Will Schumer remain at the top of the Senate for Democrats?

And now to a live look at the nation's capital, where Democrats are weighing their next steps after Tuesday night's sweeping victories led the party to its largest congressional majority in decades. Democrats are projected to take at least 253 seats in the House of Representatives, while Republicans will have at least 157 seats. It will be the first time Democrats have held Over 250 seats since 2008, and there are still. 25 races left to call. Over in the Senate, the math remains the same, with Democrats projected to take the majority with at least 54 seats. Races in Mississippi and Alaska are still too close to call, though the Democrats in those races are currently leading. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has already launched his bid to be the next speaker. And in the Senate, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has expressed confidence that he will hold on to the top spot. But some political analysts say the success of so many Democratic Socialist candidates Could affect the party's priorities with some of the incoming lawmakers hinting that they prefer a new direction. Do you vote for Chuck Schumer as the Senate majority leader? No. No, I will not. I'm going to support somebody else. There's far more moderates in the House of Representatives and in the United States Senate than there are DSA members. And I think everybody in the Democratic conference is going to want to see a way that they can keep the majority for the long term. And analysts say the math may ultimately support the more moderate Democrats with the DSA candidates making up a small but vocal minority of the new Congress. And in Southern California, Democratic Socialist Nithya Raman has won the race for Los Angeles mayor, beating the incumbent Karen Bass. We will have more on that race coming up tonight at 1030. And as Democrats celebrate, members of the Trump administration are planning for resignations and investigations. The political fallout is well underway for the Republican Party tonight, which is blaming the war in Iran for its midterm losses and in the process pointing the finger at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. SKTV's Greg Lee tells us experts believe the president's inner circle could see some big changes. Shake-ups within the Trump administration in the aftermath of a sweeping midterm election defeat for Republicans. Longtime San Francisco lawyer Harmeet Dhillon resigned from her role, leading the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. In her resignation letter, Dhillon said she made the decision in early October and called serving the greatest honor of her lifetime. Yes, there will absolutely be a large number of appointees leaving the administration by force or by choice, but it will begin happening. Republican strategist and co-founder of the anti-Trump group, the Lincoln Project, Mike Madrid, said more high-profile changes could be on the way after Democrats decisively seize control of the House and Senate. Best case is you can argue that it's just this moment, it's just gas prices and this war, but Worst case, I think the more realistic case is to understand that an entire political class enabled this and marched down the road with it. Bloomberg reporting Secretary of State Marco Rubio is considering resigning as he mulls a presidential run in 2028. Rubio's office denied the reporting. Donald Trump is now very much viewed as more of a liability than an asset in a way In a way that he has not in the past 10 years. Frustration over the war and its impact on prices at home spurring a bipartisan impeachment threat for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Vocal critic of the president, Republican Congressman Thomas Massey said he'll force an impeachment vote for Hegseth if he doesn't resign. They will either be blamed rightfully or they will or take him kind of the grenade for him. So this is not a good moment and especially entering a lame duck session. It's hard to see all but the hardest core MAGA rallying around what is left of the remnants The president standing by Hegseth while the secretary released a defiant video statement. Their obsession with political theater disguised as power drives them to try to destroy their opponents. It's all about the politics of personal destruction. Didn't work against President Trump. And it won't work with me. After Vice President J.D. Vance blamed the historic losses on the Iran war, other prominent Republicans also moved to create distance from the president. It's the political equivalent of a meteor strike that went all around the United States, blue states, red states, everything in between. And the one state that was able to hold the line and withstand that is right here in the free state of Florida. House Republicans also bracing for Democrat-led investigations in a new Congress. Majority Leader Steve Scalise sending a letter to the chairs of House committees warning them to, quote, maximize our remaining days in power to prepare for what is coming. Greg Lee, KTVU, Fox 2 News.