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Trump ignores House loss and celebrates Senate pickups. But he now faces a tougher reality

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump cast the midterm election as a "big victory" early Wednesday, choosing to relish Republican wins in the Senate and Florida's governor's race, even as he suffered a major political setback and will face an emboldened Democratic majority in the House for the first time in his presidency.

The new dynamic will increase Trump's leverage with Republicans, many of whom owe at least part of their victories to him. But it will also open the White House to heightened scrutiny, given that House Democrats will hold the power over the next two years

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