US midterm elections 2026 live updates: Democrats take control of Congress in major setback for Trump

Democrats flip seven Senate seats in Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Maine, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina; ‘blue wave’ rejects Trump’s agenda Cindy Hyde Smith, Mississippi’s Republican Senator who is at risk of losing…

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US midterm elections 2026 live updates: Democrats take control of Congress in major setback for Trump

Democrats flip seven Senate seats in Kansas, Iowa, Texas, Maine, Ohio, North Carolina and South Carolina; ‘blue wave’ rejects Trump’s agenda Cindy Hyde Smith, Mississippi’s Republican Senator who is at risk of losing her seat in a seismic upset, may be paying the price for a particularly damaging remark she made to a local news outlet. Questioned on a regional television network about how Mississippians should cope with the rising price of beef, Hyde Smith responded by musing: “you know, you have so many proteins to choose from.”

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