Washington more fractured and fractious

With the Democrats retaining control of the Senate and the Republicans securing only a narrow victory in the House of Representatives, the electoral dust of the US midterm elections has settled. Republican control of the House means that the Biden administration will have great difficulty building on any agenda during the last two years of this presidential term. This has significant implications both domestically and internationally.

Domestic implications

Undoubtedly, the US midterm electoral results will exacerbate partisan confrontation and political polarization. By leveraging their control of committees, the House Republicans will be certain to take a more active oversight role by launching a series of investigations into the administration, such as probing into the military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the business dealings of Hunter Biden, the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, and the Biden administration's border policy, or even by attempting to impeach President Biden in retaliation for the two impeachments of Donald Trump by the Democratic House, all of which will be bound to incur an enormous amount of partisan rancor.