Democrat Scott Colom to be first Black senator elected in Mississippi since 1874 after narrow win - US politics live

Colom beat Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith after race was called eight days after midterm election day

Some Democrats, out of the 11 who missed the key procedural vote on Tuesday to impeach Pete Hegseth, blamed a traffic jam in Washington DC for their inability to make it to the US Capitol in time.


By a vote of 211-204, Republicans referred the articles of impeachment to the judiciary committee - effectively killing the effort to oust Hegseth.

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