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The Summary Environmental organizations are preparing to push back against the incoming Trump administration. Environmental groups are already gearing up for legal fights and soliciting donations accordingly. Environmental groups are gearing up to push back against the incoming Trump administration, which they expect to make sweeping policy changes more quickly than was seen when Donald Trump took office in 2017. The first Trump administration took at least 74 actions seen as weakening environmental policy, according to a tracker from the nonpartisan Brookings Institution. A cadre of environmental groups filed suit, and the monument was fully restored by Biden in 2021.

Persons: Trump, pare, Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s, Sean Hannity, Doug Burgum, Chris Wright, ”, Brett Hartl, Trump’s, “ We’re, Andrew Wetzler, it’s, Biden, Jillian Blanchard, “, ” Blanchard, Barack Obama, George Frey, Ethan Aumack, “ I’ll, ” Aumack, Wetzler, ” Wetzler Organizations: Biden, Infrastructure Investment, Jobs, Fox News, North Dakota Gov, Institution, Center for Biological, Natural Resources Defense Council, for Biological Diversity, Heritage Foundation, Good Government, Trust, Republican Party Locations: Southwest, Utah, Blanding , Utah, Arizona , Georgia, North Carolina, Washington

North Carolina lawyer Katie Jenifer is trying to prepare one year’s worth of estrogen for her transgender daughter. If the Trump administration still allows trans people to change the gender marker on their passport, Greenesmith said, it might require them to provide proof of gender-reassignment surgery, putting gender-marker changes out of reach for the majority of trans people. There is no existing policy that would allow the government to require people to turn in “X” passports, for example. Katie Jenifer and her transgender daughter, Maddie, at the White House for a Pride Month celebration in June. If that were to happen, she could lose access to health care.

Persons: Ash Orr, Katie Jenifer, Belle, they’re, Donald Trump’s, Heron Greenesmith, ” Greenesmith, Trump, Greenesmith, ”, “, ” Trump, Sasha Buchert, ” Buchert, Stefani Reynolds, I’ve, ” Orr, he’s, Finn Franklin, ” Franklin, “ I’m, ” Finn Franklin, Finn Franklin Franklin, He’s, Maddie, Jenifer, Katie Jenifer Jenifer, ” Jenifer, Trevor, Orr, Bennett Kaspar, Williams, Aldita Gallardo, Gallardo, wasn’t, ” Gallardo, Dahlia Belle, she's, Belle “, ” Belle, it’s Organizations: NBC News, Transgender Law Center, ”, Medicare, State Department, Lambda Legal, Getty, Trans, “, Rogue Community College, Oregon Health & Science University Hospital, Oregon Health, OHSU, Trump, White, Holler Health, Transformation Fund, Emergent, Transformation, U.S, House, Transgender, Society Locations: Virginia, Carolina, Oregon, Massachusetts, U.S, Morgantown , West Virginia, West, “ West Virginia, Grants Pass , Oregon, Washington , Oregon, California, Portland, . North Carolina, West Virginia, Los Angeles, Oakland , California, Louisiana, Birmingham , Alabama, Jacksonville , Florida, Portland , Oregon

“In this time, it’s extremely important that we bring the voices of Afghan women forward,” Yousafzai said in a Zoom interview with NBC News. (The militant group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, is a separate organization from the Taliban in Afghanistan, but a close ally.) “The Taliban are attempting to make women invisible, in a way,” said Yousafzai, who graduated from Oxford University in 2020. Mani, who also serves as a producer, said she was working on a different documentary in Afghanistan when the Taliban takeover happened. “We need women’s demands and rights to be on the agenda where the future of Afghanistan is being discussed and decided.

