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Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.

The warning a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinel called out to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's group on Veterans Day reflects a standard of decorum every visitor to Arlington National Cemetery is expected to meet, no matter their rank.

Democratic veterans in Congress are vowing to continue the fight to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth next year after Republicans blocked an attempt to charge him with high crimes and misdemeanors this week.

A new CNN poll indicates that the majority of Americans are not looking forward to the next presidential election in two years.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and an accompanying group on Veterans Day were scolded for a breach of decorum by a soldier standing watch at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Sen. John Fetterman faces at least one challenger so far in the 2028 Democratic primary, an "anti-Zionist" from Gaza who has spent the last three years in a tirade against Israel, its people and U.S. officials who support providing aid to the country in its ongoing war against the terrorist group Hamas.

Members of the hard-line conservative House Freedom Caucus laid out their proposals on Tuesday to strip the incoming Democratic Congress of some of its power.

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Democrat Scott Colom is set to become Mississippi's next senator after Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded Wednesday, notching a major victory for his party in the ruby red state. "While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters," she said in a video posted to...

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Democrat Scott Colom has built on his lead in the closely watched Mississippi Senate race, now ahead of Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) by nearly 4,500 votes, or about half a percentage point. The latest batch of votes came as heavily Democratic Hinds County wraps up counting its absentee and affidavit ballots. The county, which includes...

House Democrats are steaming after 11 colleagues missed a vote to impeach Pete Hegseth, allowing the Defense secretary’s Republican allies to defeat the measure this week. The debacle is leading to new calls for Democrats to tighten the ship when it comes to demanding attendance for floor votes. And it’s providing new fuel to a...