With Democrats already sure of a Senate majority, Republicans on Wednesday narrowly took control of the US House of Representatives. This leaves Congress split and gives Republicans a legislative base to oppose President Joe Biden's agenda for the final two years of his term.
The Republican majority in the lower house of the US legislature will be far smaller than the party had hoped for. Republicans also failed to take control of the Senate after a historically weak performance by the American right in the November mid-term elections.
