After more than a week of counting ballots, Scott Colom has narrowly won the Mississippi Senate seat. And, the White House has sent a letter warning Democrats who plan to investigate the administration.

In a state that hasn't had a Democrat in office since 1980 and hasn't sent a Black Senator to Washington since the 1870s, Colom's win represents a massive upset in state politics.

A Supreme Court ruling that further weakened the Voting Rights Act paved the way for a record drop in Black representation in Congress. But a midterm blue wave helped hold off such a decline for now.

The text of what lawmakers are considering isn't always made available for public review before it is voted on. A group of open governance advocates is calling on Senate leadership for a change.

When ICE agents show up at a school, educators rely on a patchwork of policies to know what to do. This year, many state legislatures tried to update those policies.

The Kennedy Center's former president Richard Grenell was a paid board member of Ticketmaster's parent company at the same time the two parties were negotiating.

In a 2023 campaign speech, Trump pledged to reclaim universities from what he called the radical left. His Education Department just finalized a rule to help him do it.

The victims included a surgeon, and dozens more were injured. Israel said it was targeting a Hamas commander and other militants.

The SS United States broke trans-Atlantic speed records. On Wednesday, it was sunk off the Florida coast and will become a diving destination and home for marine life.

Mississippi hadn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in more than 40 years.

The proposed radical overhaul of the welfare system would move under-25s off the main sickness benefits.

The UK economy grew by 0.7% in the three months to September, according to official figures.

The men were convicted of engaging in conduct likely to assist an Iranian intelligence service.

Activist Danny Tommo pleads guilty to criminal damage at Portsmouth Crown Court.

For parents in parts of Ukraine, trying to lead a normal family life with just a few hours of power each day is taking its toll.

His latest pleas of not guilty mean he now denies a total of 17 charges concerning allegations from 1983 to 2016.

Witnesses say a missile hit a building containing the surgical wards and intensive care units at Nasser hospital, the largest in southern Gaza.

PM Andy Burnham was addressing delegates at the COP31 UN climate summit in Antalya, Turkey.

The wrist device, which has been developed by researchers in Nottingham, has been described as "life-changing".

Michael Carrick becomes the third Manchester United manager to be sacked in three seasons - where did it go wrong?

Linked server connections can linger long past their welcome

Sales from EU HQ'd vendor rocket in two years. The Trump affect? Yes but NIS2 and DORA are factors too

UK staff get their say while a separate union-busting dispute heads towards its conclusion

We love this, but suspect this is the Marmite of GNOME extensions

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Hyperscale meets micro-computing by offering APIs to test your apps

Couldn’t get the hardware it needed to generate certs, so tried to code a workaround

Now enables backup by default and hints a little on-prem infra never hurt anyone

Apple's M6 keeps the iMac current without shaking things up much.

The FBI is investigating as Nvidia’s board holds urgent talks over Huang’s future.

Law requires 25Mbps home Internet. T-Mobile lowers speed to 600Kbps after 50GB cap.

"What's unique is it's got a huge dynamic range. We can see things in full dark."

"The pace that's occurring, and the nature of the procurements, is unprecedented."

Latest example of the AI boom’s circular financing comes as AI trade wobbles.

Confidential sources “lifeblood” of free press, court rules in LinkedIn fight.

Any amount of AI coding is too much for many Independent Games Festival judges.

Apple has already made the forum read-only.

The company plans on linking two 520-qubit chips before next year is over.