Taking a detour to recommend a number of books, including one by Rep. Barry Loudermilk and another by Trump counselor Peter Navarro, the president then graduated to celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Nov. 5, 2024 election that secured him a second term in the White House.

"We are the ones that have done a great job on affordability... but we just lost an election, they said, based on affordability," Trump said Nov. 6.

Voters on Tuesday disagreed, telling exit pollsters that Trump was an important reason for turning out in droves for Democratic candidates.

Here are seven takeaways from Tuesday’s elections: In the blue states of California, New Jersey and Virginia, Newsom, Sherrill and Spanberger effectively used Trump as a foil for their electoral efforts. Trump wasn’t on the ballot Tuesday — a fact he quickly trotted out on Truth Social to rationalize the wake of setbacks for his party.

President Donald Trump sounds 2026 campaign themes in a speech in Miami. This week on the Inside Florida Politics podcast, USA Today Network - Florida's Antonio Fins, John Kennedy and Ana Goni-Lessan discuss the impact of Tuesday's elections,

President Trump is back in Florida after his speech Nov. 5 to the America Business Forum in Miami that previewed themes for his midterm election case.

Democratic gubernatorial candidates Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey won both elections, receiving campaign support from former President Obama.

U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign on Thursday sued Philadelphia County's Board of Elections, seeking an emergency injunction barring it from counting ballots so long as Republican observers are not present as it said was required under Pennsylvania law.

A year after he won 2024 presidential election, Trump headlined America Business Forum in Miami, Florida. A Trump family member got a standing ovation