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The GOP needs one more seat to take House control; Global population passes 8 billion.

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Republicans are one seat away from winning the House majority

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• Republicans are just one seat away from controlling the US House after winning a series of races late Monday. [Politico / Zach Montellaro and David Cohen]
• Reps. Michelle Steel and Ken Calver won reelection bids in California, and Brandon Williams won in New York state, pushing the GOP to 217 seats, one away from a majority. About a dozen races are left to call. [Guardian]
• The party plans to use its majority to focus on immigration, investigate the Biden administration, and limit aid for Ukraine. Impeachment proceedings aren’t off the table. However, Republicans will have few votes to spare. [ABC News / Tal Axelrod]
• Democrats won the Senate, and will have the power to block legislation from House Republicans. [Associated Press / Will Weissert]
• The GOP will likely choose current House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to be speaker in January. [Vox / Ben Jacobs]

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Vox’s Li Zhou and Christian Paz answer all your questions about the midterm elections. [Vox / Li Zhou and Christian Paz]

There are 8 billion people on Earth

• The global population reached 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to projections from the UN. [ABC News / Teddy Grant and Youri Benadjaoud]
• It took 12 years to add another billion humans to the planet; improvements in health care, nutrition, and sanitation have increased life expectancies and reduced extreme poverty. [Axios / Stef W. Kight and Tory Lysik]
• The UN warned that the increased population poses future challenges for food security and the fight against climate change. [CBS News / Pamela Falk]
• Middle-income countries in Asia accounted for about 70 percent of the growth in the past decade. India is expected to overtake China to become the world’s most populous country as soon as 2023. [CNN / Tara Subramaniam]
• However, the global population grew at its slowest rate since the 1950s as some countries saw fewer births. Eight countries are projected to account for half of the growth by 2050. [CNBC / Spencer Kimball]

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