Democrats pledge to expose ‘absolute avalanche of corruption’ under Donald Trump
Congress member Jamie Raskin says he will launch sweeping probe of president and allies but warns party to avoid impeachment ‘distraction’
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Is Chuck Schumer the Democratic Party’s dynamic future or its ineffectual past?
Senate leader is battling a growing perception that the party needs a new generation of leaders in wake of midterms success
Hunter Biden: ‘No one else could have received what I received, a pardon from their father’
‘I don’t say never to anything’: The former president’s son says his political ambitions are more in line with running for mayor of his small hometown
Democrats urged to resist ‘progressive’ pull after midterm success
Former congressman Joe Crowley says election results strengthen the case for a centrist strategy under House leader Hakeem Jeffries
Religion was usually the preserve of Republicans. These Democrats are challenging that
We’re witnessing the anguished birth of a new kind of revived American religious progressivism, one which cuts across old denominational lines
US midterm election results prove that the centre can hold
Voting patterns show dramatic differences between generations, ethnicities and genders
Republicans ran their campaign like a Conor McGregor press conference
This was hyperscale trash talk – and it didn’t work
Trump says he was ‘too tough’ on immigrants as he floats amnesty deal
US president concedes voters were turned off by deportations, Iran war and ‘bad messaging’ on the economy in midterm elections
‘He’s a great fighter’: The man shaping Trump’s final act
Stephen Miller, architect of the US president’s hardline immigration agenda has emerged from a bruising midterm defeat more powerful than ever
Donald Trump takes credit for a stock market rally that welcomed his defeat
Trump, who had warned a Democratic victory would cause a 1929-style depression, took credit in a social media post
What will the Democrats do with their majorities in Congress?
Despite flipping seats across the country, the Democratic Party brand remains deeply unpopular
‘We have seven guys here from Ireland for Abdul’: Student volunteers play role in landmark US vote
Irish student says volunteering for Abdul El-Sayed’s successful campaign gave insight into American politics
Republican downfall: The inside story of Team Trump’s midterm collapse
How an unpopular president and an unpopular war provided an opening for Democrats to make sweeping gains in the midterms
Democrats routed Republicans in the US midterms. But can they capitalise on it?
It should not be forgotten that one description of Trump voters in 2016 was similar to Abdul El-Sayed’s: a ‘coalition of the dispossessed’
‘It’s going to intensify’: How Israel became a liability in US politics
Support for Israel has for generations been sacrosanct in Washington. After Tuesday’s midterm election result, it looks far less certain
Democrats can’t do much to make Trump end the Iran war soon
It would make sense for Donald Trump to get rid of Pete Hegseth before January
Trump may have lost control of Congress, but the planet is doomed
The reason he lost was inflation, rather than the US population suddenly turning Democrat
Trump responds to US midterms defeat as Democrats win full control of the Texas House
‘Trump is still your president’ - White House
The lights begin to go out on Donald Trump’s volatile and frequently terrifying reign
JD Vance blames Iran war in what seemed a blatant distancing from a president who has demanded blind loyalty
US midterm elections: Results from the House and Senate
Democrats have regained control of both the houses of the US Congress
US Senate: Seven new faces to watch out for
Incomers include those who are seen as future presidential candidates
Donald Trump punished: five key takeaways from a Democrat landslide
States and districts that voted for Trump two years ago abandoned president’s allies in the midterms
Republicans routed as Democrats retake the US Senate in style
Keith Duggan speaks to Hugh Linehan about the results of the US midterm elections and what they mean for the final two years of Trump's presidency
In pictures: Democrats win control of House and Senate in 2026 US midterms
Sweeping victory reshapes electoral map for 2028 presidential election
What can Democrats do now they have won Congress?
With majorities in both chambers, the party can launch investigations and block Trump appointments
‘America is back’: Trump and his Maga movement take an unholy caning
US election is an irrepressible demonstration of the democratic process after two years of black warnings about repression of US democracy
Democrats’ sweeping victory reshapes electoral map for 2028 presidential election
Result marks end of a culture-wars era in US politics and the return of economic issues to the centre of the political contest
Trump faces day of reckoning as voters head to the polls for midterm elections
Poll will deliver verdict on US president’s tumultuous second term
Daniel Geary: Five things to look out for in the US midterms
Will Republicans benefit from low expectations? Could a big win for the Democrats convince them to choose a progressive like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2028?
