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Democrat Scott Colom becomes first Black U.S. senator from Mississippi since 1874
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Scott Colom, a 43-year-old district attorney, has won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, defeating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by a margin of fewer than 5,000 votes. Colom is the first Black person from Mississippi to be elected to the U.S. Senate since the Reconstruction era. The Associated Press and major U.S. networks called the race on November 11, 2026, after a prolonged ballot-counting process.

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Democrat Scott Colom becomes first Black U.S. senator from Mississippi since 1874

Democrat Scott Colom becomes first Black U.S. senator from Mississippi since 1874

Scott Colom, a 43-year-old district attorney, has won Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race, defeating Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by a margin of fewer than 5,000 votes. Colom is the first Black person from Mississippi to be elected to the U.S. Senate since the Reconstruction era. The Associated Press and major U.S. networks called the race on November 11, 2026, after a prolonged ballot-counting process.

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Spain’s King and Queen attend funeral for 69 train crash victims in Toledo

Spain’s King and Queen attend funeral for 69 train crash victims in Toledo

Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia joined victims’ families at a solemn funeral Mass in Toledo’s 13th-century cathedral on Tuesday for the 69 people killed in a 28 October train collision near Urda. The crash occurred when a high-speed train struck a stationary train on the Madrid-Seville line. The royal couple were met with applause as they entered the cathedral and later spoke with relatives of the victims.

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Rep. Massie Introduces Impeachment Articles Against Defense Secretary Hegseth

Rep. Massie Introduces Impeachment Articles Against Defense Secretary Hegseth

Republican Representative Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on November 9, 2026, accusing him of waging war in Iran without congressional authorization and other alleged constitutional violations. The resolution, read from the House floor, states that Hegseth “has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the Constitution if allowed to remain in office.”

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Trump Offers UFC’s Dana White White House Press Secretary Role

Trump Offers UFC’s Dana White White House Press Secretary Role

U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he had offered UFC president Dana White the position of White House press secretary. “I am pleased to announce that the Great Dana White, a violent Fighter and Warrior, has been offered the job of Press Secretary of the United States,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He added that White should bring along several UFC fighters as assistants, including Islam Makhachev, Khabib Nurmagomedov, and others, “even though some are not from our Country.” Trump said, “We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left. Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job!”

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Israel’s President Tasks Gadi Eisenkot with Forming Government After Deadlocked Election

Israel’s President Tasks Gadi Eisenkot with Forming Government After Deadlocked Election

Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Saturday tasked former military chief Gadi Eisenkot with forming a new government following an October 27 election that left neither Eisenkot nor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a clear path to power. Herzog’s spokesperson said the president had invited Eisenkot to the President’s Residence, where he would be given 28 days to build a coalition with a possible 14-day extension.

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Paraguay President Impeached, Arrested After Bank Collapse

Paraguay President Impeached, Arrested After Bank Collapse

Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña was impeached and placed under house arrest on November 6, 2026, following the collapse of Ueno Bank, which left 2.9 million people unable to access their accounts. The Senate voted to remove him from office, with 44 out of 45 senators voting in favor. Peña had offered to resign the day before but was denied the protections of a former president.

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Thomas Markle, father of the Duchess of Sussex, arrested in Florida over child sexual abuse material charges.

Thomas Markle, father of the Duchess of Sussex, arrested in Florida over child sexual abuse material charges.

Thomas Markle, 82, was arrested Friday in Lakeland, Florida, and charged with possession of child pornography under U.S. federal law. The U.S. Department of Justice said he allegedly kept sexually explicit images of himself with prepubescent girls in two Los Angeles-area storage units for nearly two decades. FBI agents arrested him at the Maravida Senior Living care home and he was set to appear in court later that day in the Middle District of Florida.

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Trump signs order preventing future presidents from changing Oval Office

Trump signs order preventing future presidents from changing Oval Office

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designating the Oval Office and surrounding areas as a national monument, aiming to prevent future presidents from making major changes. According to the BBC and Al Jazeera, the move comes as part of a broader beautification project in Washington.

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Dylan visits Pope Leo at Vatican, exchanges gifts

Dylan visits Pope Leo at Vatican, exchanges gifts

Bob Dylan visited Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Wednesday, exchanging gifts and having a brief private meeting. The encounter took place during Dylan’s Italian tour and was confirmed by the Vatican. Pope Leo gave Dylan a rosary, and Dylan presented the pope with a copy of his autobiography, Chronicles: Volume One.

