The 5 most consequential developments from the midterm elections

The nation's biggest political shift in a half-century sparked a flood of jaw-dropping headlines.
Democrats take control of the House and Senate, winning even in such deep red states as Kansas and South Carolina. Electoral breakthroughs for candidates who are Black, Hispanic, Native American and gay. A Democratic socialist elected mayor in the nation's second-largest city, Los Angeles, joining one elected last year in the largest, New York.
With the final votes now being counted from the Nov. 3