With the House, Republicans would have full control of the federal government next year. Republicans moved closer to claiming House control yesterday. They have won 214 of the 218 seats they need for a majority, and 16 races remain uncalled. With the House, Republicans would have full control of the federal government next year.

A fter eight days of counting votes, the Republicans have won the House of Representatives. This means the party will have the coveted trifecta —control of the presidency, House and Senate—for at least the next two years.

Donald Trump will begin his second term as president the same way he began his first—with Republicans controlling both the House and Senate. The GOP scored its 218th House-race victory—enough to clinch a majority of the chamber’s 435 seats—today when CNN and NBC News declared Republicans the winner of two close elections in Arizona.