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World/ United States & Canada

How the US midterm elections unfolded, as Americans delivered a verdict on Trump

  • Republican stranglehold on power in Washington is broken
  • US President Donald Trump will have to face Democrats armed with subpoena power, after they took control of the lower house of Congress
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Updated: 1:56pm, 7 Nov, 2018

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US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi arrives onstage to celebrate the Democratic House wins at a Democratic celebration of the results. Photo: Reuters

Welcome to South China Morning Post’s live coverage of the US midterm elections.

Control of Congress will be divided next year, as Democrats won back the House of Representatives but President Donald Trump’s Republicans maintained their Senate majority in crucial midterms, networks projected Tuesday.