Persons: ’ eduction, ”, Sahra Mani, Sharifa Mowahedzada, Zahra Mohammadi, Taranom Seyedi, ” Yousafzai, “, Yousafzai, Malala, Bryan Bedder, Laden, Donald Trump’s, Joe Biden, Mani, Jennifer Lawrence, Lawrence, Justine Ciarrocchi, ” Lawrence, coldheartedness, ” Mowahedzada, Zabihullah Mujahid, ” Fereshta Abbasi Organizations: Apple, NBC News, Oxford University, Al, U.S, United, Associated Press, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights, Malala Locations: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Swat, Taliban Pakistan, American, Al Qaeda, United Nations, Qatar, Western

☆ Las Vegas police arrest 57 striking casino workers, says union
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Police in Las Vegas arrested 57 striking casino workers on Thursday at a protest outside Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, the Culinary Union said on X. Hundreds of casino workers at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas walked off their jobs last week over stalled talks to win a new five-year union pay contract. “Culinary Union members on strike outside @VirginHotelsLV while Culinary Union members are getting arrested in non-violent civil disobedience,” the union said in one of the posts. Separately, Las Vegas police said that the road next to the casino, which was earlier closed due to protests, had reopened after the arrests. Virgin Hotels Las Vegas is owned by JC Hospitality, along with Juniper Capital Partners, Virgin Group and others, according to the hotel’s website.

Persons: Diana Valles Organizations: Las Vegas, Virgin Hotels, Culinary Union, Vegas, “ Culinary Union, JC Hospitality, Juniper Capital Partners, Virgin Group Locations: Las, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas

Skulls found on a New Mexico property earlier this month were obtained online and are not related to the case of a woman who went missing in 2019, the Lea County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. Human remains were found after a search of a property associated with the man in Jal, a city of around 2,000 in the southeastern part of the state, the sheriff's office said last week. The medical examiner determined the remains found on the property had "no medical or legal significance," the sheriff's office said. On Nov. 12, shortly after the discovery of the remains, the sheriff's office said it could be related to Angela McManes, who disappeared in 2019. Two days later, the sheriff's office said there did not appear to be a link between the skulls and McManes beyond the proximity of her home to the property where the skulls were found.

Persons: ”, Angela McManes Organizations: Sheriff’s Locations: New Mexico, Lea, Jal, United States

The first emperor penguin found in Australia has been released after spending 20 days in the care of a wildlife expert, the Australian government said Friday. The bird, nicknamed Gus by its caretaker, was released from a vessel off the southern coast of Western Australia on Wednesday morning, according to the state’s Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. The team initially weighed the penguin at about 50 pounds, only around half the weight of a healthy male. “Good luck, Gus,” Biddulph shouted with a smile after the penguin dived into the water and swam away from the vessel. Don’t stop for anyone.”It remains unknown how the bird ended up arriving in Australia from its icy Antarctic home.

Persons: Gus, Carol Biddulph, “, ” Biddulph, Biddulph, Don’t Organizations: Western Australia, state’s Department of Biodiversity Locations: Australia, Western

Forecasters warned of more high winds headed to the battered Pacific Northwest, while an atmospheric river continued to dump heavy rain on California. The biggest risk of life-threatening floods was forecast for Thursday, but flooding will remain a threat through Friday, the weather service said. Landslides and rockslides shut down some or all traffic lanes on highways in Humboldt and Lake counties, the weather service in Eureka, California, said. Snow is on the way in New York state and Pennsylvania courtesy of “a potent upper-level low swinging over the region,” the weather service said. The area was under a winter weather warning until 4 p.m. Friday.

Persons: Justin Sullivan Organizations: National Weather Service, Police, Sutter Health, Santa, California's, New, ridgetops Locations: Pacific Northwest, California, Washington, Santa Rosa, Calif, California's Sonoma County, San Francisco, Sierra Nevada, Truckee, Oregon, Humboldt, Lake, Eureka , California, New York, Pennsylvania, New York City, New Jersey, Hudson, Johnstown , Pennsylvania, Binghamton, Ithaca

Gaetz cannot return to Congress this yearWhen Gaetz submitted his resignation, that ended his official role in the current 118th Congress. Could he be sworn in for the 119th Congress? When Gaetz resigned, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Fla., expressed hope that a special election could be held in time to fill his seat quickly. So if Gaetz is able to take his seat in the 119th Congress, the panel could extend its investigation and still release its report. Prior to Gaetz withdrawing his name from consideration for attorney general, Johnson signaled he did not want the Ethics Committee to release its report.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump's, Gaetz, “, ”, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Mike Johnson, Johnson, Michael Guest, Guest, Sean Casten Organizations: Congress, Florida Gov, Congressional, 119th Locations: Florida

