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President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Featured Midterm elections
Midterm elections • November 6, 2026

Trump and Netanyahu’s Iran War Backfires at the Ballot Box

Call it karma, as critics do, but Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched a war meant to bring down Iran’s government, and in the last two weeks voters in both countries have taken away the political room they had to keep fighting it. “The Iran war caused Republicans to lose Midterm after Democrats took both […]

By Arsha Suvithlal 5 min read
President Donald Trump at a campaign on Nov. 1, 2026, in Dubuque, Iowa
Midterm elections

Democrats Flip Congress as Trump Faces Investigations, Tariff Challenges and Political Pushback

Democrats took over both Houses of Congress on November 5 in the midterm elections, giving President Donald Trump’s Republicans reason to worry, as poll projections had indicated, for the first time in 20 years, opposition controls both Houses of Congress under a Republican president. In the House of Representatives, Democrats won more than 218 seats […]

By Arsha Suvithlal • 5 min read

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