It's Midterm elections day in the US.

Will the blue wave that poles have foreseen actually materialise and will President Trump lose control of the House of Representatives and the US Senate for his final 2 years in office?

Aine has travelled from Texas to Washington DC where - in this bonus content - she speaks to senior fellow from the Brookings Institute, Tom Wright.

They look beyond election week to what the election results will mean for Ireland, Europe, Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East as well as life inside the United States. Plus, is President Rubio or President Vance the most likely story for 2028?

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On this 'State of Affairs' we're focusing on different types of houses.

Aine is in Texas on the case of the US House of Representatives turning blue in the midterm elections but what's going to happen in the knife-edge Senate race?

Chris is in studio in Dublin with Ivan Yates and housing is on the agenda. With 40,000 units predicted in 2026 Ivan fears a cliff edge in the years that will follow with the ending of subsidies to developers.

Aine also gets a fascinating deep dive into what's happening in the US with podcaster Evan Smith.

While Chris and Ivan get into polls, Ard Fheis, the mounting questions around Liberty Recycling and the last two years of Trump.

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Aine's visiting her son and daughter in law in Texas but we've put her to work on a midterm election battle that is on a knife-edge and will define Trump's next two years.

Plus Chris has the details on an imminent public sector pay deal. Stormont looking precarious and Fine Gael filling the news with its internal drama.

Plus voters speak to us from the ballot stations in the USA, we listen to the attack adverts and Aine (and son Jack) take us for a ride in Elon Musk's driverless fleet.

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