Republicans take control of U.S. Congress.

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The Republican Party secured a majority in the Senate on Tuesday by winning 51 seats, according to projections by international agencies and U.S. media. This result marks a substantial change in the balance of power in Congress, which until now maintained a Democratic majority. teleSUR

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00:00Meanwhile, Republicans won control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday with victories in West

00:05Virginia and Ohio, guaranteeing that the party would control at least one chamber of Congress

00:10next year.

00:11In this sense, neither party appeared to have a clear advantage in the battle for the House

00:14of Representatives, which Republicans now control by a narrow margin.

00:18But Tuesday's results guaranteed that Republicans could help Trump appoint conservative judges

00:24and other government staff.

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