Roy Moore Falls to Doug Jones, DART to Spend $14 Million on Safety Measures: Your Wednesday Morning Roundup

Good morning. Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day.Weather: Sunny and mild by afternoon. Low: 37 degrees. High: 73 degrees. Wind: SW 10-15 mph.Do you want to get this roundup via email? Sign up for our newsletters here.Democrat Doug Jones wins Senate election beating Trump-backed Roy Moore in AlabamaIn a stunning victory aided by scandal, Democrat Doug Jones won Alabama's special Senate election on Tuesday, beating back history, an embattled Republican opponent and President Donald Trump, who urgently endorsed GOP rebel Roy Moore despite a litany of sexual misconduct allegations.It was the first Democratic Senate victory in a quarter-century in Alabama, one of the reddest of red states, and proved anew that party loyalty is anything but sure in the age of Trump. It was a major embarrassment for the president and a fresh wound for the nation's already divided Republican Party.The victory by Jones, a former U.S. attorney best known for prosecuting two Ku Klux Klansmen responsible for Birmingham's infamous 1963 church bombing, narrows the GOP advantage in the U.S. Senate to 51-49. That imperils already-uncertain Republican tax, budget and health proposals and injects tremendous energy into the Democratic Party's early push to reclaim House and Senate majorities in 2018.Politics: The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee called on the president Tuesday to drop the nomination of Jeff Mateer, a top lawyer for the state of Texas who has described transgender children as evidence of “Satan’s plan.”  Continue reading...