Democrats secured decisive victories in traditionally conservative strongholds, including winning Senate races in South Carolina and Texas, alongside unseating three-term Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Voters in Kansas also elected the state's first Democratic senator since the Great Depression. While Trump offered congratulations and expressed conditional willingness to collaborate on immigration, he vowed to veto any legislation he considers insane and publicly dismissed the war as a factor in the losses.
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The incoming Democratic majority plans to launch extensive oversight investigations into…: The incoming Democratic majority plans to launch extensive oversight investigations into Trump, his family, and his allies.
Vice President JD Vance attributed the sweeping midterm defeats to the unpopular ongoing…: Vice President JD Vance attributed the sweeping midterm defeats to the unpopular ongoing war with Iran.
Divided government will confront Donald Trump for the first time during his second presid…: Divided government will confront Donald Trump for the first time during his second presidential term starting in January.
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Washington: Democrats seized control of both the US Senate and House of Representatives, scoring sweeping victories in Republican strongholds for the first time in generations as voters delivered a scathing rebuke to President Donald Trump.
Conservative bastions that had propelled the president to his second term just two years ago swung dramatically toward Democrats, fuelled by deep frustration over an unpopular war with Iran, anxiety over high cost of living and anger at Trump’s stewardship.
It will be the first time that Trump, a Republican who also held the White House during 2017-21, will have to contend with a Democrats-controlled Congress. In the past two years, the US Congress has rarely reined in Trump. The President, predictably, deflected all blame.
“Congratulations to the Democrats. They did a good job. They’ve been looking for this one for 11 years, and they finally got it,” he said.
“But I don’t view it as a hit on me. I wasn’t on the ballot.” Despite worries that he might seek to overturn the results, the President accepted the outcome, and said he would work…
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