Americans vote in midterm election seen as a referendum on Trump presidency

Americans voted on Tuesday in a midterm election seen as a nationwide referendum on US President Donald Trump that could wrest control of Congress from his Republican Party and impose major restraints on the remaining two years of his presidency. Polls predict the Democrats will win a majority in the House of Representatives and possibly seize the Senate on the back of voter resentment at an unpopular president, soaring energy costs and the dragging conflict with Iran. Republicans losing the House would give Democrats the power to stall Trump’s legislative agenda and launch sweeping…