Overview
- Voters handed Democrats majorities in the House and Senate after the midterm election on Tuesday, delivering control of committee chairs and subpoena authority.
- Party leaders say they will use committees to investigate the administration’s handling of the Iran war, immigration enforcement and federal spending.
- Affordability—rising prices for gas, groceries and medical care—was a dominant campaign theme that analysts and exit polling tie to Democratic gains in once‑Republican areas.
- President Donald Trump blamed not being on the ballot for GOP losses, vowed a political comeback, and named Stephen Miller as his incoming White House chief of staff.
- Republicans are facing internal recriminations over strategy and candidate selection, and the split coverage ranges from calls for party renewal to warnings that oversight and stalled legislation could shape policy and markets next year.