Democrats won Congress. Can their leaders read the room? | Opinionnewsweek.com· 12h
In a Newsweek opinion column, Faisal Kutty calls the Democrats' 2026 midterm sweep of Congress a rebuke of Donald Trump driven by young voters' worries over living costs and the Iran war, not an endorsement of the progressive left. He questions whether Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries can read the room as calls grow for new leadership.
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