Democrats flip Congress in midterm rebuke to Trump

Democrats won sweeping victories in the U.S. midterm elections on Wednesday, flipping key Republican-held seats in Congress and securing historic wins in traditionally conservative states, delivering a major rebuke to President Donald Trump. The party was projected to gain control of both chambers of Congress, with wins in battleground states threatening to constrain Trump's legislative agenda. Notable upsets included Texas, where Democrat James Talarico defeated Republican Ken Paxton for a U.S. Senate seat, and Gina Hinojosa unseated Gov. Greg Abbott to become the state's first Latina governor. In other races, Democrat Roy Cooper flipped a North Carolina Senate seat, while Georgia's Jon Ossoff won reelection and Keisha Lance Bottoms became the first Black woman elected governor of a U.S. state. The elections were widely seen as a referendum on Trump's second term, with voter concerns over inflation and the war in Iran shaping outcomes.