Trump's Republicans scramble to stop Democratic midterms wave

Daily Mirror, Daily FT, Lankadeepa, WhatNews, Newswire and EconomyNext report that Democrats won control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress in the 2026 midterm elections, taking the House and Senate from Republicans. Ada Derana’s English-language report also said Democrats were projected to take control of Congress, while its Sinhala report focused on the Senate result.

EconomyNext reports that U.S. media projections showed Democrats securing a Senate majority after gains in Republican-held seats, and winning more than the 218 seats required for a House majority. It lists Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Kansas and Iowa among the states where Democrats made gains, citing CNN. WhatNews also identifies Texas and Kansas among states of note, though its report is truncated.

EconomyNext says the result reverses the Republican sweep of the 2024 elections, when Republicans won the presidency and both congressional chambers. The outlet reports that voter concerns included the economy, living costs, immigration and foreign policy, and that Democratic control could bring greater scrutiny of the administration and make it harder to advance its legislative priorities.

EconomyNext’s separate explainer says a Democratic-controlled Congress could constrain unilateral tariff increases and other protectionist executive measures, potentially making trade conditions more predictable for Sri Lankan exporters. It also says U.S. trade preference programs such as GSP could face close congressional scrutiny over labour, environmental and human-rights standards. The outlet links U.S. policy and financial conditions to Sri Lanka’s export prospects, foreign reserves, debt obligations under its IMF Extended Fund Facility, and inflation, but the report ends mid-discussion.

Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.