☆ Gunmen attack Pakistan passenger vehicles, killing at least 38 people
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Gunmen opened fire on passenger vehicles in a tribal area in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 38 people and wounding 29, the chief secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, said. Among the fatalities in the attack, which occurred in the Kurram tribal district, were a woman and a child, Chaudhry said, adding: “It’s a major tragedy and death toll is likely to rise.”Tensions have existed for decades between armed Shia and Sunni Muslims over a land dispute in the tribal area that borders Afghanistan. No group claimed responsibility for the incident. “There were two convoys of passenger vehicles, one carrying passengers from Peshawar to Parachinar and another from Parachinar to Peshawar, when armed men opened fire on them,” a local resident of Parachinar, Ziarat Hussain, told Reuters by telephone, adding that his relatives were traveling from Peshawar in the convoy. President Asif Ali Zardari, in a statement, strongly condemned the attack on passenger vehicles.

Persons: Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, Chaudhry, Ziarat Hussain, Asif Ali Zardari Organizations: Pakistan — Gunmen, Reuters Locations: PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Afghanistan, Peshawar, Parachinar

Senate Republicans offered mixed responses Thursday to President-elect Donald Trump's announcement that he will nominate Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality accused of sexual assault, to lead the Defense Department following the release of a police report concerning sexual assault allegations against him. Some senators defended Trump's pick, while others voiced some trepidation, and a senator told NBC News "I don't care" when approached about a police report released Wednesday tied to an allegation of sexual assault against Hegseth in 2017. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., also defended Trump's pick, saying he had reviewed the report and would push for Hegseth's confirmation. Two other picks to serve in top jobs in Trump's Cabinet have also faced potentially damaging allegations of sexual misconduct. After Gaetz withdrew his name, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., told NBC News that there were “similar, challenging allegations” with Hegseth.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Pete Hegseth, Sen, Kevin Cramer, Cramer, I’m, Hegseth, Karoline Leavitt, Markwayne Mullin, Trump's, Mullin, “, Trump, ” Mullin, Bill Hagerty, Lindsey Graham, Joe Biden, Biden, That’s, Graham, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, Chris Coons, ” Coons, Josh Hawley, “ Let’s, ” Hawley, let’s, they’ve, ” Organizations: Fox News, Defense Department, Trump's, NBC, Hegseth, Cabinet, Armed Services Committee, Trump, Pentagon, Republican, White, NBC News, Human Services Department Locations: America, California, Washington, Florida

A Georgia woman who reported her 20-month-old son missing in 2022, setting off a large search until his remains were found in a landfill, was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for his killing. She was sentenced in a Chatham County court to life with the possibility of parole. Simon reported her son missing from their home in Chatham County, near Savannah, on Oct. 5, 2022. Quinton Simon. Simon was sentenced to what amounts to life in prison, as well as an additional 10 years.

Persons: Leilani Simon, Quinton Simon's, Quinton Simon’s, Tammy Stokes, Simon, Quinton, Quinton Simon, Quinton’s, ”, Stokes Organizations: Authorities, Chatham, Chatham County Police Locations: Georgia, Chatham County, Chatham, Savannah

Jordan Neely died from the “combined effects” of a number of a factors, not a chokehold, a forensic pathologist hired by Daniel Penny’s attorneys testified Thursday. Penny is charged with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Neely on a New York City subway train in May 2023. Penny, 26, who was a passenger on the train, put Neely in a chokehold and took him to the ground. Chundru said he did not believe that Neely died of a chokehold or that Penny had applied consistent and sufficient pressure to render him unconscious. Chundru said he believed Neely died from “the combined effects of sickle cell crisis, the schizophrenia, the struggle and restraint and the synthetic marijuana” that was in his system.

