Punchbowl News reports that Democrats flipped the Senate majority on 3 November 2026, putting Chuck Schumer on his way to a second stint as majority leader, and quotes him saying the American people "reduced the red brick wall to a pile of bricks." It also weighs Senate GOP leader John Thune's expected run for another term despite heavy losses, his earlier statement that a lame-duck Supreme Court confirmation is doable, and the reporters' view that Donald Trump is the wild card in the secret-ballot leadership race less than a week away.