US midterm elections: all you need to know, from Democrats’ big wins to effects on China

What the coverage shows

All three outlets frame the Democratic gains as a political shift with consequences for policy, but Axios is the only one to center the permitting deal and its prospects in the lame duck. Reuters takes a broader “now what?” angle, saying many forces shaping the economy remain outside Congress’s control. South China Morning Post packages the result inside a midterm roundup and, in its extract, points to Congress reshaping Trump’s final two years.

Written by Crossfiled from the 7 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.