GOP wins Presidency and control of Congress

 Fox News:

Fox News projects Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris to become 47th president of the United States

Trump will be the first president to serve two nonconsecutive terms since Grover Cleveland in 1892

The Fox News Decision Desk projects former President Trump has defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in a stunning victory, delivering him a second term in the White House after a historic election cycle filled with unprecedented twists and turns and two attempts on his life.
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Trump was projected to have breached the 270 electoral vote threshold after stunning wins in the battleground states of North Carolina, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
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 US election: close races to decide control of US Congress

Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate with victories in West Virginia and Ohio on Tuesday, ensuring Donald Trump's party will control at least one chamber of Congress next year.

Republicans also posted early gains as they battled to retain control of the House of Representatives.
If they prevail, Republicans would be in a position to dictate the agenda in Washington, helping Trump deliver on his promise to slash taxes and restrict immigration.
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Republican West Virginia Governor Jim Justice was projected to win an open Senate seat in the state shortly after polls closed, taking over the seat previously held by Joe Manchin, a Democrat-turned-independent. In Ohio, Republican Bernie Moreno was projected to defeat third-term incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown. Those two victories ensured Republicans will hold at least a 51-49 majority in the Senate.

Republicans stood a chance to widen their Senate majority further, as their candidates were leading Democratic incumbents in Michigan, Montana, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Wisconsin.

Republican incumbents also held off challengers in Texas, where Ted Cruz won reelection, and Nebraska, where Deb Fischer defeated independent Dan Osborn.
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Democrats may still be able to filibuster legislation in the Senate, but their ability to do so will shrink if the GOP wins more seats in close races.  In all the election was a rejection of the Democrats.  I see the outcome as a rejection of not only Kamala Harris but also many Democrats in general.

For Trump, it is a return to power that only one other president has achieved.  I suspect that voters concluded that the economy and world peace were better under Trump than under the Biden-Harris administration.

And:

'Tireless campaign': Reactions pour in after GOP challenger flips crucial Senate seat held by longtime Dem

Moreno defeated longtime incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown.

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