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The News Agents follows the midterms into questions of accountability

Mehdi Hasan and Steve Bannon feature in a busy week spanning Washington's response and the legal barriers facing survivors.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

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2:17Goodall reports from Austin as Democrats celebrate the Texas results.
7:15Sopel and Maitlis identify tariffs, petrol prices and the Iran war as drivers of the Republican backlash.
10:39Attendees outside Abbott's watch party describe their disappointment and surprise.
18:59Goodall questions whether defeat weakens Trump's hold on the Republican Party.
27:05The hosts debate how younger candidates and changes in Democratic messaging contributed to the results.

Lewis Goodall's conversation with Mehdi Hasan gives The News Agents' election coverage a question that lasts beyond the celebrations: how much does Republican defeat actually change Trump's influence? Hasan argues that Trumpism will endure after Trump leaves office, potentially in a more extreme form.

That interview followed the week's most-watched upload, "The Democrats destroy Trump - what happens now? | The News Agents", which reached roughly 520,000 views. Jon Sopel and Emily Maitlis broadcast from Washington while Goodall reported from Austin, moving between celebrating Democrats and shocked attendees outside Greg Abbott's watch party. The episode includes a sponsored banking segment.

The follow-through matters here. Monday's episode asked whether Trump's response would be a harder-right administration, bringing Steve Bannon into the discussion about the results and the Republican Party. It is attracting substantially more daily viewing than the election-night programme now, although Tuesday's episode about allegations against David Walliams has the strongest current momentum.

Accountability outside politics formed the week's other substantial thread. Andy Hughes joined Maitlis and Sopel to explain how Russell Brand's conviction was secured. Maitlis's return to her earlier interview with Brand continues to draw viewers, while the Walliams episode brings in whistleblower Zelda Perkins to discuss survivors, journalism and the use of civil courts to silence people.

Across the week, the channel gained about 5,000 subscribers, a quicker rate of growth than over the preceding month. Daily views are also comfortably above their usual level. Among similarly sized political channels, Spot On with Link Lauren had a remarkably similar weekly audience gain, while Pivot with Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway is experiencing a pronounced daily lift. For The News Agents, the attention is spread across both its American political reporting and its examinations of celebrity power.

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