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Democrats gained control of Congress in the November 3 midterms.

Democrats gained control of Congress in the November 3, 2026, midterms, and high prices were among the factors Asharq News identified in the result; its coverage did not establish affordability as the sole cause. After the vote, Democrats named healthcare and lowering food, fuel and housing costs as priorities. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries argued that the Iran war had raised gasoline prices, while Democratic campaigns and allied groups had linked the conflict to household costs in election advertising. These were political arguments, not verified measures of what drove specific household expenses. Separately, an Asharq-Ipsos survey of 1,020 U.S. adults, conducted October 9–11, found that 54% favored lowering tariffs on imported goods; the question described tariffs as taxes on imports. In a September 2 statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency, the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned Iran’s attack on the Saudi tanker Sidr in the Strait of Hormuz and Iranian attacks on Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait. The Kingdom stressed safe international navigation, energy-supply security, sovereignty and international law, and called on all parties to de-escalate and return to negotiations and peaceful solutions.

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