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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Wants Fellow Democrats to Look in the Mirror

Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, who is on track to win re-election in a rural Washington district, says her party needs to stop demonizing others and change the candidates it supports.

© M. Scott Brauer for The New York Times

“The fundamental mistake people make is condescension,” Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez said. “A lot of elected officials get calloused to the ways that they’re disrespecting people.”

Trump Flipped Hispanic South Texas

Donald J. Trump’s biggest gains anywhere were along the Texas border, a Democratic stronghold where most voters are Hispanic. He won 12 of the region’s 14 counties, up from five in 2016.

© Gabriel V. Cárdenas for The New York Times

The support for President-elect Donald J. Trump across South Texas, a working-class region, provided the starkest example of what has been a broad national move toward the Republican candidate among Hispanic and working-class voters.

Keep Fluoride in New York Water? Mayor Adams Hesitates, Then Weighs In.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has indicated that he would support ending water fluoridation. Mayor Eric Adams was reticent on the issue, before eventually taking a side.

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For two days, Mayor Eric Adams deflected questions about whether he supported water fluoridation, an accepted health practice that may be in jeopardy under a new Trump administration.

China Reveals $1.4 Trillion Plan to Bail Out Local Governments

The support package came after smaller measures were announced to jump-start growth. Economists said it was not big enough to address China’s sluggish economy.

© Qilai Shen for The New York Times

Despite economic challenges, China’s leaders avoided major interventions until late September, when they eased borrowing for households and companies, favoring state-led growth over direct consumer stimulus.

Will Trump Have a New Opening to Repeal the ACA?

Even without congressional action, a second Trump administration will likely support major changes to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, affecting millions of Americans.

© Tim Gruber for The New York Times

President-elect Donald J. Trump may try to kill off the Affordable Care Act, which he wasn’t able to do in his first term.

Transgender Americans Voice New Anxiety About Trump Agenda

President-elect Donald J. Trump has promised to “keep men out of women’s sports” and withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender transition treatment to minors.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

For many transgender Americans, the experience of being invoked by political candidates as a symbol of absurdity or an object of disgust has taken a toll.

Jerome Powell Dismisses Idea of Trump Firing Him

Jerome H. Powell, the chairman of the central bank, has been a frequent target of the president-elect, who appointed him in 2018.

© Annabelle Gordon/Reuters

Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, speaking in Washington on Thursday after the central bank lowered interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point.
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