Democrats flex congressional majorities as Trump accepts electoral losses

WASHINGTON: Democrats vowed on Wednesday to use their resounding midterm victory to rein in President Donald Trump, setting up two years of possible deadlock in Washington, as Trump spent his first ​post-election appearance showing off his under-construction White House ballroom. A wave of anger over Trump’s policies, particularly the US-Iran war’s role in pushing the cost of living higher, helped Democrats take the Senate, where they flipped seats in deeply Republican states for a majority of