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Mississippi has turned blue and the White House has decided oversight is a crime. 🇺🇸 USA Democrat Scott Colom has beaten Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi after eight days of counting. He's the state's first Black senator since Reconstruction, and it takes Democrats to at least 55 seats in the new Senate. Next to watch is Alaska, where Mary Peltola leads the count; a win there would make it 56 before the new Congress sits in January. https://t.co/xZFup3bpwT White House counsel Will Scharf has warned incoming Democratic investigators that their planned probes of the administration could amount to "blatant criminality". On the same day a Texas US attorney told Senator Richard Blumenthal to preserve documents from his inquiry into White House ballroom donors, threatening "significant legal consequences". That sets up a fight over Congress's oversight powers the moment Democrats take the gavels in January. https://t.co/iMvIzU0J0Z https://t.co/3iCbQLrjuN With a month to go, Congress is nowhere near a deal to fund the government. Democrats want a short stopgap at current levels until they hold power, while Republicans want to use their last weeks in control. The deadline is 11 December, so watch for a stopgap bill or a pre-Christmas shutdown. https://t.co/NqbKf2SJ33 Senior Democrats are gathering in Denver for what was billed as a post-midterm rethink and has turned into a victory lap after their best result in decades. Watch for who sets out the agenda for the new majority, and for an early start to the 2028 jockeying. https://t.co/kUm4f3sy8F