India, Nov. 8 -- The US midterm results are in, save those for a very small number of electoral districts. Prior to the elections, many analysts had expected the Democrats to take control of the House of Representatives; they have, with a clear majority. Their prospects in the Senate seemed less certain. However, they have also managed to take the Senate with a comfortable majority.

Now in control of both chambers of the legislature, they will be able to place significant curbs on Donald Trump's presidency, even though the President can still use his veto to block any legislation that they propose and is not to his liking. In the absence of a two-thirds majority and party cohesion, they will not be able to override a presidential veto. ...