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Today β€” 4 November 2026Main stream

With Democrats’ Sweep, Congress Is Set to Reassert Power to Check Trump

4 November 2026 at 19:51
President Trump usurped power from the legislative branch with Republican help for two years. Democrats are now positioned to try to claw back some of Congress’s prerogatives.

Β© Nicole Craine for The New York Times

Supporters of Senator Jon Ossoff reacting as he is projected to win his re-election on Tuesday night. Democrats are set to take firm control of both chambers of Congress.

On the Democrats’ Agenda: Investigations of Trump and His Family

When a new Congress is sworn in, it will have the power to hold hearings and issue subpoenas, prompting one representative to advise White House officials and others to β€œlawyer up.”

Β© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump at the site of the White House ballroom on Wednesday. An AP exit poll found that government corruption was a crucial issue for many voters, and that roughly seven in 10 voters said Congress was doing β€œnot enough” to provide checks and balances on the presidency.

How Trump’s Energy Policies Helped Trigger Midterm Rout

4 November 2026 at 19:41
The war in Iran, efforts to promote fossil fuels and attacks on renewable energy contributed to higher prices for gas and electricity that drove voter discontent.

Β© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump made affordable and abundant oil a major part of his administration’s message the past few years. The president at the White House ballroom on Wednesday.

John Frieda, Hairdresser to Royalty Who Built a Beauty Empire, Dies at 75

4 November 2026 at 19:12
A fixture of London’s high-fashion salon scene, his clients also included celebrities like Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Raquel Welch and Gwyneth Paltrow in a career that lasted more than 50 years.

Β© Leon Neal/Agence France-Presse β€” Getty Images

John Frieda in 2012. A hairdresser with an outsize public persona, he was celebrated for creating signature looks for a list of A-list celebrity clients.
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