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President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would accept the results of US midterm elections -- but quickly sought to shift the blame for the historic rout to his fellow Republicans. Time and again on the campaign trail the 80-year-old told Republicans to "pretend I'm on the ballot." That may have been exactly the problem, as voters put Democrats in control of the House and Senate. But Trump has never been one to take the blame, and in his first reaction to the election results Tuesday he insisted that the Republican Party would have won in a "landslide" if he had...

Democrats stormed to victory in the Senate on Tuesday, delivering a devastating loss for Republicans that once seemed improbable just a few months ago. In a dramatic blue tsunami, Democrats racked up shocking wins in deep red states, including Iowa, Ohio, Kansas, South Carolina, and Texas — in a massive rebuke of President Trump and GOP control of government.

Democratic candidates won races in Republican strongholds, flipping Senate seats in Kansas, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and even Texas. On a night shaping up as a Democratic romp, President Trump told The New York Times that he would accept the election results. Democrats seized control of the Senate on Tuesday night, as voters delivered a thorough rebuke to President Trump and handed the party victories in places long considered Republican strongholds. Democrats flipped Senate seats in Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and even Texas, according to The Associated Press, and were in a strong position to take...

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump ​said in an ‌interview with the New York Times ​on Tuesday ​that he was willing ⁠to accept ​the results of the ​midterm elections in which his Republican Party ​was projected to ​lose control of the US ‌House. "We'll ⁠work with the Democrats, and we’ll, you know, ​look ​forward ⁠to working with them. We’ll ​probably work ​something ⁠out," Trump was quoted as ⁠saying ​by the ​Times.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has conceded the Texas governor's race to Democrat Gina Hinojosa. Abbott publicly acknowledged his defeat Tuesday night, marking a significant political shift in a state where Republicans have held the governor's office for decades.