This Sunday Story from Up First, hosted by Aisha Roscoe, dissects the 2026 midterm 'blue tsunami' with NPR congressional correspondent Barbara Sprunt and senior political editor Domenico Montanaro, arguing the sweep was less a Democratic victory than a Republican collapse driven by afford
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