Opinion polls are core to how media covers politics, but is that a good thing?
Traditional polling is being reshaped by changes in the media landscape
Trump proclaims ‘golden age’ while US midterm polls are flashing historical defeats
President ends bitter and expensive midterm campaign claiming: ‘This is the golden age of America’
Trump touts reflecting pool as Democrats try to contain Senate rift
Supreme court rejects last-minute attempt to block California from counting mail-in ballots
Election night: When Irish viewers can expect the key calls
Pennsylvania and Alaska mean control of US Congress may remain uncertain long after dawn in Ireland
Democrats ahead of Republicans in almost all key battleground states, polls find
Democrats ahead in Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio
What are the US midterms and what do they mean for Donald Trump?
Democrats hope to take advantage of Donald Trump’s declining popularity and reclaim the House and Senate from the Republicans
Race narrows between a ‘radical Democrat’ and ‘the most corrupt politician in Texas’
Senate seat battle between James Talarico and Ken Paxton is set to become the most expensive non-presidential political race in US history
US midterms: Boost for Trump as key Democrat endorses Abdul El-Sayed’s Republican rival
US president repeatedly refers to El-Sayed as a ‘jihadist’ at Iowa rally
Why does Donald Trump drool over men’s bodies?
Even those utterly opposed to the US president’s politics are subjected to his fawning if they are objectively good-looking
Trump heads to farm states as US prepares for midterms
More than 52 million Americans have already voted in person or by mail
It’s inflation, stupid: Trump faces the wrath of US voters
Midterm elections next week are a referendum on the unpopular US president. They could herald the end of ‘The Donald’ era
‘That okey-doke will not work this time’: Obama takes up mic to duel with tired-sounding Trump
Just days before US midterm elections described by both parties as the most important in living memory, there are signs Donald Trump may be headed for a humbling that seemed unimaginable when he swept back to power
US midterms: Inside the Democrats’ secret effort to sow confusion in Alaska ballot
Operatives aligned with Democratic nominee for US senate sought candidates of same name as Republican rival
Mississippi turning? Democrats point to Republican ‘panic’ as Donald Trump flies in
No Democrat has won a senate seat in Mississippi since 1982 but with momentum building behind Scott Colom in advance of the midterms, the US president decided to pay a visit
What happens in Israeli and US elections may reshape the Middle East
The short term outlook for the war-torn region remains very gloomy
‘Turnout has sort of drained’: Democrats battle to mobilise Georgia’s black voters
Rev Al Sharpton warns of an epidemic of ‘amnesia’ over the struggles of the civil rights generation
Don’t mistake protest votes for Democrat support in US midterms
Voters in Carroll County, New Hampshire like to ‘keep their political options open’, prioritising a government that puts schools, healthcare, and housing first
Can 2,000 people in a hangar in Sioux City influence the US midterms? Trump is banking on it
In another turbulent week for the Republican Party, including controversy over a ‘deeply troubling’ ad in Ohio, Donald Trump went to a pocket of Iowa and felt the love
Branded ‘lazy’ by Trump, a Democrat is mounting an unexpected challenge in a Republican stronghold
Democrat Josh Turek is mounting an unexpected challenge in Iowa, a traditional Republican bastion
Funny, irreverent, cocky: Can Abdul El-Sayed win a vital senate seat in abandoned America?
In Flint, birthplace of General Motors, voters wrestling with healthcare costs and economic decline may determine control of the US Senate
Talented James Talarico silences conspiracy theorists in fascinating Senate race in Texas
The Democratic candidate, derided by Donald Trump, belongs to none of the traditional American political archetypes and is aiming to win in a state where Republicans have dominated for decades
‘A lot of people are losing hope’: A state Trump turned red now appears more divided
Protests greet arrival of Donald Trump for an Ohio event that is greatly reduced in scale and intensity from mega-rallies two years ago
Ilhan Omar: US immigration authorities raid Democratic congresswoman’s home
Somali-born Omar is an outspoken critic of US president Donald Trump
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