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Watch: Key moments from the US midterm election results

ByAnthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent
  • Published6 hours ago

As the dust was still settling on the Democratic midterm wave that crashed across America, the official White House account posted a photograph on X of a stern-looking Donald Trump standing behind his desk in the Oval Office.

"Trump is still your president," the caption read.

It's the kind of message Trump surely wants to project – of a president firmly in charge and unbowed despite a dramatic electoral setback.