PBS News Hour full episode, Nov. 4, 2026
Wednesday on the News Hour, Democrats win both chambers of Congress in a midterm election sweep. Now the task turns to governing during President Trump’s last two years in office. We break down some of the key races that led to Democratic victories and the issues that drove voters to the polls. Plus, Deb Haaland on becoming the country’s first female Native American governor.
WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS:
Midterm voters rebuke Trump, handing Democrats power
https://youtu.be/HKi6B_zvZ_E
News Wrap: Officials in Iran welcome midterm results
https://youtu.be/wKZR3gqswig
Breaking down Democrats’ majorities after blue wave
https://youtu.be/7E5foNdWIug
The issues that drove voters’ decisions in the midterms
https://youtu.be/9CXc613QuyA
Progressive Democrat William Lawrence wins in Michigan
https://youtu.be/r4uUms122hk
New Mexico’s Deb Haaland on her historic election win
https://youtu.be/d2JwbyOZsck
GOP mayor says election wipeout is ‘rejection of Trumpism’
https://youtu.be/ER891TS95bU
How the Latino shift to Democrats helped turn Texas blue
https://youtu.be/aChudI6hDR0
Democratic, GOP strategists on how to respond to midterms
https://youtu.be/W_JVZz4QMWc
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