Democrats take the US House in midterms as a Senate win looks likely

Summary

POLITICO's Berlin Playbook podcast reports that Democrats are winning control of the US House of Representatives in the midterm elections, and that a Senate victory is also likely. Donald Trump is already lashing out at the result. Helge Fuhst, chair of the editorial leadership of POLITICO, Welt and Business Insider, reports from Washington on the election shock for Republicans and its effects on domestic and foreign policy. The source is a podcast page with a short excerpt, so further details are not available from it.

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1. POLITICO

   4 Nov 2026, 05:25 UTCSource ↗

   POLITICO reports that Democrats are taking the US House of Representatives in the midterms, that a Senate win is likely, and that Donald Trump is already complaining about the result.