Wednesday briefing: What the Democrat midterms victory tells us about Trump’s future as president

Democrats have won control of both chambers of Congress in a sweeping US midterm victory, sharply changing the political landscape for Donald Trump’s second presidency. The results are a major reversal from two years ago, when Republicans controlled Congress alongside a conservative Supreme Court, and could limit Trump’s ability to advance his agenda.

The article says Democrats have at least 53 seats in the 100-member Senate, with further victories expected, and have flipped seats in states including Texas, Ohio and Kansas. It highlights several historic results: Peggy Flanagan becomes the first Native American senator, David Crowley the first Black governor of Wisconsin, and Adam Hamilton the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Kansas in nearly a century. Trump blamed his absence from the ballot for the losses, despite having urged voters to treat the election as a judgement on him.