Colom beat Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith after race was called eight days after midterm election dayDemocrat Scott Colom wins race for US Senate in MississippiHow Colom won deep-red Mississippi with little help from DemocratsSign up for the US Breaking News emailSome Democrats, out of the 11 who misse d the key procedural vote on Tuesday to impeach Pete Hegseth, blamed a traffic jam in Washington DC for their inability to make it to the US Capitol in time.By a vote of 211-204, Republicans referred the articles of impeachment to the judiciary committee – effectively killing the effort to oust Hegseth. Continue reading... ...read more read less