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The US dollar declined after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the midterm elections. The article is a brief headline-level report with no further detail.
A weaker dollar tends to support dollar-denominated commodity prices, though the effect here is modest and political rather than supply-driven.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.