ABC News reported that President Donald Trump is wrapping up a "turbulent midterm campaign" with rallies in Iowa and Kansas. The outlet's headline states that Republicans are fighting to keep control of both the Senate and the House as the campaign closes.

Fox News reported that Republicans are defending slim congressional majorities, and that toss-up Senate races in Alaska, Texas and Iowa could decide control of the chamber in 2026. Its explainer on House and Senate control covers ballot measures and poll closing on Election Day, though the summary does not give current seat totals or polling figures.

An opinion piece in The Hill, by Douglas Schoen and Carly Cooperman, opinion contributors, offered a different emphasis. Under the headline "The House is decided - the Senate is anything but," the authors wrote that the 2026 midterms are shaping up to be one of the most widely competitive in modern history, at least on the Senate level. Because the piece is commentary, its view of the House is the authors' assessment and not a reported result, so the news reports and the opinion piece differ on how settled the House contest is.

The three reports differ in emphasis. Fox News and The Hill place the most weight on Senate races, while the ABC News headline refers to both the Senate and the House. None of the reports gives the outcome of any race, and the summaries do not describe vote totals, so this story does not report a result for either chamber.

Sources: Fox News: Everything to know about House and Senate control, ballot measures and 2026 Election Day poll closing; ABC News: Trump rallies in Iowa and Kansas as Republicans fight to keep Senate and House control; The Hill: The House is decided - the Senate is anything but.