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The Democrats won big in the US midterm elections and have control of both houses of Congress. But Donald Trump still holds a presidential veto and is threatening to use it. Can the Democrats use their new congressional majority to tackle America's affordability crisis? What does their victory mean for Big Tech and the construction of data centres? And will they scrutinise companies that benefited from close ties to the Trump White House over the past two years? The BBC's North America business correspondent Michelle Fleury joins Rahul Tandon and Will Bain to discuss what the election result could mean for the US economy, businesses and households.

Producer: Gideon Long

You can email the team: businessdaily@bbc.co.uk

(Picture: US House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), and Democratic candidate for House of Representatives Suzan DelBene celebrate at an election night watch party in Washington, DC, US, November 3, 2026. Credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)

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