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What's next as Democrats win control of House, Senate, CBS News projects
Major Garrett shares what to expect from Democrats and the Trump administration as the blue party is projected to gain control of both the House and Senate.
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What the coverage shows
Most outlets frame the story as a Democratic sweep and turn quickly to implications, with CBS News, ABC News, The Economist, and Fox News all centering the projected shift in House and Senate control. The New York Times emphasizes the result as leverage to check Trump, while Reason uses the outcome to argue about Trump and the GOP’s future, and Fox News also highlights Republican reaction and how Democrats won. Ars Technica is the only outlet here to focus on an FCC-related angle, and CBS News alone runs multiple follow-ups on what comes next, Trump’s response, and state-level fallout.
Written by Crossfiled from the 15 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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