India, Oct. 25 -- For two years, US President Donald Trump has prosecuted an unauthorised war in Iran, suspended military aid to Ukraine, deepened a partnership with Benjamin Netanyahu that has driven Israel deeper into international isolation and sought a 67 per cent increase in the military budget, all without meaningful congressional constraint. On 3 November, that could begin to change.

Nonpartisan analysts say Democrats stand a good chance of winning the US House of Representatives and possibly the Senate in the November 3 midterm elections, which would give them a slice of power in Washington after two years of Republican control. Democrats argue that Republicans have allowed US President Donald Trump's administration to declare wa...