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DC  |  Frank Corder  • 
January 14, 2026

Schumer touts “a series of blue-chip Senate recruits.” Mississippi’s Colom not among them

The leading Democratic candidate running for U.S. Senate in Mississippi is noticeably absent from a list of potential pickups shared by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
DC  |  Mark Sherman, Associated Press  • 
January 13, 2026

Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports

The justices are evaluating claims of sex discrimination lodged by transgender people versus the need for fair competition for women and girls, the main argument made by the states.