Persons: Jordan Neely, Daniel Penny’s, Penny, Neely, Satish Chundru, Dr, Cynthia Harris, Chundru, “, Andre Zachary, Andrew Savulich, Harris, ”, Steven, Dafna Yoran, Yoran, Jacqueline Penny, neighborly, Gina Flaim, Penny’s, Eric Gonzalez, Gonzalez Organizations: Prosecutors, TNS, Getty, National Association of Medical, Marines Locations: New York City, Florida, Texas, New York, Manhattan, West Islip, Long, Queens

☆ DEA passenger searches halted after watchdog finds signs of civil rights violations and racial profiling
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The DEA concurred with most of the report’s recommendations but declined to comment. That employee was being paid by the DEA a percentage of the cash seized, the IG found, and had received tens of thousands of dollars over several years. In some cases, the DEA has seized money only to have judges order the government to return it. In 2020, NBC Los Angeles reported that $82,000 was seized by the DEA from an elderly man and his daughter in Pittsburgh. “It’s like I was mugged on the street.”USA Today reported in 2016 that, over a decade, the DEA seized more than $209 million in cash from at least 5,200 people at 15 busy airports.

Persons: General, Lisa Monaco, “, Justice Department “ Organizations: Drug, Administration, Department’s Office, Task Force, Department, Justice Department, Institute for Justice, DEA, Transportation Security Administration, NBC News, Prosecutors, NBC, ” USA Locations: Cincinnati, New York, New Orleans, Columbus , Ohio, NBC Los Angeles, Pittsburgh

President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that his new pick for attorney general is Pam Bondi. Bondi previously served as Florida’s attorney general. "For too long, the partisan Department of Justice has been weaponized against me and other Republicans — Not anymore," Trump said in a post to Truth Social. The attorney general position would require confirmation by the Senate. Trump praised Gaetz on Truth Social after he withdrew, saying that Gaetz "has a wonderful future."

Persons: Donald Trump, Pam Bondi, Matt Gaetz, —, Trump, Pam, ” Bondi, Bondi, Hillary Clinton, “, Gaetz, Vance Organizations: of Justice, DOJ, Trump, Senate, Republican National Convention, Pennsylvania ” Locations: Bondi, “, Philadelphia

Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., on Thursday conceded the race for Pennsylvania's Senate seat to his Republican opponent, Dave McCormick. NBC News has not yet projected a winner. The slim margins of the race triggered an automatic recount, with results expected to be released next Wednesday. "I just called Dave McCormick to congratulate him on his election to represent Pennsylvania in the United States Senate," Casey said in a video posted to X. McCormick thanked Casey in a statement, saying that Casey has “dedicated his career to bettering our commonwealth.”“I am so honored to represent every single citizen in Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and will fight for you every day,” he added.

Persons: Sen, Bob Casey, Dave McCormick, Casey, McCormick Organizations: Senate, Republican, NBC News, United States Senate Locations: Pennsylvania

To examine the issue of human smuggling, De León spent seven years closely studying the lives of men dedicated to smuggling migrants from Central America and Mexico into the U.S. The result was his nonfiction book, “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling," which on Wednesday garnered De León the prestigious National Book Award for nonfiction. While De León interviewed countless migrants and smugglers, his book focuses on the journeys of nearly half a dozen people from Honduras, Mexico and elsewhere. That’s talking about smugglers, talking about the political economy of undocumented migration — and people don’t want that. Despite his years of experience, De León said he learned new lessons while working on the award-winning book.

Persons: Jason De León, De León, “, “ I’m, ” De León, ”, De Organizations: U.S, NBC News, University of California, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Army Locations: Central America, Mexico, Los Angeles, Honduras, Philippines, Long Beach , California, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, America, U.S

A Maryland man recently made a remarkable discovery in the Chesapeake Bay: An almost-whole human skeleton that appears to be at least a century old. NBC Washington reported George Oliver, who lives in Calvert County, was walking the shores of the bay on Nov. 4, looking for fossils, as he usually does. Oliver told the station that he could see the coffin, but that it was completely submerged in water. "When I first found it, you could not tell that there was human remains," Oliver told NBC Washington. When he found the coffin, Oliver assumed that leg bone might have been a part of the newly-discovered skeleton.

