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Bill Maher Rubs Salt in Trump’s Midterms Wound: ‘Donnie, Are You OK?’

While his HBO counterpart John Oliver issued an urgent warning about voting GOP during the midterms, Bill Maher spent the majority of his time in the lead-up to the critical election dining with the Trump at the White House (and then bickering with him publicly), conducting an embarrassingly softball interview with Trump’s former press secretary […]

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Pressure on Pete Hegseth: Will it be a possible victim of midterm results?

As the results of the half-term elections in the United States are clarified, Pete Hegseth's political future seems increasingly uncertain. With Donald Trump himself recognizing that the war influenced the electoral result, pressure on one of his closest collaborators is increasing. U.S. media point out that the White House would be considering his dismissal, while the new Democratic majority in Congress promises to open investigations into his management.

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Jeffrey Hawkins: "Midterms, a disavowal of foreign policy but also of trumpism"

True "Bluenami", or "blue tsunami" in the United States. At the end of the mid-terms, the Democrats won both chambers in a very clear way. A historical result in the form of a personal disavowal for Donald Trump. So what impact will these results have on US foreign policy, on which the US President retains a strong margin of manoeuvre? Jeffrey Hawkins, Research Associate at IRIS, a former American diplomat, was the Invite of Au Coeur de l'Info.

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US midterms mark 'the beginning of the end' for Trump, John Bolton says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, John Bolton, who served as national security adviser to Donald Trump during his first term, called the US midterm results "the beginning of the end" for Trump's stranglehold on the Republican Party. Democrats regained control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier this week, marking the Republicans' worst performance since the 1974 elections in the wake of the Watergate scandal.

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Europe breathes: a new chapter in the relationship with the US. United States?

The democratic triumph in the half-term elections in the United States has led to a mixture of relief and caution in European capitals. While the new correlation of forces in Congress weakens the White House's margin of manoeuvre to impose an aggressive tariff agenda and slows the threat of an abrupt break in NATO, Brussels warns that Donald Trump still retains broad executive powers in foreign policy and trade, while opening a window for greater support for Ukraine.

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China keeps a close eye on US midterm shake-up

The US midterm elections have resulted in the Democratic Party taking control of both chambers of the US Congress, leaving Donald Trump as a lame duck president for the remainder of his term. Professor Steve Tsang of the SOAS China Institute tells FRANCE 24 that, while a weakened Trump could strengthen Beijing's negotiating position, the Chinese leadership is aware that Congress has relatively little sway over foreign policy and is keen to maintain warm personal ties between the two presidents.

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Will Democratic Party introduce a new 'New Deal'? Key narrative must be 'focused on economic issues'

With Democrats poised to control both chambers of Congress, the party faces a defining challenge: how to constrain Donald Trump's presidency while carving out a path to the White House in 2028. For Ian Reifowitz, Distinguished Professor of History at SUNY Empire State University, the answer lies in drawing on the historical legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal coalition. Republicans, he argues, have progressively shifted electoral competition towards questions of identity, immigration and cultural conflict. Democrats, by contrast, must recover their traditional strength on economic secur