Election results 2026 live updates: Democrats to take over Congress

Democratic victories in red and battleground states, fueled in large part by opposition to Trump’s policies, propelled the party to win control of both the House and Senate.

The midterm drubbing suffered by Trump’s Republicans was met with smug satisfaction in Iran, which framed the election rout as a repudiation of the war launched against it by the U.S. and Israel.

The chastening night for Trump and the GOP drew a range of responses from across the world, with the blue wave being viewed with cautious optimism in Ukraine, and a sense in Europe that little may change in its increasingly fraught relations with Washington.

The most prominent reaction came from Tehran, which wasted little time in pointing out the soaring gas prices for Americans that became a central issue during the campaign.

“Conscience or the cost of living, Americans said NO TO WAR, and we endorse this message,” Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, posted to X. Ghalibaf, who is also Iran’s parliamentary speaker, warned that if the U.S. government “betrays” the public on this issue, “it will learn our NO comes with a Nightmare.”

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