November 4, 2026 at 6:12 AM EST
Trump just got hooked by the very monster he created --and it cost the GOP everything

The great sleeping giant of America has awakened, taken a hard look at what's become of the nation, and roared a thunderous "NO!" What occurred yesterday was not -- as some are saying -- the inevitable mid-term swing of the pendulum against the party in power. Texas hasn't elected a Democratic senator since 1988. The last time Kansas elected a Democratic senator was 1932.

November 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM EST
Michigan Senate seat calld for Democrat El-Sayed

The Michigan U.S. Senate race was always going to be a toss-up after primary voters elected Abdul El-Sayed. Longtime moderate Republican, former Rep. Mike Rogers (R) sought the seat with little opposition from other Republicans. In the early hours of Wednesday, NBC News changed its prediction to say it's leaning toward an El-Sayed win, with 75 percent confidence. Much of the outstanding vote appears to be in heavily Democratic Wayne County, home to Detroit and Dearborn. The Decision Desk HQ called it for El-Sayed a little after 1 a.m. El-Sayed declared victory before 2 a.m. and Rogers sent his supporters home. At 2:27 a.m. NBC News called it for El-Sayed.

November 4, 2026 at 12:15 AM EST
Susan Collins concedes Maine Senate race to Troy Jackson

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has officially conceded the race in the race against Democrat Troy Jackson. Collins struggled to recover from a horrific debate performance in early October that raised questions about whether she was capable of understanding the plight of Americans suffering in President Donald Trump's economy. Collins touted her chief accomplishment in the affordability fight: lowering tariffs on road salt.

November 3, 2026 at 11:58 PM EST
Trump admin reject Scott Jennings forced to admit president is the problem

CNN correspondent Scott Jennings, who is well known for supporting President Donald Trump, admitted on Tuesday night that the Republican Party's poor performance in the 2026 midterm elections proves the GOP leader is the problem. "I'm so happy," liberal-leaning correspondent Van Jones said as Democrats won key races from South Carolina to Georgia to Texas. "This is like Christmas and a birthday and the Easter bunny and Halloween. This is the repudiation of Trumpism that people have been hoping for: seeing American democracy stand up. Sometimes you have kleptocratic rulers that get in power and they ensconce themselves for decades. In America, 24 months later: knock it off, you don't want it."

November 3, 2026 at 11:38 PM EST
Trump accepts the results of 2026 midterms despite vowing to contest them

Despite previously vowing to contest the results of the 2026 midterm elections unless Republicans won them, a new report reveals that President Donald Trump is willing to accept the Democrats' massive victories on Tuesday night, from South Carolina to Texas. "President Trump said Tuesday night that he would accept the results of the midterm elections and was prepared to work with Democrats," reported The New York Times' Erica L. Green and Tyler Pager on Tuesday. --I am absolutely willing to accept those results," he said in an interview with The New York Times. He added: "We'll work with the Democrats, and we'll, you know, look forward to working with them. We'll probably work something out.""

November 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM EST
The first item on the Dems hit list for the Trump admin

Oversight is coming for the Trump administration. That's been the message of congressional Democrats throughout the closing days of the 2026 midterm campaign. Now that the party's candidates have reportedly won control of the House of Representatives, that campaign promise is likely to be carried out. Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin told The New York Times in late October that among the potential oversight targets were pardons granted by President Donald Trump, possible corruption in government contracting and the Trump family's cryptocurrency deals.

November 3, 2026 at 11:28 PM EST
Democrats projected to take the US Senate

As of Tuesday evening, Democrats appear to have taken back the U.S. Senate after Republicans lost in South Carolina, Texas, Kansas and Iowa. It was the blue tsunami that Democrats had hoped to see on Election Night. The Senate map was far less settled going into Election Day than it was in the House, but Democrats came in with a credible path to control. At a minimum, there was a high likelihood that Democrats could make substantial gains, even in red states. Democrats needed a net gain of four Republican-held seats because a 50-50 chamber would leave Republican Vice President JD Vance with the tie-breaking vote.

November 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM EST
Inner circle blames midterm bloodbath on secret 'Iran War' plan

President Donald Trump has long angered his own Republican Party over the Iran War, from keeping his supposed victory plan secret to promising victory so often that it often is not believed. Now a new report reveals that, in light of Republicans' massive midterm election losses, Trump and his inner circle are blaming the war for the president's predicament. "People close to President Trump are blaming the Iran war for widespread Republican losses on Tuesday night," Wall Street Journal national security reporter Alex Ward posted on X on Tuesday. "Some WH officials and GOP allies said the midterm elections would have looked very diff if the war wrapped up months ago. Fingerpointing inside admin has begun."

November 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM EST
Millions are walking away from church --and it's not for the reason you think

The separation of church and state is the principle that government and religious institutions should remain independent of one another. However, a new analysis from Deseret News unpacks the intersectionality of politics and religion, suggesting that religion is becoming increasingly intertwined with politics, resulting in Americans distancing themselves from organized religion. If people are turning away from their faith because they increasingly associate religion with political agendas, it raises a larger question about the future of church and state in America: Is the growing politicization of religion threatening the very principle designed to keep government and religious institutions separate?

November 3, 2026 at 5:13 PM EST
Fox host has bad news for GOP: Voters 'don't believe' Trump's threats

On Tuesday, during a discussion of President Donald Trump's next moves regarding his war on Iran, a Fox News panelist explained why he believes the administration has shifted its rationale for continuing the conflict. According to the guest , Americans either "don't believe" Trump's previous claims that his goal is to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, or they "don't care." This assertion follows comments Trump made regarding the war earlier in the morning, when he called into Fox & Friends to ramble about a number of topics, including the " shocking " announcement that he planned on cutting funding to Israel at the end of the year. During the call, Trump asserted, "Iran had the threat of a nuclear weapon. Iran is the number-one state sponsor of terror in the world. They are the meanest. They're very tough. I see why the Middle East was afraid of them. They're very tough, but they've been decapitated." This implied that he has moved on from his persistent claims that Iran was still a nuclear threat, and other comments made it clear that his focus is now on reopening the oil supply lines.

November 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM EST
White House insider braces for tantrums and revenge from 'narcissist' Trump

A former Donald Trump lawyer says the 80-year-old's narcissism will not allow him to see a public rebuke Tuesday night as anything other than personal, and he will likely rage against it in the wee hours and remain hateful for ages if the vote does not go his way. "Does anybody really know how he's going to react as the night goes on?" asked CNN anchor Erin Burnett, noting that while Trump projects confidence in how the midterms pan out Tuesday night on right-wing podcasts, the station was "hearing privately" that his confidence is shaking. "Is everyone around him basically sitting on pins and needles going, 'what's he going to do?'"

November 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM EST
A local GOP elections official no-shows on Election Day

New York Republicans have been in a bind throughout the 2026 midterm elections. During the campaign itself, their candidates were in the awkward predicament of needing to distance themselves from their own party's leader, President Donald Trump, because he is wildly unpopular in their state. Now reports indicate that voting machines are not working on Election Day -- and a top Republican election official in the county in question is a no show.