Democrats sweep 2026 midterms to take full control of Congress

Democrats flipped seven Republican-held Senate seats and won the House in Tuesday's midterms, taking control of both chambers of Congress for the remainder of Donald Trump's term. NBC projected two hundred fifty-eight House seats for Democrats, a level the party last reached in nineteen ninety-three. Upsets included Roy Cooper in North Carolina, Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, who becomes the first Muslim American US senator, James Talarico defeating Ken Paxton in Texas, Annie Andrews defeating Darline Graham in South Carolina, Troy Jackson ousting Susan Collins in Maine, and Adam Hamilton winning in Kansas. Exit polls showed Trump's approval at thirty-eight percent, a historic low for a midterm, with eighty-nine percent of voters calling cost of living a major factor. Trump congratulated Democrats and said he would accept the results while insisting the outcome was not a rebuke of his presidency; Speaker Mike Johnson said he was disappointed. Democrats take control in January twenty twenty-seven. Also in this briefing: Trump pauses Iran strikes after conceding war damaged midterm chances; Judge throws out charges against ex-FBI officials and rebukes DOJ weaponization; Record cryptocurrency theft strikes Binance in multibillion-dollar breach.

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