US midterm election results LIVE: Trump says he’s ‘not at all’ concerned about impeachment as Democrats sweep Congress

US midterm election results LIVE: US President Donald Trump said he was “not even a little bit” concerned about impeachment as Democrats took control of Congress in a sweeping victory.

“Not even a little bit. I think it would destroy the Democrat Party if they did that… For what? Having a successful country?” he told reporters.

US midterm election results LIVE: Democrat Marni von Wilpert won election Wednesday to the US House of Representatives representing California’s 48th Congressional District, defeating Republican Jim Desmond, AP reported.

US midterm election results LIVE: Ahead of US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, scheduled to take place in two weeks and marking their third summit of the year, officials in Beijing described the elections as a US “domestic affair” during a regular briefing, while expressing confidence in advancing the “understandings reached by the two heads of state.”

China will “expand cooperation, and build a China-US relationship based on mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation,” Mao Ning, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said.

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US midterm election results LIVE: Texas Senator Ted Cruz called the sweeping Democratic victories across the US a “blue tsunami” and delivered a scathing assessment of his party’s historic losses, including in his home state, where Republicans were ousted from nearly every major office.

“2026 was not simply a blue wave. It was a blue tsunami. It was an a– kicking,” Cruz said on an episode of his podcast, Verdict with Ted Cruz, released Wednesday. “It was not simply a bad 2006 midterm election. It was a Watergate-level repudiation.”

The assessment came after Democrats ended more than three decades of Republican dominance in a state that had long seemed beyond their reach. James Talarico won a US Senate seat against scandal-plagued Republican nominee Ken Paxton and Gina Hinojosa ousted three-term Governor Greg Abbott. Democrat Vikki Goodwin defeated Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, while Democrat Nathan Johnson won the attorney general’s race.

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US midterm election results LIVE: Oil steadied after tumbling more than 8% in the previous session as investors bet that a Democratic sweep in the US midterm elections could accelerate efforts to end the war in the Middle East.

West Texas Intermediate traded near $88 a barrel after posting the biggest loss since May on Wednesday. Brent closed near $95. Vice President JD Vance said voter frustration over the war and the US-Israel relationship doomed Republicans in the elections. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, pledged to end the conflict, now in its ninth month.

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US midterm election results LIVE: In a statement released Wednesday, the White House highlighted what it described as the “promises” the Trump administration has fulfilled for Americans, as the president and his allies work to respond to the Republicans’ major electoral setback.

The administration cited 127 policy measures implemented during Trump’s second term, including border security measures, large-scale deportation operations and tax cuts.

“Every time the Radical Left, the Fake News, and the professional panic class have written President Trump’s obituary, they have been wrong. They will be wrong again,” the release stated.

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US midterm election results LIVE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed hope on Wednesday that Democratic gains in the US midterm elections could translate into greater American assistance for Kyiv as it continues its war with Russia, now in its fourth year.

In an interview with Germany’s ZDF television, Zelensky said a possible shift in political control, with Democrats taking charge of both chambers of Congress next year, could work in Ukraine’s favour.

“I am also grateful to the Republicans, but the Democrats speak very clearly about supporting Ukraine and providing assistance to Ukraine,” Zelensky said in comments provided in German by ZDF before the interview was broadcast.

He also pointed to the importance of maintaining strong ties between Washington and its European partners, expressing optimism that a shift in the political balance could bring additional support for Kyiv.

“They speak about renewing the connection between the United States and Europe… Therefore, there is hope that a balance of power will emerge and that we will receive more support.”

Zelensky further suggested that increased American assistance could strengthen Ukraine’s position and have a direct impact on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

US midterm election results LIVE: US stock markets rallied sharply on Wednesday after Republicans lost their hold over both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections.

Historically, stocks have tended to perform well in the months following midterm elections, regardless of the outcome.

The S&P 500 climbed 1.6%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged by more than 1,500 points. The Nasdaq Composite also advanced 1.4%. Meanwhile, Brent crude prices fell below $95 a barrel, hitting their lowest level in two months.

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US midterm election results LIVE: President Donald Trump said he believes he can work with Democratic majorities in the next Congress on “many more things than people understand,” speaking to CNBC.

During a brief phone conversation with CNBC’s Eamon Javers, Trump expressed confidence about the remaining two years of his presidency, despite Democrats securing a major victory in the midterm elections and taking control of both chambers of Congress from Republicans.

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US midterm election results LIVE: Democrat Tom Suozzi defeated Republican Michael LiPetri on Wednesday to retain his seat in the U.S. House, winning New York’s 3rd Congressional District.

Despite facing an aggressive Republican campaign against him, Suozzi emerged victorious in the Long Island district, which Donald Trump won by four percentage points in the 2024 presidential election.

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US midterm election results LIVE: Democrats gained control of the Texas state House following landmark victories in the governor’s race and the U.S. Senate contest on Tuesday.

The breakthrough was among a broader wave of Democratic gains in state governments during the midterm elections, with the party flipping control of several legislatures and reshaping the political balance in key battlegrounds and states that have traditionally leaned Republican.

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US midterm election results LIVE: Democrat William Lawrence secured victory in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District on Wednesday, defeating Republican incumbent Tom Barrett to win a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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US midterm election results LIVE: Donald Trump was asked about Vice President JD Vance’s remarks on Wednesday blaming the Iran war for the Republicans’ election losses.

Trump said he largely agreed with Vance’s assessment, attributing the setback partly to a short-term rise in gasoline prices. “I think it’s largely true because it drove the gasoline up a little bit, short term,” Trump said.

However, he maintained that military action against Iran was necessary, adding, “The Iran thing, we had to do and we continue to do it.”

