Could Democrats win big in the U.S. midterms?
The Current

Could Democrats win big in the U.S. midterms?

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 5, 202619 min
  • Politics

In just over a month, voters in America will head to the polls in the U.S. midterms. The elections will decide if US President Donald Trump will remain free to pursue his agenda, or whether he’ll face checks from a new Congress as the Democrats try to flip both the House and the Senate. Josh Wingrove, Senior White House reporter with Bloomberg News and Barbara Sprunt, Congressional Correspondent with NPR, talk through which races to watch and what’s at stake.

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