Democrats retake House in ‘blue wave’ amid Trump’s historic unpopularity
Democrats have retaken the US House in the 2026 midterms, winning Republican-held districts in North Carolina, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to pass the 218-seat threshold despite aggressive Republican gerrymandering. The Guardian reports the majority as the party's minimum goal for reining in Trump's power, with Democrats vowing oversight of his family's alleged corruption and the Iran war.
