The result is in… The Republicans won a narrow majority to take control of the US House of Representatives from the Democrats in last week’s midterm elections. It was expected – historically, there’s a big swing against the sitting president’s party in the midterms – but the Republicans failed to secure a “red wave”. In the 435-seat body, the Republicans now have 218 and are expected to gain more as the count is finalised. It means US President Joe Biden’s party no longer has control of the legislation passed to the Democratic-controlled Senate for debate – and House Republicans are also likely to launch investigations into Biden and his administration as they head towards the 2024 elections… That could include the country’s disorganised military withdrawal from Afghanistan, amongst many other issues on their radar. But they’ll have to wait a bit to start any of that – the new regime takes effect in January.