Donald Trump was dealt an election nightmare on Tuesday as Democrats took control of the Senate and House of Representatives in a crushing blow.
Nov 4, 2026
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The Democrats have taken control of Congress and the Senate
Democrat Troy Jackson defeated longtime Republican Senator Susan Collins, unseating the five-term incumbent who has represented Maine since 1997.
Although he was not on the ballot, the elections were effectively a nationwide referendum on Trump.
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, a strong ally of JD Vance, has lost the race for Ohio governor to Democrat Amy Acton, handing Democrats a state Trump carried by about 11 points two years ago.
A court has heard entries from Frances Crawford's notebook in which she weighed up the pros and cons of her marriage, as her husband stands trial accused of strangling her to death.
Voters across America seemed to repudiate Elon Musk's efforts to elect Republicans even though he poured more than $445 million into conservative candidate's campaigns.
The President made his final TV appearances on the network before the election but began posting to his Truth Social account angrily about the network's coverage.
President Donald Trump claimed Republicans would have swept the midterm elections if he had been on the ballot, as the GOP faces a crushing Democrat 'blue tsunami.'
Donald Trump has denied that he is to blame for the midterm election bloodbath, instead suggesting the results are down to poor candidates.