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Photos: US Democrats celebrate winning control of Congress

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Democrats flipped seats that had long been held by Republicans in a wave of historic leadership firsts.

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What the coverage shows

Reuters frames the story as a broad question about whether Democrats can regain Congress as voters assess Trump’s second term, while The Atlantic narrows in on Josh Shapiro and presents him as a Democrat winning over voters in Trump country. Reuters also folds the item into a wider roundup of major political headlines, whereas The Atlantic’s extract is the only one that specifically mentions Shapiro looking past his own reelection.

Written by Crossfiled from the 11 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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