Democrats win narrow U.S. Senate majority in midterms

Democrats have won a narrow majority in the U.S. Senate in the midterm elections, defeating Republicans in several states they had long controlled. The result is a major setback for President Donald Trump's party. According to partial results and projections from the Associated Press and other U.S. media, Democrats gained at least 53 of 100 seats, including two allied independents. They won Senate races in Texas, Kansas, Iowa, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with James Talarico defeating Ken Paxton in Texas for the party's first Senate win there in over 30 years. Trump, who had framed the election as a referendum on his policies, said he would accept the results but denied responsibility, writing on Truth Social, "I wasn't on the ballot."