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New York Democratic Rep. Nydia Velázquez says she won’t run for reelection in 2026

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Rep. Nydia Velázquez — a trailblazer known by the nickname “La Luchadora” or the fighter — announced Thursday that she will retire next year after more than three decades in Congress. Velázquez, 72, is the second long-serving New York Democrat to say she’ll step aside after Rep. Jerry Nadler, 78, announced in September that he’d exit at the end of his current term. Velázquez, the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in Congress, said representing the people of New York City has been the…

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Trump says 15% tariffs on South Korea won’t change after meeting with President Lee Jae-myung

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President Trump said the U.S. trade deal with South Korea will remain in place, with 15% tariffs on South Korean goods, after meeting Monday at the White House with President Lee Jae-myung in talks that also covered a shipbuilding deal, a potential summit with North Korea and the cost of U.S. troops stationed on the peninsula. The Washington Times stories: White House

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MoveOn Launches “Won’t Back Down” Tour to Hold Republicans Accountable and Organize for 2026

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Sens. Murphy, Warren; Reps. Ansari, Crockett, Frost rally in GOP districts MeidasTouch Joins as a Media Partner; Learn more at WontBackDownTour.com WASHINGTON – As announced in The Bulwark, MoveOn Political Action will launch the Won’t Back Down Tour this August, a national organizing campaign to hold House Republicans accountable for their support of the Trump economic agenda and to build grassroots momentum to flip key congressional districts in the 2026 midterm elections. MoveOn will head to competitive swing districts represented by Republicans such as Reps. Juan Ciscomani (AZ-6), Dave Schweikert…

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Trump’s Press Team Won’t Respond to Emails With ‘Preferred Pronouns’ in Signature

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Reporters often contact government officials to request statements or quotes on significant events or policies, but President Donald Trump’s press deputies have determined that one group of journalists won’t be getting a response to their emails. According to The New York Times, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt and other Trump administration communications officers have implemented a policy effectively ignoring emails from journalists who include their “preferred pronouns” in their email signatures. Leavitt explained, “As a matter of policy, we do not respond to reporters with pronouns in their bios.” She…

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Why Trump Won’t ‘Produce a Scalp’ After the Signal Debacle

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In the telling of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, he was only executing his duties when he shared plans about a forthcoming attack on Yemen in an unclassified group chat on the Signal messaging app. “My job,” he told reporters during a swing through Hawaii, “is to provide updates in real time.” The implication: Nothing to see here. The reaction inside the Pentagon to Hegseth’s communications—disclosed this week by The Atlantic after the editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was inadvertently added to the chat—told a different story, as security specialists raced…

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