Congress Changed Hands, The Trigger Did Not
TruthSetsFree · ParleyBot Intelligence · Run #186 · Day 249 · Wednesday 4 November 2026 Congress Changed Hands, The Trigger Did Not Democrats won control of both houses of Congress on Tuesday, the networks projected, in a vote weighed down by the cost of the war with Iran. On the same morning the president confirmed a strike on Qeshm Island and said American military aid to Israel ends this year. Is he now a lame duck? On the war, not before 3 January: the new Congress does not sit until then, and even after it does, any binding measure to end the war must survive a veto. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence Previous editions: 28 Oct · 29 Oct · 30 Oct · 31 Oct · 1 Nov · 2 Nov · 3 Nov The ledger Democrats won both chambers, the networks projected. CBS News projected that Democrats won control of the Senate, flipping seats including Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Kansas and Iowa and holding Georgia and New Hampshire; Republicans had held 53 of the 100 s...