
Takeaways and observations from the 2022 midterms
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As the final votes are still being tallied in several battleground states, Democrats appeared to have fended off the predicted Republican "red wave."
As of Wednesday evening, CBS News characterized Senate control as a toss-up with four seats left to be decided. CBS News estimated the House, meanwhile, leaned Republican, although Republicans are estimated to have 210 seats to 200 for Democrats, falling far short of a landslide victory.
Here are some takeaways from the consequential midterm election:

Washington — The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport a group of migrants with criminal records held at a U.S. naval base in Djibouti, clarifying the scope of its earlier order that lifted restrictions on removals to countries that are not deportees' places of origin.