Democrats won control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the midterm elections held on Tuesday, November 3, ending the Republican majorities in both chambers for the last two years of President Donald Trump's term, CNBC reported. Its election desk projected that Democrats would win at least 245 House seats, well above the 218 needed for a majority.

Democrats picked up Senate seats in states long held by Republicans. According to CNBC and the Associated Press, James Talarico beat Ken Paxton in Texas, Josh Turek won in Iowa, Roy Cooper in North Carolina and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, while Troy Jackson defeated Republican Senator Susan Collins in Maine. Democrat Jon Ossoff kept his seat in Georgia. In governors' races, Amy Acton won in Ohio and Jocelyn Benson in Michigan.

Trump told Fox News that Democrats “did a good job” and told The New York Times he was “absolutely willing to accept those results,” while writing on Truth Social that he was not on the ballot. Le Nouvelliste and Rezo Nòdwès said voters punished the administration over the cost of living, energy prices, tariffs and the long war with Iran.

From January 2027, the new majorities will be able to hold hearings, open investigations into the administration and block some nominations, Rezo Nòdwès noted. Haitian American advocates have pressed Congress to restore Temporary Protected Status for Haiti; a Senate bill to do so, S. 4814, introduced by Ed Markey, is still pending in the Senate Judiciary Committee, The Haitian Times reported.