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  "id": 19574495,
  "title": "Democrat Scott Colom becomes Mississippi’s first Black US senator since Civil War Reconstruction",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/democrat-scott-colom-becomes-mississippis-first-black-us-senator",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T23:50:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
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    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/democrat-scott-colom-becomes-mississippi-s-first-black-us-senator-since-civil-war-reconstruction-101794440584998.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Democrat Scott Colom defeated Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith after days of ballot counting, becoming Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian US",
        "title": "Democrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in shocking Mississippi Senate win",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/democrat-scott-colom-unseats-cindy-hyde-smith-in-shocking-mississippi",
        "published": "2026-11-11T23:10:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "Democrat Scott Colom wins the closest Senate race in the country",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/democrat-scott-colom-wins-the-closest-senate-race-in-the-country",
        "published": "2026-11-11T23:33:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US midterms: Democrat Colom defeats Hyde-Smith in Mississippi to win historic Senate seat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/us-midterms-democrat-colom-defeats-hyde-smith-in-mississippi-to-win",
        "published": "2026-11-12T00:02:23.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}