US midterm elections: A referendum on President Donald Trump?
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Daily Mirror, Daily FT, Lankadeepa, WhatNews (සිංහල), and Newswire report that Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in the U.S. midterm elections, taking the chamber from Republicans. Daily Mirror says NBC News projected the result and that the majority could be the Democrats’ largest in nearly two decades.
Daily Mirror, Daily FT, WhatNews (සිංහල), and Newswire also report Democratic control of the Senate, giving the party both chambers of Congress. Ada Derana (தமிழ்) describes the Senate result as expected, noting that 50 seats were needed for a majority; it does not report a final seat count. Ada Derana (සිංහල) likewise reports a Democratic Senate majority.
Daily FT and Newswire characterize the outcome as a rebuke to Trump and his agenda, while EconomyNext says it reverses the Republican sweep in the 2024 elections. EconomyNext also connects the election shift to Sri Lanka, reporting that the country had faced pressure under the Trump administration following unilateral tariff measures.
Daily Mirror’s House report presents that chamber’s result as a projection, while other reports describe the Democrats as having won or taken control of both chambers. WhatNews (සිංහල) mentions Texas and Kansas among the places of particular significance, but its supplied report is incomplete and gives no further detail.
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