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Big Headlines: Democrats retake Congress in stunning victory, flipping deep-red seats and battleground states
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The Blue Tsunami crushes Republican Party hopes to hold on to power as Democrats take over
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Frequency Podcast Network. Stories that matter. Podcasts that resonate. The Blue Tsunami crushes Republican Party hopes to hold on to power as Democrats take over the House and the Senate in an historic midterm. Hi, I'm Vrjesh Dave. This is Big Headlines, everything you need to know to be in the know in just five minutes.
Two years into President Donald Trump's second term, Americans have voted to take control of Congress away from the Republicans. Democrats flipped control of both the House and Senate, winning even in states that hadn't gone blue in decades. The midterm results will profoundly shape Donald Trump's remaining two years in office now. ABC News Washington bureau
chief Rick Klein says the Senate was not even supposed to be in play this year. We all went into this election cycle saying there's no way Democrats take the Senate. They have to win all of these places that they have no chance of winning and they won all of them and then some.
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