Democrats win big in midterms as voters reject Trump's allies

Democrats swept key US midterm races, flipping Republican-held seats and securing majorities in both chambers of Congress in a rebuke of Donald Trump's policies. The results gave Democrats authority to challenge the president's agenda. Democrats flipped seven Senate seats, more than two dozen House seats, and expanded their number of governors. Republican incumbents in red areas faced close races, with Democrats winning Senate seats in Kansas, South Carolina, Texas, Iowa, and North Carolina for the first time in decades. Trump, who had urged supporters to vote as if he were on the ballot, dismissed the results, claiming he would have won in a landslide. His handpicked candidates in key races lost, and he said he was "absolutely willing" to accept the midterm outcomes.