By: Miriam Edelman On November 25, 2025,  D.C.’s Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she will not run for reelection in 2026. Bowser,  who is 53 years old, has been a popular D.C. Mayor, having an average higher approval rating (57 percent) than all of D.C.’s recent Mayors except for Anthony Williams (65 percent). As a D.C. official,  Bowser does not face term limits.   On November 25 th  on X,  Bowser wrote: “It has been  the honor of my life to be your Mayor. Together, we ha

By: Miriam Edelman Thanksgiving  is a federal holiday that commemorates a harvest feast  shared by pilgrims and the Wampanoag people in 1621. In 1789,  President George Washington issued the U.S.’s first Thanksgiving  proclamation, which turned  Thursday November 26 th into a national day of thanks. In 1817,  the first state to officially have a Thanksgiving holiday every year was New York. Thanksgiving became a national holiday during the Presidency of Abrahm Lincoln and is

By: Miriam Edelman   DCNOW congratulates Representative Adelita Grijalva  (AG) (D-AZ) on finally being sworn into office on November 12, 2025, 50 days after her victory in a special election. The delay was the longest  that a victor in a Congressional special election had to wait before being sworn in.   On March 13, 2025,  Representative Raúl Grijalva (RG) (D-AZ), a son of an immigrant from Mexico, died at age 77 of complications from cancer treatment. After he was a commun

By: Miriam Edelman On November 6, 2025,  Speaker Emerita of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced her retirement  in a brief video, ending her almost 40-year groundbreaking Congressional career. The 85-year  old political icon is the first and only female Speaker of the House. Until Kamala Harris became Vice President in 2021, Pelosi was the highest-ranking woman in U.S. history.  Excluding Harris’ role as President of the Senate as part of her Vice Presi