Wednesday, November 4, 2026
All World Brief Now updates for this day, Central Time.
- 6 AM CTMorning Brief: Democrats win the House and Senate; Trump vows vetoes; Iran holds firm on Hormuz
- Democrats win control of both the House and Senate; Alaska and Mississippi Senate races still too close to call
- Collins, Marshall, Husted and Graham lose; Talarico beats Paxton in Texas
- Democrats flip governorships in Texas, Georgia, Ohio and Iowa; voter-ID and citizenship measures pass in several states
- Trump says Democrats 'did a good job,' vows to veto 'insane' bills and blames gas prices
- 5 PM CTEvening Update: Johnson steps aside; Mississippi Senate race at 65 votes; Trump says he'd fight Iran war again
- Update: NBC News now estimates Democrats will win at least 259 House seats; Mississippi Senate race separated by 65 votes
- Speaker Mike Johnson won't seek to lead House Republicans in the next Congress
- Trump, at ballroom site, says Iran war 'largely' cost GOP but 'I'd have to do it again'
- Vance: 'The reason we lost is the war'; Trump reportedly asks advisers about Hegseth