Democrats win the House, taking full control of Congress

Democrats won control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections, giving the party full control of Congress for the first time since early 2023.

The party flipped more than two dozen House districts from Republicans, including some that President Donald Trump carried by double digits in 2024. Democrats also won several Florida districts that the state's Republican-led legislature had redrawn, and they defeated Republican incumbents in swing districts in Pennsylvania. Counting was still under way in a number of close races early Wednesday, so the final size of the new majority is not yet known.

Combined with their gains in the Senate, the result means Democrats will lead every committee in Congress when the new session begins in January. That gives them subpoena power to investigate the administration and the ability to block or reshape the president's legislative agenda for the last two years of his term.

Voters said high prices and the cost of living were their top concerns, along with the war with Iran and worries about corruption in government. Democrats made those issues the center of their campaigns.

Republicans had held narrow majorities in both chambers. The party in the White House usually loses seats in midterm elections, but the scale of this year's losses reached deep into areas that have long voted Republican. This is a developing story.