Democrats Win Congress in Historic Midterm Rout

Democrats swept to control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections, delivering a sharp rebuke to President Donald Trump and overturning several long-standing Republican strongholds. The party won Senate seats in Kansas, Texas, and South Carolina for the first time in decades, and secured more than two dozen House districts. This marks only the fourth time since World War II that both chambers have changed hands in the same midterm election. Trump, who had framed the election as a referendum on his leadership, appeared to distance himself from the defeat, claiming he would have won in a landslide if he had been on the ballot. Vice President JD Vance attributed the losses to the war with Iran and rising fuel prices.