President Donald Trump is reportedly consulting key advisers on whether he should fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid major Republican losses in Tuesday night’s midterm elections.

Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of President Donald Trump, is giving a huge thumbs-up to Vice President JD Vance’s scathing take on why the GOP got crushed in the midterm elections. Vance pointed to the highly unpopular Iran war, started by President Trump, as the reason.

As political strategists delivered their autopsies of the midterm results in lengthy X posts and GOP finger-pointing unfolded with fervor, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, the president’s right-hand-man on construction projects around the city, stood before the crowd and declared Wednesday “a day of celebration” and “a day of gratitude.”

Pedro Sánchez says Americans voted against hate and climate denial as European leaders react to the Democratic Party's 2026 midterm victories.

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Republicans should kick President Donald Trump out of the party.

The party is poised to have strong majorities in Congress for the final two years of President Trump’s term. Follow for live updates.

Congressional Democrats vowed to put the Trump administration on the defensive with subpoenas and hearings, but said the top priority would be what carried them to power: making life more affordable.

The electoral backlash extended even into deep red states and indicated that President Trump has lost his hold over the coalition that lifted him to the White House twice.

After a decade of defining American politics, Trump's coalition shows signs of fraying with blue victories in red precincts.

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