*Trump Says He’ll Accept Results, Work With Democrats
UNITED States (US) Democrats have retaken control of the House on Wednesday, November 4, after flipping the Senate, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican control of governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump.
Democrats charted an extraordinary path to Senate victory through some of the most conservative states in the nation.
For Trump, his party’s resounding midterm losses pave the way for investigations and potential impeachments that will put the Republican President on the defensive in his final two years in office.
The results shift the center of gravity closer to Capitol Hill, where Democrats will be angling to check Trump’s power after two years of acquiescence from congressional Republicans.
Democrats have won control of Congress in Tuesday’s 2026 midterm elections in a widespread repudiation of Trump and the Republican party, a drubbing that reached deep into reliable GOP territory.
While Trump urged voters to pretend he was on the ballot, most appear to blame his administration for high costs and want Congress to impose more checks on him, according to The AP Voter Poll.
Trump tried to shift the blame away from himself during a Fox News interview that aired early Wednesday, saying Democrats “did a good job” in their campaigns and blaming GOP candidates for losses.
Georgia Senator, Jon Ossoff, was reelected Tuesday to a second term, holding a key seat for Democrats by defeating Republican Rep. Mike Collins in a race that catapulted the Senate’s youngest member to the forefront of his party’s national stars as it looks to stymie Trump in his final White House years.
Ossoff addressed supporters Tuesday night and reiterated his key talking points that the Trump administration is corrupt and that everyday Americans were falling behind.
“The American people have rebuked the depravity, corruption and incompetence of the failed lame duck President Donald J. Trump.
“Together, we’ve affirmed that our task is not just to contain one president’s wickedness, but to heal the brokenness beneath,” he said.
“Democracy is back in the United States,” said Democratic Congressman Brad Sherman, reelected in the 32nd District of California, in reaction to the news that the Democrats have flipped the US Senate.
In conversation with FRANCE 24’s Wassim Cornet, the congressman nonetheless acknowledged a tough road ahead.
The US midterm vote ushered in a wave of historic leadership firsts across the country on Tuesday, electoral milestones on a night that saw voters issue a sharp rejection of Trump’s second term.
The first Black female governor, the first openly gay male senator and the first female Native American governor all won groundbreaking elections in the vote that racked up resounding wins for Democrats.
A high-profile Democratic defection shook Michigan’s Senate race as Representative Haley Stevens threw her support behind Republican
candidate, Mike Rogers, rather than backing her party’s candidate, Abdul Al-Sayed, who beat her in the primary race.
Trump chose the backdrop of Washington’s Reflecting Pool, a landmark whose botched renovation symbolised the 80-year-old’s chaotic second term, to try and rally Republicans against a predicted Democratic win in the midterms.
The Supreme Court on the eve of the election, rejected a push for California to set aside 20,000 mail ballots from people Trump’s administration claims are not citizens.
Meanwhile, Trump said he was s “absolutely willing” to accept the outcome of the elections and was prepared to work with Democrats as they take control of both chambers of Congress.
Trump, speaking on Tuesday night during a phone interview with The New York Times, as he watched election results at the White House, said: “We’ll, you know, look forward to working with them.
“We’ll probably work something out.”
He attributed the Republican party’s losses to his absence from the ballot, saying his presence in the election could have made a difference.
He stressed that he had no regrets about endorsing Republican candidates, including Senator Darline Graham of South Carolina and Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, who both lost their Senate bids.
