Skip to contentSwipe for next articleIndependent Bulletin homepageDownload our appAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.Join todayAlready a member? Log inSam RkainaWednesday 04 November 2026 03:03 GMTKristi Noem claims China has a 'thousand-year plan to destroy the United States'Former Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem has offered her opinion on why Republicans look set for a punishing night - the administration was too good at its job.Referring to a conservative analyst’s own verdict, Noem wrote on X: “Larry Kudlow is correct. We were too successful the first year of the Trump administration.”Noem was fired by President Donald Trump earlier this year over her chaotic handling of the administration’s crackdown on immigration.Democrats flipped a Republican-held Senate seat in North Carolina and were showing surprising strength across several Republican-leaning House districts in Florida on Tuesday, boosting hopes they could wrest control of Congress from Trump's Republicans in the midterm elections.It was still too early to determine whether Democrats would be able to net the four Senate seats and three House seats they need to win a majority in both chambers, with millions of votes still uncounted across the country as of 10 pm ET.In fullMidterm elections 2026 live results: Democrat flips key senate seat as Trump’s agenda at stakeMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in