Anthony Zurcher: Democrats tear up Trump's political map on historic night

Democrats have torn up Donald Trump's political map on a night that will send shockwaves through American politics for years to come.With a string of major Senate victories in states that have been reliably Republican for decades - and in Kansas's case, nearly a century - a blue tidal wave crashed across the nation, sweeping Republicans out of power.Halfway through President Donald Trump's second term, the Democrats now have decisive control of the House of Representatives and have wrested a majority back in the Senate. They will be able to frustrate Trump's agenda, and launch investigations into his administration. A historic third impeachment attempt could also be on the cards.Few imagined such an outcome was possible in the months after President Donald Trump returned to the White House with unified Republican control of Congress in January 2025. As the public mood turned against Trump and his party, Democrats had hopes of retaking the House, but they contemplated a Senate map that appeared unfriendly, populated by states Trump had won comfortably just two years ago.Instead, Democrats rewrote the political rule book with victories in Texas, Maine, Kansas, Ohio, Iowa and North an...