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New York Times:
Trump Says in Interview That He Will Accept Election Results  —  In an interview with two Times reporters, President Trump blamed the G.O.P.'s losses on the fact that he was not on the ballot, and said he was willing to work with Democrats.  —  President Trump said on Tuesday night that he was …
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Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Acknowledges Iran War Is Partly to Blame for Republican Losses  —  ‘Iran was a piece of it,’ the president says in a WSJ interview  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump said on Tuesday night that the war in Iran was partially to blame for widespread Republican losses in the midterm elections.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Angry Voters Usher in Beginning of the End to the Trump Era  —  The electoral backlash extended even into deep red states and indicated that President Trump has lost his hold over the coalition that lifted him to the White House twice.  —  President Trump implored voters over the course …
New York Times:
Live Forecast: Senate and House  —  Read how it works ›  —  Chance of winning Senate control … Tracking the closest races in the Senate and House  —  Our election forecast is based on estimates for the outcomes of all Senate and House races.  The tables below show the closest races …
Foreign Affairs:
The Dangers of a Lame-Duck Trump  —  How Far Will He Go to Make Peace—and War?  —  With the midterms over, U.S. President Donald Trump is now a lame duck.  Second-term presidents who lose control of Congress have to face the reality that the time for signature legislation or other domestic policy initiatives has passed.
Alexander Burns / Politico:   Trump's Whole Theory of Power Is in Ruins
The Downballot:
Morning Digest: Democrats sweep nationwide in massive rebuke to Trump
Claudia Grisales / NPR:
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries declares “America is back”
Kelsey Brugger / Politico:   Democrats are about to run the show on Capitol Hill. What will they do with their power?
Reuters:   From Iran to trade: how the US midterms impact the rest of the world
New York Times:   The American People Have Repudiated Trump
Isaac Schorr / New York Post:   Democrats' blue wave may crash into a dead end
The Economist:
The Democrats' extraordinary triumph, explained  —  Six charts show how they came out on top  —  US House elections, vote margin, % points  —  051015 195019601970198019902000201020202026 D+13*  —  Sources:  — Brookings  — New York Times - The Economist
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Don't Read The Mandate Down  —  Winning parties typically overstate their mandates.  That's what Donald Trump and his loyalists did in 2024, when they won the presidency with less than 50 percent of the vote and one of the smallest House majorities in history.  —  The idea is simple: Winning is fun, but governing is the point.
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
How a Blue Wave Became a Red Wipeout  —  Republicans lost control of the House and Senate as voters offered a stinging rebuke to President Trump's agenda.  —  NEWS ANALYSIS  —  Republicans lost control of the House and Senate as voters offered a stinging rebuke to President Trump's agenda.
Nick Judin / Mississippi Free Press:
Democrat Scott Colom Leads Mississippi US Senate Race by 28 Votes Against Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Mississippi's U.S. Senate election between Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democratic challenger Scott Colom …
The Texas Tribune:
Texas Republicans' gerrymander backfires as Democrats gain ground in U.S. House delegation  —  Republicans lost two U.S. House seats they already controlled and flipped only one of their five gerrymander targets.  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!  — YOU'RE WELCOME TO REPUBLISH THIS ARTICLE …
Emily Herbert / Financial Times:
US midterms 2026 live: Senate races in Mississippi and Alaska go down to the wire as Trump blame game erupts
Discussion: HuffPost
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Snatch House and Senate Seats and Overperform All Over the Map
The Washington Sun:
Democrats Win Big: Live Updates on the Aftermath
Discussion: CBS News and Fox News
Allison Pecorin / ABC News:   These key Senate races will determine which party controls the body next year
Associated Press:
A referendum on Trump, election monitors and a Democratic shift: What to watch on Election Day
Washington Examiner:   Trump's hubris and failure get their voter payback
Christian Paz / Vox:
The Christian left is here  —  The Democratic Senate victories in Texas and Kansas …
Discussion: New York Times and RNS
Calder Mchugh / Politico:
Elon Musk suffers major blow in US midterms  —  Plans for buildout of data centers across Texas in doubt after Democrats won a surprise sweep.  —  WASHINGTON — Tech billionaire and Republican megadonor Elon Musk was among the biggest losers of election night, after spending hundreds …
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Politico:
‘AI earthquake’: Democrats eye a Silicon Valley reckoning  —  Democrats' sweep of Congress in Tuesday's midterms puts Silicon Valley squarely in the new majority's sights as they prepare to haul in tech executives for high-profile hearings and set rules for artificial intelligence.
Associated Press:
Billionaire Rick Jackson faces former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor  —  A former Atlanta mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms won Tuesday despite a staggering campaign spending deficit driven by the billionaire Republican businessman Rick Jackson tapping more than $200 million of his own fortune.
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Madalyn Mendoza / Axios:
Gov. Greg Abbott concedes to Gina Hinojosa in stunning Texas upset
Associated Press:
Democrat Gina Hinojosa elected Texas' first Latina governor, ousts Republican incumbent Greg Abbott
Paul Krugman:
It Wasn't (Just) the Economy, Stupid  —  2024 was a blip.  This was America.  —  What happened last night was no ordinary election.  It was a mass affirmation that most Americans still believe in our nation's basic values, and a mass rejection of a movement that wants to destroy everything our nation stands for.
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Our Democracy Was Hanging by a Thread.  Here's the Real Reason It Held.  —  America's First Muslim Senator.  The Senate's First Openly Gay Man.  All the Ways Dems Just Made History.  —  DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE  —  Corruption, Autocracy, Murder: The List of Potential Trump Impeachment Charges Is Long
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Navy admiral fired by Hegseth flips Mace's South Carolina seat  —  Democrat Nancy Lacore, a former Navy Admiral who was fired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, is projected to win in the traditionally red House district in South Carolina against Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ).
Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
Say Goodnight, New Democrats.  It's the Era of the New New Democrats.  —  There are about a thousand takeaways from a historic election like this one, the chief one being the thorough, and thoroughly gratifying, repudiation of you-know-who.  But I'm going to focus on the one that gets …
Discussion: The Washington Sun and NBC News
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Is Watching Fox News, and He Is Not Thrilled  —  On a consequential midterm night, the president offered some harsh criticism of the cable news channel on his social media account.  —  Like millions of his fellow Americans, President Trump tuned into Fox News on Tuesday for the latest updates on the midterm elections.
Discussion: Daily Mail, Mediaite and The Wrap
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Eleanor Klibanoff / The Texas Tribune:
In major upset, Nathan Johnson takes Texas attorney general's office for Democrats  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!  — YOU'RE WELCOME TO REPUBLISH THIS ARTICLE FOR FREE AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW OUR REPUBLISHING GUIDELINES, WHICH INCLUDES USING OUR CANONICAL URL AND PIXEL TRACKER ON YOUR STORY PAGES WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
NBC News:
Maine Senate Results 2026  —  GOP Sen. Susan Collins is running for a sixth term and is the only Republican representing a state President Donald Trump lost in 2024.  Former Senate President Democrat Troy Jackson is her opponent, a staunch progressive replacing former nominee Graham Platner …
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Democrat Troy Jackson Triumphs In Maine As Susan Collins Finally Ousted
 
 
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