U.S. midterm elections 2026 LIVE: Trump says 'largely true' Iran war caused election loss

Democrats won full control of the U.S. Congress in a sweeping midterm rout with a landslide of upsets that delivered a crushing rebuke of President Donald Trump and his Republican Party
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