Democrats win both the Senate and House as blue tsunami crushes Donald Trump's Republicans

The Democrats have taken control of both the Senate and House of Representatives as a blue tsunami crushed Donald Trump's Republicans in the Midterm elections.

In a bruising night for the President, the Democrats surged in several traditional Republican strongholds and broke long-standing records as the party reclaimed control of both chambers of the US legislative branch.

The results mean Mr Trump's final two years in the White House could prove far more unstable, with his ability to pass legislation now hampered by the opposition party's control of Congress.

A Democrat-controlled legislature will also bring more aggressive oversight of the Trump administration with more investigations, subpoenas and congressional hearings on the horizon.

The President is also staring down the barrel of the same impeachment proceedings which plagued his first term in office, leading to him being impeached twice.

The Democrats' string of victories across the country not only saw the party flip several states that backed Mr Trump in 2024, but also storm to victory in places that had not won in decades.

In Kansas, incumbent Republican Roger Marshall was defeated by Adam Hamilton, with the state elected a Democrat for the first time since 1932.

In Texas, Democrat Representative James Talarico withstood a barrage of outside spending to defeat scandal-plagued Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton in a state that voted for Mr Trump by 14 percentage points two years ago.

Gina Hinojosa also clinched victory in the state's Governor race, with the wins in Texas marking the Democrats' first successful Senate race since 1988 and first Governor since 1990.

In South Carolina - a state Mr Trump carried by nearly 18 points in 2024 - paediatrician Annie Andrews triumphed over Republican Senator Darline Graham, who was appointed to the seat after the death of her brother, Senator Lindsey Graham.

And in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed became the first Muslim Senator in US history as he defeated Republican Mike Rogers in a bitterly-fought campaign.

The former health official, who ran on an explicitly progressive platform, celebrated his victory by invoking the Arabic phrase "alhamdullilah" - meaning "praise be to God" in English.

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However, not only did the Democrats achieve stunning wins in Republican strongholds, but the party also successfully defended a number of states which had been threatened by Republicans in recent elections, including New Hampshire.

Despite an incredibly bruising night for the President, he said he was “absolutely willing to accept those results” after insisting if he had been on the ballot, Republicans "would have won in a landslide".

The President has acknowledged sky rocketing petrol prices and the war in Iran as possible factors behind the disastrous results, but insisted they were not a "hit" on his presidency.

Mr Trump told Fox News the Democrats had been "looking to do this", admitting they had "finally" pulled off a victory before congratulating the party on a "good job".

The President also vowed to use his authority to veto any "insane" legislation passed by the Democrats in their newly-controlled chambers.

He said: “They’ll send over things that are insane and I’ll veto them.

“And after a couple ⁠of months of vetoes, they’ll call and they’ll say, ‘How do we get this stuff done?’ And we’ll work together.”

With his party losing control of Congress, Mr Trump will face an uphill battle to appoint judicial nominees, senior administration officials and ambassadors.

Despite their majority in the Senate, any impeachment of the President will require two-thirds support - a figure the Democrats have not achieved in the legislature despite their victories across the country.

But control of the committee systems will hand them the power to investigate Mr Trump, his family and senior officials within the administration.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is one big name the opposition party will seek to investigate, sources told The Telegraph.