Midterm elections: Democrats capture House as GOP holds Senate - washingtonpost

Democrats seized control of the House while Republicans held the Senate on Tuesday in a national referendum on President Trump that drew record numbers of voters to the polls and opened the door to tougher oversight of the White House over the next two years.

The dramatic conclusion of the most expensive and consequential midterms in modern times fell short of delivering the sweeping repudiation of Trump wished for by Democrats and the “resistance” movement. But Democrats’ win of the House still portended serious changes in Washington, as the party prepared to block Trump’s agenda and investigate his personal finances and potential ties to Russia. 

An immediate post-election change to Trump’s Cabinet came Wednesday when Attorney General Jeff Sessions resigned at the president’s request. The move threw the future of the special counsel’s Russia investigation into uncertainty and clarified partisan battle lines after light talk of compromise following the election. - Read More

Midterm elections: Democrats capture House as GOP holds Senate

Record number of women heading to Congress