He said he was ready to work with the opposition party to advance the country’s interests.Donald Trumps looks forward to work with democrats while Mike Johnson admits Republicans failed to overcome historic midterm challenges. (Mike Johnson | X)“My message is, congratulations to the Democrats, and I look forward to working with you for the good of our country,” Trump told CBS News in a phone interview after polls near close on Tuesday nights.House Speaker Mike Johnson also acknowledged the Republican Party could not overcome historical trends that often hurt the president’s party during midterm elections. “From the first day of this election, we knew that to keep the House and sustain our majority, we would have to defy more than a century of midterm history.”Also read: Check live updates of the 2026 US Midterms here.Trump blames absence from ballot for Republican lossesTrump argued that Republicans would have performed better if he himself had appeared on the ballot. He said his supporters were less motivated because he was not directly competing in the election.Deep DiveShirin Gupta is a content producer with the Hindustan Times.

She covers everything between politics, entertainment and sports at the US desk. Shirin got interested in political journalism during her time as a web editor at her college newspaper NCC News in Syracuse when she first started seeing the effects of national politics in life of her fellow colleagues.

Shirin has worked on a wide range of fast-moving and developing stories locally when she was at NCC editing accessible reports for the audience. Her current role requires her to track real-time updates, verify information and present balanced coverage across diverse beats.

Covering US politics from an international newsroom perspective has further deepened her understanding of how domestic decisions can have far-reaching global consequences. With a keen interest in international affairs, Shirin continues to build her expertise in geopolitics, policy shifts, and cross-border developments.

She aims to learn and evolve her reporting in matters of geopolitics and international issues. Outside the newsroom Shirin writes about books and music for her personal blog.

She is an avid consumer of pop culture and reveres literature.Read More