Republicans routed as Democrats gain powerful new leverage over Trump for remainder of his presidency
Democrats have regained control of the US Senate, routing Republicans nationwide with historic victories that will give them powerful new leverage over Donald Trump for the remainder of his presidency.
Democrats will soon have the ability to hold up not just Trump’s legislative agenda, but also any appointments he makes to his cabinet or the federal judiciary – including the supreme court, where conservatives have a 6-3 majority.
How are they gonna do that?
Pretty much everything trumps done (ICE goons, Iran war, tariffs) he’s done through executive power. He hasn’t gotten congressional approval for any of it and the only ones who can make him do that is the supreme court which is still GOP controlled.
The only thing he got passed was the big beautiful bill and congress can’t repeal that while trump still has the veto.