In a stunning upset after more than a week of vote counting in one of the country’s most reliably red states, the Democrat Scott Colom has defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith, the incumbent Republican senator, in Mississippi.
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Democrat → defeat → Mississippi
He becomes the first Black senator elected in the state since Reconstruction.
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He → become → Reconstruction
Colom’s election capped a national wave of anger at Donald Trump’s administration, sweeping away Republicans in places where Democrats had not been competitive in decades.
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Democrats → cap → decades
With the addition of Colom, Democrats will hold at least 55 seats in the Senate, the party’s largest midterm gain since 1986.
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Democrats → hold → 1986
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What did Colom say about his victory?
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Colom → say → victory
Colom, a 43-year-old district attorney, said there had been times when his long-shot campaign felt defeated but “I had to have faith”.
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I → say → faith
He told supporters: “My commitment to you, each and every one of you, is that first I’m going to treat your children like I want my children to be treated.
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children → tell → children
I’m going to treat your parents the way I want my parents to be treated.
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parents → go → parents
I’m gonna treat your future the way I want my future to be.”
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future → go → future
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How have Democrats responded to a White House threat?
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Democrats → respond → threat
Robert Garcia, the ranking member of the oversight committee in the House of Representatives said it appeared Donald Trump had “something to hide” after the White House threatened criminal investigations over the party’s planned scrutiny of the administration.
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House → rank → administration
Garcia said in a statement that Congress’s authority came from article I of the constitution, “not from the permission of the White House”.
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authority → say → House
Nvidia board reportedly deciding whether to oust CEO Jensen Huang as stock price plunges
Nvidia’s board of directors has met to decide whether to oust Jensen Huang as CEO of the world’s most valuable chip company, according to reports, after a tumultuous week in which the executive and co-founder of the company admitted to having a romantic relationship with a woman who is alleged to be a Chinese spy.
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who → decide → woman
Huang’s position became more tenuous late on Wednesday after it was reported by the New York Times that Huang had a separate extramarital affair with a company employee.
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Huang → become → employee
Our global technology editor, Dan Milmo, explains what is happening in our Today in Focus podcast.
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what → explain → podcast
Democrats lambast absent peers after Republicans block Hegseth impeachment attempt
Democratic lawmakers expressed outrage at nearly a dozen of their colleagues for missing a vote Tuesday evening to impeach the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, allowing Republicans to defeat the effort.
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Republicans → lambast → effort
Eleven Democrats missed the key procedural vote on the impeachment effort, which failed by just seven votes.
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which → miss → votes
“You should show up and do your job,” Abdul El-Sayed, the senator-elect of Michigan, said on CNN, while Richard Ojeda, the representative-elect of North Carolina, said: “Shame on them for not showing up … they had an opportunity to finally get rid of this buffoonery.”
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they → show → buffoonery
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Why has a video clip of Hegseth gone viral?
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clip → go → Hegseth
A US army sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier loudly reprimanded the defense secretary and his top staffers on Wednesday after some in the group were heard laughing and talking near the memorial following a Veterans Day ceremony.
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some → guard → ceremony
You can watch the video here.
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You → watch → video
Brooklyn building collapse kills at least eight people and traps others in wreckage
Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, killing at least eight people and trapping others beneath the wreckage.
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it → kill → wreckage
Firefighters were called to the scene in the borough’s Flatbush section at about 4pm.
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Firefighters → call → pm
In other news …
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Russia’s ambassador to the United States has died aged 66.
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ambassador → die → States
Alexander Darchiev took up the role last year.
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The US could lose its measles elimination status under RFK Jr’s leadership, with the country in the middle of worst measles outbreak since 1991.
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US → take → 1991
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Average US heating bills are set to rise 7% this winter, according a report by the National Energy Assistance Directors Association.
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bills → set → Association
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Starbucks baristas, students, elected officials and allies are holding rallies at more than 40 college campuses across the US to support the Starbucks Workers United boycott campaign as the union nears five years of deadlock with the company over contract negotiations.
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union → elect → negotiations
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Two skulls that likely belonged to enslaved people are being returned to Brazil after Harvard used them in eugenics studies.
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Harvard → belong → studies
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A coyote that officials thought they had killed after it attacked a child has been seen alive in an LA neighborhood.
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it → think → neighborhood
Marco Rubio reportedly spent over $1.2m of taxpayer money traveling to son’s football games
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Rubio → spend → games
Ethics watchdogs have questioned the necessity of the country’s top diplomat shuttling so often between Washington DC and Gainesville, where his son Anthony has a walk-on role as a running back.
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son → question → back
The Filter Recommends:
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Filter → recommend → ?
We taste-tested 42 ways to get more protein and these six were the best
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six → test → protein
Lauren Gould has been one of the protein-nibbling guinea pigs for this research task, and with the rise of GLP-1s making protein the crown jewel of the health and wellness world, here is the verdict on what tastes best.
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what → nibble → world
And if you want to round out your protein snack with a coffee, here is a guide to six ways baristas make great coffee at home – and one they all hate.
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they → want → home
Don’t miss this: The Go-Go’s Jane Wiedlin: ‘My partners would all tell you I was a nut job’
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I → miss → you
The incomparable Jane Wiedlin has written a memoir that even she herself suggests contains a bit too much information.
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she → write → information
Jim Farber speaks to the former Go-Go about industry sexism, living with bipolar disorder and the freedom of sex dungeons.
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Farber → speak → dungeons
… or this: ‘I trusted a lot of people, and the wrong people, and I shouldn’t have’ – Charlotte Kirk on navigating Hollywood
The British actor took up writing and producing to have control over what she stars in after a scandal involving some of the most powerful men in the film business.
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she → trust → business
Emine Saner interviews her.
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Saner → interview → her
…and 8 more, not listed.
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