White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders has just sent out this statement:

"Tonight, President Trump called [Republican] Leader Mitch McConnell to congratulate him on the historic senate gains.

"He also spoke with Speaker Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

"The President called to congratulate [Republicans] Rick Scott, Mike DeWine, Kevin Cramer, Josh Hawley, Brian Kemp, and Ron DeSantis.

"Lastly, the President talked to [Democratic] Senator Chuck Schumer. He and the Vice-president will continue to make calls tonight and tomorrow."

Now that Democrats have won control of the House of Representatives, the BBC's Anthony Zurcher looks at the fallout for the president and his plans for the next two years.

Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi spoke to supporters after her party appeared to win control of the House of Representatives.

She became the first female Speaker of the House in 2006 before losing the majority in 2010, in what many saw as a response to then President Barack Obama's healthcare law.

Dave Lee
North America technology reporter

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Yesterday Facebook told us they had deleted 115 accounts for displaying "inauthentic behaviour" - which is Facebook speak for foreign influence campaigns.

At the time it said it was too early to confidently attribute the source of these accounts, but they have just put out a statement acknowledging the existence of a website, claiming to be associated with the Kremlin’s online misinformation operation, that lists those deleted accounts.

Here’s Facebook’s statement in full: "Last night, following a tip-off from law enforcement, we blocked over 100 Facebook and Instagram accounts due to concerns that they were linked to the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) and engaged in co-ordinated inauthentic behaviour, which is banned from our services.

"This evening a website claiming to be associated with the IRA published a list of Instagram accounts they claim to have created. We had already blocked most of these accounts yesterday, and have now blocked the rest. This is a timely reminder that these bad actors won't give up - and why it's so important we work with the US government and other technology companies to stay ahead."

Despite this update, Facebook isn’t saying for sure that Russia is behind this latest effort - "nothing definitive", a spokesman told me.

Facebook hasn’t been alone in removing suspect activity. After being alerted by the Democrats, Twitter took down a massive 10,000 bot accounts that had attempted to post message designed to discourage voters from turning up to the polls.

Read more about those efforts here:

Relief at social networks as defences hold - for now

North Dakota Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp led supporters in a chant of "we will not give up" as she departed the stage after delivering her concession speech.

She called serving her state for six years "the honour of a lifetime".

Heitkamp's campaign suffered a late-breaking embarrassment in October, when she was forced to apologise for releasing the names of sex assault victims against their will.

US senator apologises for revealing names of 'sex crime victims'

With less than a third of the House to be declared, 23 seats changed hands. So far, 21 have gone to the Democrats, adding 19 seats overall.

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Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill has lost her re-election bid to Republican Josh Hawley in Missouri.

US media report she has called her opponent to concede.

The race had been marked as a toss-up by experts as McCaskill was a Democrat up for re-election in a state that went easily to Donald Trump in 2016.

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AP projections say Democrat Lauren Underwood will become the first woman to win the Illinois14th district seat from Republican Randy Hultgren.

The underdog challenger managed to flip a suburban district that has reliably voted Republican for years to help the Democrats take control of the House.

Underwood, who is a nurse, worked in the Obama administration as an adviser in the Department of Health and Human Services.

Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who has won re-election, says this was a campaign about "hope and the future for the people of Texas".

The people of Texas, he said, "rendered a vote saying we want more jobs and more security and more freedom".

He thanked his wife, his children, and his parents before thanking Democratic opponent Beto O'Rourke.

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"He poured his heart into this campaign. He worked tirelessly - listen it's important - he worked tirelessly and he's a dad and he took time away from his kids."

"Millions across this state were inspired by his campaign. He didn't prevail and I'm grateful the people of Texas chose a different path."

Ron DeSantis, a Trumpist conservative, has been elected Florida governor after a highly-contested race against Democrat Andrew Gillum, according to AP.

Gillum, who hoped to become the state's first African-American leader, has already conceded.

"We've got an awful lot to do. We've got a lot of opportunities," he said in his victory speech, vowing to work with Floridians "from all walks of life" included those that backed his opponent.

"I promise you this - as governor, I will fight the good fight."

Find out why the race in the sunshine state was one of the key battles in this election.

Even with hundreds of districts still to be declared, there are already more female Representatives than in the whole 1999-2001 House.

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Anthony Zurcher
BBC North America reporter

It’s a tale of two chambers.

The door to a Democratic-controlled Senate slammed shut. Donald Trump will continue to have a Republican majority ready and willing to confirm his executive and judicial appointments.

The only question now is the size of his party’s advantage.

In the House of Representatives, however, the story is different.

The path of least resistance for Democrats to a majority in that chamber led through educated suburban districts that had long voted for Republicans, but contained voters that may have been uneasy with Donald Trump’s policies and rhetoric.

One by one, those districts were carried by the Democrats. In Virginia, Illinois and Florida, moderate Republicans lost. In places like Colorado, New Jersey, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Texas and New York, Democrats are poised for victory.

It won’t feel like the tsunami many on the left were hoping for, but a steadily rising tide is still lifting Democrats to enough victories to give them control of the House for the first time in eight years.

With that comes the ability to stop the Trump legislative agenda in its tracks and puts some teeth in congressional oversight of his administration.

The partisan trenches in America are getting deeper. And after two years in the darkness, Democrats have the means to fight back.

The Republican president called the night a "tremendous success" in his first tweet of the evening.

His party maintains control of the Senate, though they have lost a majority in the House.

Democrat Sharice Davids is set to become the first Native American Congresswoman in Kansas' 3rd district, according to AP.

Davids, a 38-year-old political newcomer, defeated incumbent Republican Rep Kevin Yoder.

Read more about why more Native Americans are running for office here.

Democrats are now expected to win control of the House of Representatives, CBS News projects.

It is the first time in eight years that Democrats will be the majority in the lower chamber.

This means Democrats can launch new investigations through House committees, block Republican bills and float the idea of presidential impeachment - which requires a simple majority in the House.

Republicans, however, will maintain their hold of the Senate.

Florida Democrat Andrew Gillum has conceded in the heated election for governor in Florida.

"I still plan to be on the front lines with every single one of you when it comes to standing up for what I believe in," he said.

"I still believe and I still trust the voters," he said, adding: "I believe that good always wins out over evil."

Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib is projected to become the first Muslim woman to be elected to Congress.

The former state representative's projected victory comes after she narrowly defeated Democrat Brenda Jones in the primary election. Tlaib ran as the only major party candidate during the mid-terms.

In Minnesota, Somali-American Ilhan Omar is also projected to win her race in a landslide, besting Republican Jennifer Zielinski.

Omar was the first Somali-American to be elected to office in the US in 2016, when she became a member of Minnesota's House of Representatives.