Top Democrat says Congress will rein in ‘out-of-control’ Trump administration after midterms win

A top Democrat says Congress will rein in “an out-of-control executive branch” after his party won control of both houses in the midterm elections

Hakeem Jeffries – likely to be the next Speaker of the House – accuses the “Trump Cartel” of “massive corruption” and adds: “We are going to hold the crooks accountable”

After the Democrats’ resounding win in Tuesday’s elections, President Trump said it was “largely true” the Iran war was to blame for the Republican Party’s defeat

That followed comments from Vice-President JD Vance, who said “everyone knows” the war was why his party lost

Analysis: Is Vance trying to distance himself from Trump before running for president himself?

Meanwhile, oil prices have fallen to their lowest level in two months in the wake of the result

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