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Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the US midterm elections on Tuesday, ending two years of unified Republican control. Voters cited the cost of living, inflation and the war with Iran. Trump acknowledged on Wednesday that the Iran war contributed to Republican losses, and told the Wall Street Journal he would have made the same decision again. Vice President JD Vance blamed the war for the losses in a long post on X. The new Congress begins in January.

Democrats have taken majorities in both the House and the Senate in the US midterm elections, ending Republican control of Congress. Reports describe the results as a rebuke of former President Donald Trump's policies, and the vote count continued in some parts of the country. In Texas, James Talarico won an open Senate seat and Gina Hinojosa won the governorship for Democrats. In Kansas, a Democrat won a Senate seat for the first time in nearly a century. President Trump said the war in Iran was worth it despite the losses.

The Democratic Party now holds 54 seats in the Senate and 228 seats in the House, giving it clear control of both chambers. Voters flipped four Senate seats previously held by Republicans, including a win in Texas that made James Talarico the state's first Democratic senator since 1988 and a victory in South Carolina. In Texas, Gina Hinojosa also became the first Latina governor. The Justice Department deployed about 1,000 monitors to polling places nationwide, citing election integrity as a top priority.