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Trump boasts about ballroom in first public event since massive GOP defeat | CNN Politics

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November 04, 2026 • 07:00:11 PM
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President Donald Trump touted his new White House ballroom during remarks from the construction site Wednesday. It was his first speech after Democrats swept the GOP in the midterms.

Trump boasts about ballroom in first public event since massive GOP defeat | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump touted his new White House ballroom during remarks from the construction site Wednesday. It was his first speech after Democrats swept the GOP in the midterms.

President Donald Trump touted his new White House ballroom during remarks from the construction site Wednesday. It was his first speech after Democrats swept the GOP in the midterms.

Across the country, voters reacted with joy and disbelief as Democrats pulled off stunning midterm upsets, claiming victories in traditional Republican strongholds including Iowa, South Carolina, Texas and Kansas.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that voters sent a “clear and direct repudiation of MAGA extremism” after Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate. Jeffries said that with their new majority, Democrats will work to end the Iran war as one of their main priorities.

Texans took to the streets to celebrate the state flipping from red to blue for the first time in years. James Talarico won the Texas Senate seat, the first Democrat to do so in 38 years, while Gina Hinojosa will become the first Latina governor of Texas, ending a more than three-decade Republican hold on the seat.

The 2026 midterm elections brought a wave of historic wins throughout the US. CNN explains those historic firsts.

A key Iranian leader and negotiator, Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf just posted his views on the US midterm elections on X. CNN's Nic Robertson reports.

Texas Senator-elect James Talarico and Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa toasted their historic wins at a Whataburger in Austin, Texas.

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