GOP and Christian right scramble after sweeping midterm losses
What's next: Republicans are trying to pass more of their agenda before Democrats take the House and Senate in January.
Republicans and the Christian right are regrouping after broad midterm defeats that handed Democrats more than 40 Republican-held House seats and control of Congress starting in January. Back on Capitol Hill, GOP lawmakers met privately to assess what went wrong while resisting a clean break from President Donald Trump. Some Republicans blamed the party for losing touch with voters on costs and healthcare, while others argued it had abandoned core social conservatives and working-class families. The election setback also set off a scramble among Christian right activists, who are now looking toward the 2028 presidential race after one of the movement's sharpest political reversals in years.