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Mornings with Ridge and Frost
Wednesday 4 November 2026 · 09:00 GMT · 30m · 1 story · 7 annotated moments · 30 of 30 min on news stories (100%)
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The whole 30 minutes and one second of the bulletin was devoted to the US midterms, led by projections that Democrats would win control of both chambers. It was entirely a US politics story, with Senate and House projections, state flips and reaction filling the broadcast. That single story took all of the airtime.
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- 7:23
Donald Trump, President
- 24:11
Robert Garcia, chair of the House oversight committee
- 25:33
Alexandra Hall Hall, former British diplomat at the UK Embassy in Washington
- 0:00 Story begins Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
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Claim Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
James Talarico won the Texas Senate seat for the Democrats, with reports describing him as the first Democratic Texas senator in four decades or the first this century.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 4 November 2026, 0:20-0:31
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Claim Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
If elected, El-Sayed would be the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 4 November 2026, 0:31-0:45
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Claim Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
Democrats were projected to win control of the House and Senate, with reports describing a 10-seat Senate majority as the biggest in almost 20 years and House projections of 227 Democrats to 139 Republicans while votes were still being counted.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 4 November 2026, 2:05-2:23
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Claim Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
BBC One reported Democrats holding 228 House seats to Republicans' 139.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 4 November 2026, 2:29-2:47
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Claim Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
Jon Ossoff said voters had rejected Donald Trump's corruption and incompetence.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 4 November 2026, 6:46-6:53
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Claim Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
President Trump indicated he would accept the election results.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 4 November 2026, 7:18-7:24
- 8:42
Charged quote Democrats win control of Congress in US midterms
Democrats on Capitol Hill will now investigate every activity of his administration over the last two years and will seek to curb his power for what remains of it. It began with a blue trickle at the beginning of the night, turned into a blue wave and has absolutely become a blue tsunami. We thought Democrats would take the House.
Sky News, Mornings with Ridge and Frost, 4 November 2026, 8:42-8:50
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