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Democrats Win House and Are Projected to Take Senate, Reports Say

Democrats won control of the U.S. House, and CBS News projects that the party will also win control of the Senate.

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Democrats won control of the U.S. House and are projected to win control of the Senate, according to reports from CBS News and PBS NewsHour. In a CBS News video report, the network said it projects that the Democratic Party will win control of the Senate in addition to the House.

PBS NewsHour, in an article credited to the Associated Press, reported that Democrats win the U.S. House and take unified control of Congress. The summary of that report says voters delivered a "resounding rebuke to Trump."

The CBS News summary says its correspondent Weijia Jiang spoke to President Trump and will share key takeaways from that conversation. The summary does not describe what Trump said.

Neither the CBS News summary nor the PBS NewsHour summary gives seat totals, vote margins, or the states where the results were decided. The two items also differ in emphasis. CBS News reported a Senate projection, while PBS NewsHour, citing the Associated Press, focused on the House result and unified control of Congress.

CBS News describes its Senate result as a projection, while the PBS NewsHour summary describes the House result without using that term. The CBS News item is a video report with no listed author, and the PBS NewsHour item is a written article credited to the Associated Press.

Readers seeking more detail can consult the full reports linked above.

Sources: CBS News: Democrats win control of Senate, CBS News projects; PBS NewsHour: Democrats win control of the U.S. House.