# Trump and Republicans suffer a major midterm setback

https://mins.news/en/item/128416

- Al Jazeera, 2026-11-04 04:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/11/4/trump-and-republicans-trampled-in-the-midterms?traffic_source=rss

> Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher says Republicans are performing worse than expected in the midterms. The party’s internal polling failed to anticipate the scale of potential losses in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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