterm-elections-2026" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">our full midterms coverage here</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/05/first-thing-trump-accepts-midterm-election-results" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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