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Vance Blames Iran War for GOP Midterm Losses

Vance Blames Iran War for GOP Midterm Losses

U.S. Vice President JD Vance blamed the Republican Party’s historic midterm election losses on the war with Iran, a sharp break from President Donald Trump’s defense of the conflict. Vance said in a detailed post on X that “the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone.” He added, “The reason we lost is the war.”

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Democrat James Talarico Wins Senate Race in Texas, First in State Since 1988

Democrat James Talarico Wins Senate Race in Texas, First in State Since 1988

James Talarico, a former schoolteacher and state legislator, has defeated Republican Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate race in Texas, according to projections from multiple outlets. This is the first time a Democrat has won a Senate seat in Texas since 1988, a historic upset that has helped Democrats move closer to securing control of the U.S. Senate. At a watch party in Austin, supporters celebrated with hugs, kisses, and cheers as the result became clear.

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Michigan Congresswoman Endorses Republican Senate Rival

Michigan Congresswoman Endorses Republican Senate Rival

Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens stunned party officials on Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers in the U.S. Senate race after attending a church service with him in Detroit. The move came after she was uninvited from a joint event with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, the candidate she narrowly lost to in August’s primary. “Our Democratic nominee for Senate said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away,” Stevens said in a video announcing her endorsement. “And he’s right. And that’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.”

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Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Letter

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Letter

A U.S. federal judge in Miami on Saturday dismissed with prejudice President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against media mogul Rupert Murdoch and The Wall Street Journal over a 2025 article reporting on a sexually suggestive letter allegedly sent by Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles ruled that Trump had again failed to show that the defendants acted with “actual malice,” a legal standard required for defamation claims by public figures. “The Amended Complaint falls short of pleading actual malice,” Gayles wrote. “Indeed, the allegations regarding malice are conclusory, vague, sometimes inconsistent with the Article and often irrelevant to whether Defendants knew or should have known that the statements in the Article were purportedly false.”

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Bolsonaro Arrives in U.S. and Declares Himself Brazil’s “True President”

Bolsonaro Arrives in U.S. and Declares Himself Brazil’s “True President”

Flávio Bolsonaro, Brazil’s defeated right-wing presidential candidate, declared himself the “true president” of Brazil after arriving in Miami, Florida, on October 28, 2026, following a clandestine journey from Argentina with a stop in Ecuador. The far-right senator, who lost the October 25 election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, issued the claim in a letter hours after landing with his wife and two teenage daughters. He later revised the statement, replacing “true president” with “the leader of Brazil.” In the letter, he thanked U.S. President Donald Trump and Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, for their support.

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Israel Election Ends in Deadlock, No Bloc Near Majority

Israel Election Ends in Deadlock, No Bloc Near Majority

Israel’s October 27 election ended in a political stalemate, with exit polls showing neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, securing the 61 seats needed to form a majority government. Netanyahu’s bloc was projected to win 50 seats, while Eisenkot’s opposition bloc took 52 to 53, according to multiple Israeli media outlets. Arab parties, including the Joint List and Raam, were projected to win 17 to 18 seats combined, their strongest showing in Israeli history.

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Macron Promises Measures to Address French Protests Amid Rising Unrest

Macron Promises Measures to Address French Protests Amid Rising Unrest

French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that his government would introduce “concrete measures” to address student and public demands over education, living costs, and inequality, following weeks of nationwide protests marked by violence and unrest. “I have asked the government to respond to the legitimate demands that lie at the root of this social movement,” he said during a visit to Marseille, where he inspected damage from earlier demonstrations.

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Serbia’s Vucic Concedes Election to Student-Led Movement

Serbia’s Vucic Concedes Election to Student-Led Movement

Serbia’s long-serving leader Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat on Sunday to a student-led opposition movement in a snap parliamentary election that marked a seismic political shift. Vucic, whose Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) had dominated Serbian politics for 14 years, said his opponents in the Students’ List were projected to win between 135 and 140 of the 250 parliamentary seats. “The Students’ List has won,” Vucic said at his party’s election night event, though he blamed “independent media,” “unnamed European countries,” and an “American deep state” for the loss.

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Lula da Silva Wins Fourth Term as Brazil’s President

Lula da Silva Wins Fourth Term as Brazil’s President

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth non-consecutive term as Brazil’s president, defeating Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in a runoff election with 51.8% of the valid votes, according to Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court. It is the first time since 1989 that a candidate has won the final round after losing the first. Lula, 80, will serve from 2027 to 2030.

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