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Breaking down Democrats’ majorities after blue wave

Season 2026 Episode 225 | 4m 12s

The results of the midterms have set up a two-year power struggle between Trump’s White House and the incoming Democratic Congress. Lisa Desjardins takes a look at the races and the potential size of the incoming Democratic majority.

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