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Stylized U.S. Senate chamber with an unmarked ballot box in the foreground, illustrating the secret-ballot rule for contested Senate Democratic leadership elections.

Why Is the Senate Majority Leader Vote Secret? What Voters Cannot Verify

November 13, 2026

Senate Democrats will choose between Chuck Schumer and Chris Van Hollen by secret ballot. Voters can hear their senators’ promises but cannot verify their actual

Conceptual network diagram showing a strained central cloud-service hub connected to email, hospital, court, security and AI functions. The illustration represents shared dependencies; it does not depict Microsoft's actual architecture or outage dashboard.

Microsoft Outage November 12-13, 2026: What Failed, Who Was Affected, and What Microsoft Still Hasn’t Explained

November 13, 2026

Microsoft says an issue from an earlier network-capacity upgrade resurfaced after a later network change. See the November 12-13 outage’s current status, affected services, email

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Why Is the Senate Majority Leader Vote Secret? What Voters Cannot Verify

Microsoft Outage November 12-13, 2026: What Failed, Who Was Affected, and What Microsoft Still Hasn’t Explained