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Americans vote in midterms set to upend Trump presidency
Americans voted on Tuesday in pivotal midterm elections, with Democrats hoping to seize control of Congress and impose the first significant checks on Donald Trump’s chaotic second term in the White House. Multiple polls predict Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives and have a shot at seizing the Senate on the back of voter resentment at a deeply unpopular president, soaring energy costs and the dragging conflict with Iran. Republicans losing the House would give Democrats the power to stall Trump’s legislative agenda and launch sweeping in