Good morning. In a rebuke to President Trump, the Democrats flipped both the Senate and the House.
The midterms brought the blue wave that Democrats had hoped for and Republicans had feared. Democrats romped across the map as voters lamented high prices. They won right-leaning House districts, red-state governors’ races and Senate seats that haven’t been blue for generations.
It was a dramatic turnaround from just two years ago, when President Trump stormed back to the White House thanks to voter dissatisfaction about, yes, prices. With majorities in both houses of Congress, Republicans have run Washington since 2024. That is over — and it is the beginning of the end of the Trump era
In the House, Democrats have won 228 seats so far, a majority that is expected to widen. The vote count is ongoing, but the party is on track to win the national House popular vote by 13 percentage points, according to our estimates. That would be the largest popular victory in the national congressional vote for either party in 50 years.
Trump ended his public appearance at the White House after about half an hour, during which he focused on renovation projects and appeared to have little interest in discussing the midterms. He did not mention the Republican defeat last night in his remarks until asked by reporters afterward, then defended his campaign strategy. He supported Vice President JD Vance’s social media post that said the Iran War was responsible for their electoral loss, but the president also repeatedly suggested he had no regrets on the war, and would do it all again.
Experts noted on CNBC that a Democratic-controlled Congress will have greater oversight powers, spending control, and committee leadership to challenge and scrutinize the administration's handling of active foreign conflicts, such as the wars in Iran and Ukraine.Conversely, analysis published by foreign policy and defense commentators—such as assessments from Foreign Affairs on November 4, 2026—caution that structural obstacles remain high, noting that foreign leaders like Russia's Vladimir Putin or China's Xi Jinping may not alter their strategic trajectories regardless of U.S. congressional changes.
blue will bring peace and the price down as well, says mutilp new stations
