Democrats are expected to gain control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the upcoming midterm elections, despite Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts. With 218 Republican seats and 214 Democratic seats currently held, Democrats only need to flip three districts to take the majority. The shift would allow them to conduct oversight of the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. One Republican seat is vacant, one Democratic seat is vacant, and one Republican member has switched to independent status.

Investigators have discovered fragments of the horizontal tail section of a Learjet that crashed in Florida, confirming the aircraft was breaking apart before impact. All nine people on board died in the crash, which left a fiery crater in the ground. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says the discovery of three separate tail pieces more than a mile from the crash site supports the theory that the plane disintegrated mid-flight.