Republicans will keep their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Associated Press projected Wednesday.

Republicans won control of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, according to a projection by the Associated Press, handing the party a sweep and ushering in a new era in Washington. With the presidency,

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Republicans on Tuesday inched closer to winning a majority in the House of Representatives and with it full control of Congress, which would give Trump power to advance his agenda when he returns to the White House in January.

The Republicans were declared the majority party in the US House of Representatives Wednesday, completing a clean sweep of Congress and the White House in last week's elections and handing

President-elect Donald Trump's Republican Party has kept control of the House of Representatives, networks NBC and CNN projected on Wednesday, a week after a sweeping election victory delivered him a second term.