New Delhi, Nov. 7 -- This week, the biggest headline impacting the world is from the world's oldest democracy: the US midterm elections. Democrats, once considered down and out after Donald Trump's dramatic win in November 2024, secured majorities in the US Senate and House of Representatives, the two chambers of Congress. Democrat candidates also won governorships in several states.

Do the results herald a major shift in US politics? Given how polarized and fractured American politics has become under Trump, some headlines suggest the verdict was a rejection of Trumpism. Is this a pushback against the Trump School of Politics and Economics, with "liberal America" reclaiming centre stage? Will the results temper the politics of others fo...