US Midterm Elections Underway to Determine Congressional Control

Voters are casting ballots to decide the composition of Congress in an election widely viewed as a referendum on Donald Trump's second term.

Democrats notched a string of early victories in US midterm elections Tuesday, flipping a Republican-held Senate seat and making inroads in conservative House districts as President Donald Trump faced the prospect of a bruising election setback. France 24's Douglas Herbert gives us his analysis. The results will be decisive for the future of the United States, and a judgment on Donald Trump's second term as president.

As midterm elections began to reach their close, President Donald Trump turned off Fox News and began to bash the organization. Polls began closing across the United States on Tuesday evening in midterm elections that will decide whether US President Donald Trump’s Republicans keep control of Congress, after a day of voting disrupted by floods and machine glitches but largely free of the problems many had feared.

France 24 English reported the story as "Democratic gains mount in US midterms as Trump faces bruising verdict." The Guardian US reported the story as "Democrats poised to flip House in midterm elections after two turbulent years of Trump." The Western Journal reported the story as "Trump Turns Off Fox News on Election Day Over 'Dumb' Co-Host: 'It's the Voice That Gets Me'."

Coverage is split across the political spectrum: 2 left-leaning outlets, 3 center outlets, 4 right-leaning outlets. L1FE compares the framing across these sources rather than amplifying any single outlet's interpretation.

9 sources have covered this story, including France 24 English, Bloomberg, The Western Journal and The Guardian US and 5 other outlets. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed 42 minutes ago.

Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 24, 2026, 25); the published L1FE summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.