Democrats deliver a historic routing to Republicans in US midterms

Voters in the United States have delivered a stunning rebuke of President Donald Trump, ushering in a new era of Democratic power that will transform not just the remainder of his presidency, but politics across the country for the foreseeable future.Democrats re-took control of the US House of Representatives after Republicans wrestled the chamber away in 2022 amid post-pandemic inflation under former President Joe Biden.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Seven flights across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threatslist 2 of 4EU urges action as Germany, Romania and UK report supermarket cyberattackslist 3 of 4Iran says US reply to Hormuz plan ‘unconvincing’; Trump confirms strikeslist 4 of 4N Korea fires multiple missiles, denies US claims on Binance hackend of listHakeem Jeffries, the Democratic House leader poised to become its first-ever Black speaker, heralded the results that, he claimed, proved “America is alive and well”.“Today begins the great American comeback”, Jeffries told supporters in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. “From sea to shining sea, the American people have spoken – and made clear – we’ve had enough of the extremism, enough of the corruption. They wa...