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US voters rebuke Trump as Democrats win control of Congress in ‘blue wave’

Donald Trump has been dealt a devastating blow to his authority with a succession of crushing defeats in the midterm elections, in which his Republican…

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Donald Trump has been dealt a devastating blow to his authority with a succession of crushing defeats in the midterm elections, in which his Republican party was stripped of control of the Senate and the House as his handpicked “Maga” candidates were swept away by a blue tsunami.

The president spent weeks before the election… The details come from The Guardian.

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United States · Americas
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The Guardian
First reported
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Democrats, Congress, Donald Trump, Trump
Section
Politics

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