'Blue tsunami' in US midterms 'pummels GOP out of power'

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, November 4: US papers react to the results of the midterm elections, with Democrats retaking control of Congress and the headlines running from a "repudiation" of US President Donald Trump to a "blue tsunami". We also look at the historic firsts celebrated by the local press, the blame game already under way, and what the results mean for Trump’s final two years in office. The New York Times' headline reads "Democrats take Senate". It notes stunning upsets across the US in a national rebuke to Donald Trump. The Washington Post has the same headline and calls the result a "repudiation" of the US president. Politico goes for a more illustrative headline: "Voters pummel GOP out of power." The Atlantic's take is more colourful still, with the headline "Orange crushed". It says the president told voters to act as if his name was on the ballot, and they did. The right-wing tabloid New York Post offers its own take on a Hokusai classic: a "blue tsunami". Beyond the headlines, the US is seeing not only a blue wave but also a swell of historic firsts. As AP reports, Florida Republican Byron Donalds became the first Black man to be elected governor of the state. Dem...