First Thing: Mississippi turns blue as Scott Colom unseats Republican Senate incumbent
Summary
The article reports that Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, becoming the state’s first Black senator elected since Reconstruction. It says the result was part of a broader Democratic midterm gain and also reports disputes in Congress, an alleged Nvidia leadership review, and a deadly building collapse in Brooklyn.Key Facts
- Scott Colom, a 43-year-old district attorney, defeated Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, according to the article.
- The article says Colom is the first Black senator elected in Mississippi since Reconstruction.
- It reports that Democrats will hold at least 55 Senate seats after the midterm elections, their largest midterm gain since 1986.
- House oversight committee ranking member Robert Garcia said Congress’s authority comes from Article I of the Constitution, responding to a White House threat of criminal investigations tied to planned oversight.
- The article says Nvidia’s board met to consider whether to remove CEO Jensen Huang, following reports about alleged affairs and an alleged relationship with a woman accused of being a Chinese spy.
- Eleven Democrats missed a procedural vote on an effort to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth; the effort failed by seven votes.
- At least eight people died when a three-story building collapsed in Brooklyn’s Flatbush section, and others were trapped in the wreckage.
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