WASHINGTON—With Republicans projected to retain control of the U.S. House, the GOP has won a trifecta in the federal government for the first time since 2016.
Although The Associated Press had yet to call all House races, it projected as of about 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 13, Republicans would keep at least 218 seats in the lower chamber—the minimum required for a majority.
“We did everything possible to ensure we could come to this moment,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said during a Nov. 12 press conference in which he declared Republicans victorious. “It is a new day in Washington; it is morning in America.”…