Democrats win control of US Congress in midterm blow to Trump

Democrats don win control of both chambers of di United States Congress for Tuesday midterm elections, one result wey go seriously limit President Donald Trump room to make laws for di rest of him term.

BBC report on Wednesday say Democrats don secure House majority, with counting still dey go on for some states. Di figures at di time show Democrats on 194 House seats against 115 for Republicans. For Senate, Democrats get 52 seats to Republicans 40.

All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats dey up for grabs. Dem dey see midterms well well as verdict on di sitting president, and dis one come amid voter worry over cost of living and di war with Iran, according to PM News.

Senate upsets for Republican strongholds

Democrats take Senate seats wey Republicans hold for Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina and Ohio, while dem keep Georgia and New Hampshire.

For Texas, James Talarico beat Ken Paxton to become di first Democrat to win Senate seat there since 1988, according to Vanguard. For South Carolina, Annie Andrews defeat Darline Graham, becoming di first woman wey dem elect to US Senate from dat state.

Roy Cooper beat Michael Whatley for North Carolina, and Sherrod Brown defeat incumbent Jon Husted for Ohio. Associated Press report say Trump back several of di Republicans wey lose, including Paxton and Graham.

Before di vote, CNN poll of polls bin show Democrats nine points ahead on di generic congressional ballot, and New York Times-Siena polling show dem leading for five key Senate races. Turnout among Latino voters for Texas rise well well, with dia share of di electorate up nearly five percentage points on 2022, according to Catalist data wey CNN cite.

US Department of Justice talk say e go post about 1,000 election monitors across all 50 states, dia largest such operation, to watch for voter intimidation, racial discrimination and poor language assistance. Di monitors no dey count ballots.

Wetin go happen next

From January, Democrats go chair key committees and fit open investigations into di president, him family and him administration policies. Dem fit also block spending and legislation wey he want.

Trump first blame di result on say he no dey on di ballot. "I wasn't on the Ballot and if I was, we would have won IN A LANDSLIDE!" he write on Truth Social. For later New York Times interview, he talk say he ready to accept di outcome: "We'll, you know, look forward to working with them. We'll probably work something out."

Di result no remove Trump from office. E mean say di last two years of him second term go dey fight out against one Congress wey opposition control.