Persons: George Oliver, Oliver, Kelcey Ward, Ward, it's Organizations: NBC Washington, NBC Locations: Maryland, Chesapeake, Calvert County, Calvert, NBC Washington, Oliver

Some major tech companies including Meta are taking steps to combat “pig butchering” scams, which trick Americans out of billions of dollars each year through fake online friendships and romances. Pig butchering scams are elaborate and often take months to unfold. Meta on Thursday announced it has taken its first major steps into addressing the scams, including dedicating staff to identify where scammers operate, sharing that information with international law enforcement, and taking down more than 2 million accounts this year. The announcement reflects how more tech companies are recognizing the severity of pig butchering scams. Calling themselves the Tech Against Scams coalition, the companies pledged to share scammer information with each other and better educate users.

Persons: they’ve, Meta, Jeff Lunglhofer, ”, Jake Sims, Operation Shamrock, “, ” Sims Organizations: Meta, Facebook, FBI, Tech, NBC News Locations: WhatsApp, France, Cambodia, OpenAI

Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal Thursday as a candidate for attorney general illustrates the roadblocks President-elect Donald Trump could face as he attempts to convert his campaign of “retribution” into a governing coalition capable of working within the realities of Washington. In Gaetz, Trump would finally get the loyal attorney general he felt like he never had in his first term. But it was a tough sell from the moment Trump announced Gaetz as his choice eight days ago — in a pick that shocked much of Washington. In the end, it was the “combination of the ethics report and opposition among Senate Republicans,” that doomed Gaetz’s candidacy, a senior Senate aide told NBC News. Before Gaetz’s withdrawal Thursday, Trump allies were pushing hard on GOP senators and other ambitious Republicans to publicly support his embattled Cabinet picks.

Persons: Matt Gaetz’s, Donald Trump, ”, Gaetz, MAGA, Trump, “, Vance, ” Gaetz, Sens, Mitch McConnell of, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins of, Markwayne Mullin, John Curtis of Utah, JD Vance, ” Sen, Mike Rounds, ” Rounds, Pete Hegseth, shouldn’t, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Tulsi Gabbard, Matt, they’re Organizations: Republican, The Justice Department, Republicans, NBC News, Trump, Capitol, Gaetz, “, Senate, Fox News, Justice Department Locations: Washington, Florida, Trump, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine, Oklahoma, Ohio, Hawaii

Apple is currently discounting some of our favorite wireless earbuds and over-ear headphones — the AirPods Pro 2 and AirPods Max, ahead of Black Friday. NBC Select reporter Harry Rabinowitz says they are the best wireless earbuds for anyone with an iPhone. Apple’s first over-ear bluetooth headphones, the AirPods Max have powerful audio quality, active noise cancelation, transparency mode and spatial audio. NBC Select associate reporter Bianca Alvarez loves using them to focus at work and when flying. Harry Rabinowitz is a reporter for NBC Select who has covered deals and sales for over two years.

Persons: AirPods Max, Harry Rabinowitz, ”, Apple’s, Max, Bianca Alvarez, “, “ I’ve, Cory Fernandez, TikTok Organizations: Apple, NBC, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter

Percival Everett’s new novel, “James,” a retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Huck’s enslaved companion, won the National Book Award for fiction on Wednesday. Critics have called Everett’s retelling “a slyly funny masterpiece.”The National Book Award is the latest in a string of accolades for the 67-year-old author, who has dozens of books and short stories under his belt. One of Everett’s books, “Erasure,” was adapted in 2023 into a film, “American Fiction,” starring Jeffrey Wright. The National Book Foundation awarded Jason De León’s “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling” in the nonfiction category. In response, National Book Foundation executive director Ruth Dickey has said Coates was being honored for his body of work rather than any individual publication.

Persons: Percival Everett’s, “ James, ”, Huckleberry Finn ”, “ James ”, Mark Twain, Jim, Everett, ” Everett, “, Huck Finn, James ”, Booker, Jeffrey Wright, Jason De León’s, Barbara Kingsolver, Paul Coates, Critics, Coates, Ruth Dickey Organizations: BBC, Foundation, Black Classic Press, Book Foundation Locations: America

Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, was one of 37 people the country’s federal police recommended for charges that include attempted coup d’état after the 2022 election that Bolsonaro lost. In a statement from Brazil's federal police, Bolsonaro and others are accused of violent abolition of the Democratic state of law, coup d’état and being a criminal organization. Once police present their report to Brazil’s Supreme Court, the office of the prosecutor general will decide whether to press charges against Bolsonaro and any former aides implicated. Senior members of Bolsonaro’s government were named by police, including his 2022 running mate, retired General Walter Braga Netto, who was defense minister, and retired General Augusto Heleno, who was national security adviser. Bolsonaro never recognized his October 2022 electoral defeat and he left Brazil days before Lula’s inauguration.

