India, Nov. 5 -- Voters in this week's US elections turned against the party in the White House, continuing a trend seen at almost every midterm for nearly a century, though the Republicans this time around lost ground almost everywhere, on a scale few midterms have matched.

"The American people have made the same decision that has been made in all but two midterms in the last century," US House Speaker Mike Johnson said, acknowledging Republican losses.

As votes were counted on Wednesday, Democrats won control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. They made gains in traditionally Republican states, including Texas, Kansas and South Carolina, and won congressional districts that President Donald Trump had carried comforta...