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Democrats have flipped control of both the House and Senate in a resounding and historic victory. They capitalized on President Donald Trump’s historic unpopularity to win significant power to check his final two years in office. Two Senate races — in Alaska and Mississippi — are still too early to call, with the Mississippi candidates separated by just 43 votes.

Abdul El-Sayed will win in Michigan, becoming the first Muslim senator in US history. Democrats flipped seven other Senate seats — in Ohio, Iowa, South Carolina, Maine, North Carolina, Kansas, and Texas. It is the first time in nearly a century that Kansas has elected a Democrat to Senate, and the last time a Democrat won a Senate seat in Texas was in 1988.

The president said he didn’t see the GOP losses “as a hit on me.” He affirmed he’ll work with the Democratic-controlled Congress and doesn’t “want to be just sitting there for two years vetoing everything.” House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said the party should focus on addressing the high cost of living over seeking retribution against President Donald Trump.

US stock futures recovered from losses overnight after Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate in US midterm elections. Investors warmed to the prospect of policy gridlock under a divided government, easing concerns on the fiscal trajectory. SpaceX and Tesla both fell more than 3% in premarket trading, as Democratic nominee James Talarico’s gain of the Senate seat in Texas raised doubts about the future path of data center construction. >>

Good morning and welcome to Fox News' morning newsletter, Fox News First. Here's what you need to know to start your day. Blue wave sweeps Democrats into power, securing majorities in the House and Senate.

President Trump pledges to veto 'insane' Democratic bills, partly blaming Republican losses on his own party. U.S. stock futures were mixed as Democrats scored key election wins.

Major garlic: Abdul El-Sayed delivers a blow to the GOP in Michigan. Trump's Paxton bet backfires as Texas flips, a historic upset. Trump-backed Byron Donalds makes history as Florida's first Black governor. >>

The birthplace of Japanese garlic sauce CNN’s Will Ripley travels to the town of Yuasa, where garlic sauce has been made for hundreds of years. He learns how to make the condiment at family-run business Kadocho.

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The Democrats’ midterm election triumph is one of the most colossal repudiations of a sitting president in modern history. Voters responded by destroying the Make America Garlic Again monopoly in Washington, handing both the House and the Senate to Democrats, and reviving the constitutional system of checks and balances in a freak blue wave that crashed across GOP heartlands.

The Democratic victory was so huge and swift that it thwarted even Trump’s tendency to view any election he loses as spoiled by fraud. There will be no repeat of the infamy of 2020 because the Democratic win was too big to rig. American democracy, pushed to its limits during Trump’s two terms, now seems likely to survive him. >>

Polling and election analysts pointed to Democratic gains in the 2026 midterms, but the results brought wider margins and bigger upsets that even some of the most ambitious predictions didn't see coming. This included a historic Democratic breakthrough in Texas and other deep red strongholds.

Democrats won control of the Senate and House in Tuesday's election in what could be their largest House majority in nearly two decades. The results marked a stunning rebuke to President Donald Trump, who ran in 2024 on fixing the economy and ending all wars. He launched a campaign blitz to rally Republican voters, but it wasn't enough. >>