{"id":388783,"date":"2026-10-17T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/can-trump-fight-off-a-democratic-blue-wave-this-us-midterms-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T04:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T03:00:07","slug":"can-trump-fight-off-a-democratic-blue-wave-this-us-midterms-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/can-trump-fight-off-a-democratic-blue-wave-this-us-midterms-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Trump fight off a Democratic blue wave this US midterms? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/8G-NflYNCts\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Can Trump fight off a Democratic blue wave this US midterms? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8G-NflYNCts\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Americans will head to the polls in 17 days to decide how the rest of Donald Trump&#8217;s presidency will play out.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of races are taking place across the US, at different levels of government, on 3 November. 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