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  "id": 19643602,
  "title": "Another GOP defeat: Mississippi elects first Black senator since 1874",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/another-gop-defeat-mississippi-elects-first-black-senator-since-1874",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T01:35:47.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Nine days after Democrats seized both chambers of Congress, Scott Colom ousts Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith in deep-red Mississippi, becoming the state’s first Black senator since Reconstruction and giving Democrats their 55th Senate seat",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Mississippi elects first Black Senator since 1874",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/mississippi-elects-first-black-senator-since-1874",
        "published": "2026-11-12T08:12:40.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Scott Colom makes history in Mississippi as first Black senator in more than 140 years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/scott-colom-makes-history-in-mississippi-as-first-black-senator-in",
        "published": "2026-11-12T10:50:31.000Z"
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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."
}