Crosswire — November 05, 2026
Daily Briefing: 5 November 2026
GEOPOLITICS
US Midterms: Democrats Take Both Chambers. Trump Is Now a Lame Duck With a Veto.
What happened:
Democrats won the House and the Senate. The House was called around 22:00 EST Tuesday, and final margins are still being counted.
Senate flips: North Carolina (Roy Cooper), Texas, Iowa, Ohio, Maine, South Carolina and Kansas.
Kansas elected its first Democratic senator since 1932.
South Carolina was a genuine upset, since polls had it leaning Republican.
Senate holds and open races: Democrats kept Michigan. Alaska is a toss-up, and Mississippi is…
The skinny
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