President Donald Trump is reportedly consulting key advisers on whether he should fire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid major Republican losses in Tuesday night’s midterm elections.

President Trump has been asking his advisers if Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should remain in his job after Tuesday's losses.

The electoral backlash extended even into deep red states and indicated that President Trump has lost his hold over the coalition that lifted him to the White House twice.

The Democrats’ midterm sweep is rattling some of the digital-asset market’s most politically exposed investments, from cryptocurrencies tied to Donald Trump to the sprawling Texas data-center projects underpinning valuations of companies that used to be known as Bitcoin miners.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday touted mystery Democrats that the president said could become “formidable” White House opponents for the GOP in 2028. The president spoke on Fox News amid the Republican Party’s midterm washout that saw the Democrats take control of the House and the Senate.

From tariffs to oil prices, deregulation to health policy and the freight-train expansion of artificial intelligence, Democratic control of Congress will open a new phase in the battle over economic policies that drove Tuesday's broad voter rebuke ​of President Donald Trump and the Republican party.

Democrats will have the ability to subpoena records and compel individuals to testify. The Epstein files, Elon Musk, the Iran war and Trump's business interests may all come under the microscope.

The BBC subpoenaed Smith in October, but the DOJ has denied its request to interview the former special counsel under oath.