Persons: Jair Bolsonaro, Bolsonaro, d’état, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Lula, Walter Braga Netto, Augusto Heleno Organizations: Democratic, Bolsonaro Locations: Brazil, Brasilia

“We’ve been dealing with severe challenges due to gang violence, which has essentially cut off ground transportation,” Thelemaque said. “Although the FAA says the ban will lift on Dec. 12, most airlines are rescheduling flights for February,” she said. “Families are consumed by the news of worsening violence and are mourning senseless killings.”The flight ban is also disrupting long-standing holiday traditions in this mostly Catholic and Christian country. “Now, that opportunity has been taken away.”Williams noted that the ban extends beyond Port-au-Prince to airports throughout the country, further isolating Haitians. “Some passengers have had to return to Europe or elsewhere.”Police officers coduct searches in a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Tuesday.

Persons: Prince, Linda Thelemaque, Les Cayes, Hope, We’ve, ” Thelemaque, “, ”, Yolette Williams, ” Williams, coduct, Guerinault Louis, Williams Organizations: U.S, Federal Aviation Administration, Spirit Airlines, FAA, Sunrise Airways, NBC News, American Airlines, Miami, U.S . State Department, Haitian American Alliance of New, Independence, ” Police, Anadolu, Getty Locations: Haiti, Port, Les, Caribbean, Miami, Haitian American Alliance of New York, United States, Dominican Republic, Haitian, Europe, Prince

My favorite is this pan from Our Place — the most versatile kitchen appliance I own and my most used option. Because it’s my most used pan, I’m consistently washing it, and even after every use, it remains pristine. Its adaptability and ease of use are also why it’s a favorite of NBC Select reporter Zoe Malin. For example, I have the bamboo steamer, which is great for making dumplings.”The Our Place Always Pan 2.0 comes in three sizes — mini, standard and large. My colleagues and I have also used the Our Place Always Pan 2.0 for over a year.

Persons: you’ve, Zoe Malin, “, ”, Malin, It’s, TikTok Organizations: Amazon, NBC, Steam, Facebook, Twitter

If Steel wins, that number would be 151, the same number of women serving in Congress on Election Day, and the first stall in progress since 2016, when President-elect Donald Trump won his first term. Both scenarios mean the number of women in the next Congress will also fall short of the current record of 152 women, following Texas Democratic Rep. Erica Lee Carter’s special election win this month. Senate Republican women will also meet their current record, with nine in the chamber. The number of House Republican women will decrease because of some losses and retirements, falling from 34 in the current Congress to 31 or 32, depending on Steel and Miller-Meeks’ races. After Trump’s first election in 2016, Democrats did see a surge in women running for Congress in 2018, and a wave of Republican women stepped up to run two years later in 2020.

Persons: Mary Peltola, Republican Nick Begich, Michelle Steel, Derek Tran, Steel, Mariannette Miller, Meeks, Christina Bohannon, Donald Trump, Kelly Dittmar, Erica Lee Carter’s, ” Dittmar, Maryland’s Angela Alsobrooks, Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester, North Dakota Republican Julie Fedorchak, South Carolina Republican Sheri Biggs, Elise Stefanik, Stefanik, ” Danielle Barrow, Sara Spain, Dittmar, ’ ”, Oregon’s Janelle Bynum, Laura Gillen, House Republicans ’, Trump’s, It’s, “ We’ve Organizations: Democratic Rep, NBC News, Republican, Senate, Center for American Women, Rutgers University's Eagleton Institute, Politics, Steel, Trump, Texas Democratic, Democratic, Senate Republican, North Dakota Republican, South Carolina Republican, United Nations, GOP, House Republicans Locations: Alaska, Southern California, Iowa’s, South, West Virginia , Ohio, Montana

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