Barabak: For Trump, Democratic blowout is a stark personal repudiation

What happened: Democrats won control of the House and Senate in the midterm election, with the article describing the result as a stark personal repudiation of Trump, who put himself front and center in the campaign. Key numbers: Republicans held the Senate 53-47. Democrats needed a gain of three House seats. Why it matters: The article says Democrats won in places they had not in decades, including statewide races in Texas and South Carolina, and that Trump's approval ratings sank to levels not seen since the Capitol siege. It frames the loss as a Republican disaster of Trump's making.

Democrats won control of the House and Senate in the midterm election, with the article describing the result as a stark personal repudiation of Trump, who put himself front and center in the campaign.

The article says Democrats won in places they had not in decades, including statewide races in Texas and South Carolina, and that Trump's approval ratings sank to levels not seen since the Capitol siege. It frames the loss as a Republican disaster of Trump's making.