Chris Spear

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The Briefing · Australia has 17 new billionaires + How Trump can rig the midterms · 1 Jun 2026 podcast

I might read her book, actually.

That is it for headlines.

And look, that story is the perfect segue into our deep dive, which is all about the US midterm elections.

Well done.

Yeah, it's going to be the first real verdict on Donald Trump's second stint as US president.

We'll give you the lowdown and also what it could spell for democracy up next.

We are fast approaching the halfway point of Donald Trump's second term as US president, with the midterm elections five months away.

They'll decide who controls the Congress, which is currently held by the Republican Party.

And while this vote will act as the people's first major verdict on Trump's second stint in the White House, other factors at play could see the result rigged.

How and what impacts will that have on democracy more broadly?

Chas Lichardello is the host of ABC's Planet America and he joins me now.

Welcome back to The Briefing.

I feel like it's been a little while, but now seems to be the time that we start getting interested more deeply in US politics again because the midterms are happening this year.

Start off, please, by explaining to us what they actually are and what the gravity of the midterms is.

It's a little bit more complicated than Australia's system, but you've explained what the parallels are.

Can you explain why they matter in the grand scheme of who's in charge of America and who's making the rules and decisions?

And so right now, the Republicans have control of both, don't they?

So what are we expecting then at this early stage?

We are still five months out from the midterms, but the talk has started.

What are we hearing people talking about and why is that chatter happening right now?

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