‘I had the courage to believe in Mississippi’ says Scott Colom after historic Senate win
US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin, seeking progress towards ending the war in Ukraine following negotiations with Russian and Ukrainian officials in Abu Dhabi.
TL;DR
- Scott Colom, a Democrat, has been elected senator in Mississippi, becoming the state's first Black senator since the Reconstruction era.
- Colom's victory marks a Democratic gain in a traditionally Republican state.
- US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin regarding the war in Ukraine.
- US defense secretary Pete Hegseth was reprimanded by a guard for talking near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.