From Washington: Could the House Flip Before the Midterms?
The Fox News Rundown
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🗓️ 4 January 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | For the latest reaction to the U.S. strike against Venezuela and the capture of President Nicholas |
| 0:05.2 | Maduro, listen to Fox News Radio and go to foxnews.com. |
| 0:13.4 | Sunday, January 4th, 2026. I'm Jared Halpern. It is a midterm year, but could the House flip before November's elections? |
| 0:23.6 | It's about the math. |
| 0:24.8 | They are going to have a more narrow majority here in just a couple of days because Marjorie |
| 0:29.1 | Taylor Green is going to resign from Congress on January 5th. |
| 0:32.8 | So you see how, you know, the margins are shrinking. |
| 0:35.8 | And is there any prescription for policymakers to bring down the national debt this year? |
| 0:41.9 | It's a darn shame that we've now, I think, passed the point of no return where some very |
| 0:46.9 | severe changes are going to have to happen that could have been avoided if we'd acted sooner. |
| 0:51.7 | This is the Fox News Rundown from Washington. |
| 1:04.6 | I didn't see that coming. |
| 1:06.6 | How often did you say that in 2025? |
| 1:09.3 | In this time where it can often seem like we've seen it all, |
| 1:12.1 | here's one thing we haven't, at least in the world of politics. |
| 1:15.7 | The U.S. House of Representatives has never flipped in the middle of a Congress. |
| 1:20.2 | It's actually pretty remarkable when you think of it. |
| 1:22.7 | All those thin majorities, sometimes aging groups of lawmakers, |
| 1:26.4 | but throughout history from the first United States Congress in 17ities, sometimes aging groups of lawmakers, but throughout history, from the first |
| 1:28.7 | United States Congress in 1789, all the way up until today, the party that had control of the |
| 1:35.8 | House at the beginning of a session held on for the duration. |
| 1:40.2 | 26 could test that. |
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