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A jubilant crowd reacts to the announcement, marking what could become a historic breakthrough for Democrats in a state long dominated by Republicans. If confirmed, Talarico’s victory would make him the first Democrat elected to the US Senate from Texas since 1988, ending nearly four decades without a Senate election win for the party in the conservative stronghold. The atmosphere at the election-night gathering was one of excitement as supporters welcomed the projected result. “Up and down the ballot Texas is turning blue, and it’s about damn time,” one supporter declared, expressing hopes of a wider shift in the state’s…
The Democrats have won the Senate and the House, taking control of Congress for the rest of Donald Trump’s presidency. On this special episode of Westminster Insider, Patrick Baker is joined from Washington D.C. by our Global Politics Bureau Chief Jack Blanchard to unpack the election results and to explore what they could mean for Britain and its European allies.
US President Donald Trump has acknowledged that rising petrol prices linked to the war in Iran played a role in his Republican Party’s defeat in the midterm elections. In a phone interview with Fox News, Trump argued that voters broadly supported his actions against Iran but were unwilling to bear the short-term financial consequences of the conflict. “I don’t think it’s the war. I think it’s a gasoline price. People agree with what I’m doing on Iran, but they really probably weren’t willing to do the short-term consequence of paying more for gasoline,” he said. Trump described the higher fuel…
Donald Trump has suffered one of the worst defeats of his political career, after Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress to the Democrats in a vote that turned into a verdict on his presidency. By 07:40 CET, Democrats had gained 25 seats in the House of Representatives, taking them to 220, two more than the 218 needed for a majority. In the Senate, they took seven seats from the Republicans, including in Texas, Ohio, Kansas and Maine. High prices weighed heavily on voters. About two-thirds said in an election-day survey that Trump’s tariffs had hurt the economy. The…
Overnight, the Democratic party has won the U.S. Senate and made decisive gains in the House. But this might not necessarily be good news for Europe. On this special episode, Zoya Sheftalovich is joined by Sarah Wheaton in Brussels and our Global Politics Bureau Chief Jack Blanchard, who is ringing in from Washington. Jack will give us a picture of election night and the “generational changing of the guard” as he describes it, which has seen big wins for Democrats across the country. But could this blue wave actually mean Donald Trump — more curtailed at home — turns his…
Democrat James Talarico flipped a US Senate seat in Texas on Tuesday, defeating Republican Ken Paxton to pull off the party’s first statewide victory in more than 30 years. A large crowd erupted in cheers at Talarico’s watch party in downtown Austin after the race was called. The 37-year-old former schoolteacher and Presbyterian seminarian campaigned on a message of “politics of love”, challenging Republican dominance in one of America’s most conservative states. Texas has not elected a Democratic senator since 1988. In his victory speech in Austin, Talarico portrayed the campaign as a battle against powerful political and financial interests,…
Shares fell on Wednesday as markets worldwide followed the results of the US midterm elections. By early morning in Europe, Democrats had won control of the Senate, according to the Associated Press, and were on course to take the House of Representatives, in a major setback for President Donald Trump and his Republican Party, which has controlled both chambers of Congress during the first two years of his second term. Voters’ concerns about the cost of living, including high petrol and diesel prices, helped drive the Democratic gains. Opposition to data centres also featured in some campaigns, including Ohio’s Senate…
Published on 4 November 2026 – 7:00 GMT+1 Winter city breaks in Europe come with plenty of traditional favourites: Christmas markets, festive food and evenings spent exploring brightly decorated streets. But for active travellers keen to get moving between sightseeing stops, outdoor ice rinks offer another way to experience a destination. Across the continent every winter a host of grand courtyards, public squares and leafy parks become skating spots. Some sit beneath castle towers or beside landmark museums, while others form part of festive markets and winter wonderlands, with hot drinks and something sweet to enjoy when not on the…
Bei den Midterms in den USA erobern die Demokraten das Repräsentantenhaus und auch ein Sieg im Senat ist wahrscheinlich. Donald Trump poltert bereits. Helge Fuhst, Vorsitzender der Chefredaktionen von POLITICO, Welt und Business Insider, berichtet direkt aus Washington über den Wahlschock für die Republikaner, die Auswirkungen in der Innen- und Außenpolitik und wie es jetzt mit Blick auf die Präsidentschaftswahl in zwei Jahren weitergeht. Wenn Hacker nicht mehr auf Kraftwerke zielen, sondern Supermarkt-Kühlsysteme auf 50 Grad erhitzen, wird Cybersicherheit zum direkten Alltagsproblem. Tonnenweise verdorbene Lebensmittel in ganz Europa werfen eine drängende Frage auf: Stecken russische Akteure hinter dieser neuen Form…
The supermarket hacks could fit a pattern of collaboration between state services and the criminal underworld that has long been observed in Russia. “As geopolitical tensions rise, I expect more of them to either collaborate with criminal groups or masquerade as criminals themselves, using ransomware and extortion as cover for state objectives,” said Joseph Rooke, a senior director at cyber intelligence firm Recorded Future. There were numerous plausible explanations for the first round of fridge attacks in France — ranging from bored teenagers to a disgruntled former employee. But those attacks highlighted to adversarial foreign nations just how easy it…