Meanwhile, Iran’s security chief, Maj. Gen. Mohsen Rezaei, described the outcome of the US midterm elections as a political setback for Trump, crediting the Iranian nation with contributing to his defeat in Washington.

The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council wrote on X, “The Iranian nation handed Trump a strategic defeat on the battlefield and in the Hormuz — and a POLITICAL DEFEAT in Washington,”

Rezaei further warned, “Anyone who takes on Iran will pay the price — from the battlefield to their own doorstep.”

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US midterm election results LIVE: Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez defeated Republican John Braun to secure another term representing Washington’s 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House.

She has now won the the seat for a third term, retaining her position in a congressional district that has traditionally leaned to the right.

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US midterm election results LIVE: Democrat Leticia Gutierrez won the race for Texas’ 9th Congressional District, defeating Republican Alex Mealer with more than 57% of the vote.

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US midterm election results LIVE: Democrat Christina Hines secured a victory in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District, flipping the U.S. House seat after defeating Republican Michael Bouchard Jr.

The two candidates were vying to replace Republican Rep. John James, who chose to enter the race for Michigan governor.

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US midterm election results LIVE: President Donald Trump has reportedly been consulting advisers, both in person and over the phone, about whether Pete Hegseth should continue as defense secretary following the Republicans’ major losses on Tuesday night, CBS News reported.

However, Trump has yet to make a decision on replacing him.

Democrats had already been pursuing impeachment proceedings against Hegseth ahead of the election, and the push could intensify with them gaining substantial majorities in both chambers of Congress.

Responding to reports about Hegseth’s future as defense secretary, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said that the US President “has full confidence in Secretary Hegseth.”

She also commended the military operations in Iran and Venezuela, while highlighting Hegseth’s efforts to undo the Biden Pentagon’s emphasis on “DEI and woke ideology.”

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US midterm election results LIVE: Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of US President Donald Trump, has backed vice president JD Vance’s assessment that the ongoing war with Iran was a major reason behind the Republican Party’s losses in the 2026 midterm elections.

Trump Jr endorsed Vance’s comments in a post on X, writing, “Every word of this” above the vice president’s lengthy statement blaming the war on Iran for the party’s electoral setback.

US midterm election results LIVE: US senator Bernie Sanders has taken a swipe at President Donald Trump following the Democrats’ sweeping gains in the 2026 midterm elections. Reacting to the results, Sanders said Trump had urged Americans to vote as if he himself were on the ballot, adding that voters had done exactly that. “Thank you Americans from coast to coast,” Sanders wrote in a post on X.

US midterm election results LIVE: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has welcomed the election of two Mexican Americans as governors of Texas and California, calling their victories a moment of recognition for people of Mexican origin in the United States.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Sheinbaum congratulated Texas governor-elect Gina Hinojosa and California governor-elect Xavier Becerra, both of whom secured historic wins in the November 3 US midterm elections.

“I would like to highlight the victory of two people of Mexican origin: California’s governor-elect (Xavier Becerra) and the governor-elect of Texas (Gina Hinojosa),” she said.

She added that both leaders had strong connections with their respective states as well as with Mexican communities.

Hinojosa’s victory marks the first time a Latina has been elected governor of Texas. She is also the first Democrat to win the state’s top executive office in decades. Becerra, meanwhile, becomes the first Latino elected governor of California.

“We are very pleased that Mexican Americans there have this participation and recognition,” Sheinbaum said.

US midterm election results LIVE: Former US vice president Kamala Harris has welcomed the Democratic Party’s sweeping gains in the 2026 midterm elections, saying voters had rejected what she described as corruption and incompetence in the White House.

On X, Harris congratulated Democratic candidates and volunteers, saying Americans had made their voices heard on Election Day. She also criticised Republican leaders for what she called their “capitulation” to the Trump administration.

Harris, who travelled across the country to campaign for Democratic candidates, said she had witnessed voters turn their anger into action.

She urged Democrats elected to federal, state and local offices to focus on delivering economic relief to working families and holding the Trump administration accountable.

“The people demand nothing less,” she wrote, adding that the party’s work had only just begun.

US midterm election results LIVE: After Democrats secured control of both chambers of the US Congress in the 2026 midterm elections, the focus now shifts to the counting and certification of votes, with several Senate and House races still awaiting projections.

Local election officials will complete the counting process, including early and mail-in ballots, before states certify the results. Newly elected lawmakers will then travel to Washington DC for orientation ahead of the new Congress convening in January.

One of its first tasks will be to elect a new Speaker of the House, with Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries expected to take the post. Once the Speaker is elected, lawmakers will be sworn in and begin their terms, while both parties will choose their congressional leaders and assign members to committees.

US midterm election results LIVE: The vice president said a pollster whose predictions matched the election outcome had found that many former Trump supporters were angry and considering voting for Democrats.

According to Vance, the four main reasons cited by these voters were: ending the war, focusing on the cost of living and inflation, putting America First, and changing the country’s relationship with Israel.

US midterm election results LIVE: US vice president JD Vance has blamed the Iran war and the US relationship with Israel for the Republican Party’s defeat in the 2026 midterm elections, saying many voters who backed Donald Trump in 2024 switched their support to Democrats. He also cited concerns over inflation, the cost of living and the party’s commitment to its “America First” agenda as reasons behind the voter shift.

US midterm election results LIVE: US Representative Steve Scalise is set to announce his bid to become the top Republican leader in the House of Representatives in the next Congress, CNN reported, citing sources.

Scalise’s main aim will be to lead Republicans back into the House majority, as per CNN. His expected announcement comes after speaker Mike Johnson told staff that he would not seek another term as House Republican leader following the party’s losses in the US midterm elections. Scalise’s entry could set up a leadership contest with fellow Republican Jim Jordan, who is also planning to run for the post.