Big Headlines: Control of Congress on the line as U.S. midterm elections are underway
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Big Headlines: Control of Congress on the line as U.S. midterm elections are underway

B2Upper-intermediateNovember 3, 20269 min
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Frequency Podcast Network. Stories that matter. Podcasts that resonate. America goes to the polls for midterm elections with Canada and the rest of the world watching. Hi, I'm Vrjesh Dave. This is Big Headlines. Everything you need to know to be in the know in just five minutes.

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It's election day in America as polls open. Voters in several U.S. states are casting their ballots, joining millions who did so before election day, with the first polls to close at 6 o'clock Eastern. Just a small handful of battleground states and districts will decide whether power in

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Congress shifts from Republicans to the Democrats for the remainder of U.S. President Donald Trump's time in the White House, NBC's Steve Kornacki with a breakdown. So control of the House, which Republicans have a very narrow majority heading into this. Basically if Democrats get a gain of three seats on the House side, they would get control

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