US voters rebuke Trump as Democrats win control of Congress in ‘blue wave’
President’s party stripped of control after he spent weeks pleading with Americans to pretend he was on ballot US midterm elections – live updates Track live results from all 50 states Tell us: what do you want to know about the midterm election results? Donald Trump has been dealt a devastating blow to his authority in a night of crushing defeats in the midterm elections, which saw his Republican party stripped of control of the Senate and the House as his handpicked “Maga” candidates were swept away by a blue tsunami. The president spent weeks ahead of the election pleading with the American people to pretend he was on the ballot. He may now rue that tactic: the American people took him at his word, and delivered him a bloody nose of historic proportions, flinging his presidency into lame duck status. Continue reading...
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