Politics
Democrats seize both chambers of US Congress in midterm rebuke of Trump
November 4, 2026 at 01:05 PM
3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 1 hour
SNSky News Arabia
بعد نتائج الكونغرس.. قاليباف يعلق على تصويت الأميركيين
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AJAl Jazeera English
‘Seismic shift’: World reacts to US midterm election results
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
فوز الديمقراطيين يثير تفاعلات دولية ويعيد رسم المشهد السياسي الأمريكي
(opens the publisher’s site)Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the US midterm elections, a rebuke of President Donald Trump that drew reactions from world leaders.
- Trump said the US-Israel war on Iran likely cost his party support, citing voters' concern over gasoline prices.
- Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Americans voted "no to war," which Iran endorses.
- Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said partisan shifts in Washington will not change US "hostility" toward Iran.
- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the Democratic victory reflects the "unravelling" of the global far right.