Wednesday briefing: What the Democrat midterms victory tells us about Trump’s future as president
In today’s newsletter: A thumping night for the Democrats has seen the party take control of Congress, altering the course of Trump’s second presidencyGood morning. While you were sleeping, a political earthquake hit the United States and it’s still…
Xavier Becerra wins California race for governor with vows to resist Trump’s agenda
Son of Mexican immigrants will become state’s first Latino governor since 1875 after victory over ex-Fox News host Steve HiltonUS midterm elections – live updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesXavier Becerra, the Democratic former health and human…
James Talarico wins Senate race in Texas, securing historic victory – video
Democrat James Talarico has won the US Senate race in Texas, securing an astonishing and historic victory. Talarico, a state representative, beat the scandal-plagued attorney general Ken Paxton in the most expensive race of this midterms cycle. He is…
‘Democrats need to not blow it’: our panel reacts to the historic midterms | Panel
Democrats should take the right lessons from their great night – but will they?Trump has been a disaster for our country. His economic plans are incoherent, the Iran war is making inflation worse, and his complicity with Israel’s crimes in Gaza and other…
Democrats retake House in ‘blue wave’ amid Trump’s historic unpopularity
String of wins sees party pass 218 threshold needed to win majority, as American anger mounts over cost of livingUS midterm elections – live updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesThe Democrats have retaken control of the US House of Representatives…
Ohio Republican Max Miller ousted from Congress amid domestic abuse allegations
Despite Trump backing Miller, whom a House committee is investigating, Democrat Brian Poindexter will head to CongressMax Miller was ousted from Congress amid domestic abuse allegations surrounding his divorce to Emily Moreno, the daughter Bernie Moreno,…
Red and blue America have united in their hatred for Donald Trump | Ben Davis
This election represents a wholesale rejection of Trump and the Republican party, by every single segment of American societyIn a few years, there’s a good chance we look at Tuesday night as the death knell of Trumpism and the Maga movement. He has…
Democrat Troy Jackson defeats Susan Collins to win Maine US Senate seat in blow to Republicans
Democratic nominee toppled the five-term Republican incumbent in one of the most hard-fought midterm contestsUS midterm elections – live updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesTell us: what do you want to know about the midterm election results?The…
The death knell of Trumpism has finally sounded | Moira Donegan
The electorate voted decisively to curb the president’s powerThere’s a certain freedom in low expectations. Going in to Tuesday’s midterm elections, forecasts were so grim for the Republicans that poll watchers started trading a kind of knowing joke:…
Top Democrat tells Trump and Republicans to ‘lawyer up’ after US midterm defeats
Robert Garcia, set to become oversight chair, vows to take on president while Senator Ron Wyden signals ‘subpoenas’ US midterm elections – live updatesTrack live results from all 50 statesTell us: what do you want to know about the midterm election…