Voters deliver clear rebuke to Trump administration in Midterm vote
Reading Time: 3 minutesWASHINGTON – American voters have delivered a sweeping rebuke to President Donald Trump, handing Democrats control of both houses of Congress in a midterm election that has redrawn the political map in a fundamental way. Republican strongholds from Texas to Kansas have fallen, as anger over the high cost of living and the war with Iran helped drive Democratic victories. Trump now faces a Congress empowered to investigate his administration, block his nominees and challenge his agenda during his final two years in office. If Republican repudiation was the word, then the headline tells the story – The New York Times leads with “Democrats Rout GOP”; the Washington Post called it “A Historic Blue Wave”, the Wall Street Journal: a “stunning rebuke of Trump”. What began a…