India, Nov. 4 -- The United States enters 2027 with a Republican president facing a Congress fully controlled by the opposing party for the first time since the 2007-09 session that passed the India-US civil nuclear deal. Democrats won majorities in both the House and the Senate in the November 3 midterm elections, picking up six Senate seats Republicans had held in Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Texas, according to the non-profit elections reference Ballotpedia, which tracked the results through the night. The non-partisan forecaster Decision Desk HQ projected Democratic control of both chambers; the exact final House tally was still being settled days after the vote.

The result restores what political scientists...