Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Tuesday that she will not seek re-election. “My fellow Washingtonians, for 10 years, you and I have worked together on an ambitious agenda to restore faith in our government and ensure that every D.C. resident gets the fair shot they deserve,” Bowser stated. “To keep that promise we took big swings: keeping D.C. teams in D.C., raising enrollment and graduation rates in our schools, and investing more money per capita in affordable housing than any other city or state,” she continued. It has been the honor of a lifetime to be your mayor. My full letter to the community: pic.twitter.com/YqYjTbgAYt — Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) November 25, 2025 Fox News shared further details: She added her administration drove unemployment to its lowest levels, achieved strong reserves and completed the largest infrastructure project in city history with the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge. “We also brought our city back from the ravages of a global pandemic, and summoned our collective strength to stand tall against bullies who threaten our very autonomy, while preserving home rule. That is our North Star,” Bowser said. “… Looking to the future, I know we’ve laid the groundwork for others to build upon, to reshape and grow D.C.’s economy, establish D.C. as the 51st state, and protect our investments in affordable housing, transportation, public safety and public schools. “… When you placed your trust in me 10 years ago, you gave me an extraordinary opportunity to have a positive impact on my hometown. Every day since, I’ve cherished the opportunity and have happily given all my passion and energy to the job that I love. Together, you and I have built a legacy of success, of which I’m intensely proud, and for the next 12 months, let’s run through the tape and keep winning for D.C.” The announcement came months after Bowser pushed back on President Donald Trump’s plans to deploy National Guard troops to restore public safety in the capital. “It has been the honor of my life to be your Mayor. Together, we have built a legacy of success of which I am intensely proud,” Bowser said. “With a grateful heart, I am announcing that I will not seek a fourth term. For the next 12 months, let’s run through the tape and keep winning for DC,” she added. It has been the honor of my life to be your Mayor. Together, we have built a legacy of success of which I am intensely proud. With a grateful heart, I am announcing that I will not seek a fourth term. For the next 12 months, let's run through the tape and keep winning for DC. pic.twitter.com/q0wQWe0h2c — Muriel Bowser (@MurielBowser) November 25, 2025 NBC News has more: Bowser’s recent months have been centered on a delicate dance with President Donald Trump over the federal law enforcement presence in the city and the slew of federal job cuts that have had a unique impact on the region, as well as negotiating a delicate deal to bring the Washington Commanders NFL franchise’s home field back into the district. The mayor’s public relationship with the president was far different during his first term, when Bowser designated a two-block stretch outside the White House as Black Lives Matter Plaza, complete with a ground mural, a move that drew the ire of Republicans. This year, after a push from a Republican congressman to jeopardize city funding over the plaza, Bowser’s office removed it, and she said in a statement that the city’s top concern needs to be the “devastating impacts of the federal jobs cuts.” The mayor has also tried to walk a careful line in cooperating with the Trump administration in its decision to surge federal troops to the city in the name of fighting violent crime and enforcing immigration laws, all while staving off repeated GOP threats to repeal the city’s home rule — a balancing act that has earned her both praise and criticism.

Imagine getting called a “big fat slob” by the President of the United States! That’s what happened to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Tuesday. While speaking at the White House turkey pardon event, President Trump called out Illinois Democrats for being easy on crime after a man with a lengthy criminal history set a woman on fire in Chicago. Watch President Trump unload on the Illinois democrats below: Back up if needed: BREAKING: President Trump is LIVID about a 72-times arrested criminal being released by leftist judges to brutally BURN a woman in Chicago “The mayor is incompetent — and the governor is a big, fat SLOB!” pic.twitter.com/73mAf9Qb7s “They burned this beautiful woman riding… — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 25, 2025 USA Today reported more on President Trump’s call out of Democrats in Illinois: Presidential turkey pardons are typically light-hearted holiday affairs with lots of fowl puns before Thanksgiving. But President Donald Trump took his Nov. 25 pardons of Gobble and Waddle in a different direction as he used remarks in the White House Rose Garden to target two of his Democratic adversaries: former President Joe Biden and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. “The mayor is incompetent and the governor is a big fat slob,” Trump said as he blasted state and local opposition to Trump’s efforts to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. “He ought to invite us in and say, ‘Please make Chicago safe.’” Trump later teased that he originally had a “Pritzker joke” in his prepared remarks, but opted not to leave it out because he gets so angry when he talks about the governor. “I’m not going to tell my Pritzker joke,” Trump said. “I have a very cute little joke. Some speechwriter wrote some joke about his weight. I would never want to talk about his weight. I don’t talk about people being fat. I refuse to talk about the fact that he’s a fat slob. I don’t mention it.” The president added: “I’d like to lose a few pounds, too, by the way.” The Trump administration sent National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon and Chicago last month as part of his national crackdown on illegal immigration and crime in Democratic-led cities. However, the Pentagon withdrew troops last week as pending lawsuits challenge their deployment. In his turkey-pardon remarks, Trump said Chicago can be like Washington DC as he hailed efforts to deploy the National Guard in the nation’s capital to bring down crime. The president then made a categorically false claim that Washington DC has gone from having one or two homicides a week to no murders in six months. Homicides are down 29% in 2025 from 2024, according to Metropolitan Police Department in DC, but there have still been 123 murders this year. Just last week, the DC police announced an investigation into a shooting death that occurred Nov. 19. Here’s the mugshot of the criminal Trump was referring to: Lawrence Reed doused a woman in fuel and set her on fire on a Chicago train. As the woman burned, he screamed: “Burn alive b*itch!” He has been arrested 72 times in Cook County and prosecuted 13 times. Those that set him free must be held responsible. pic.twitter.com/eYSqnb1s7Z — Frank McCormick (@CBHeresy) November 19, 2025 The New York Post identified the victim who was brutally burned: The 26-year-old woman who cops said was set on fire by a lunatic with a lengthy rap sheet on a Chicago L train earlier this month has been identified as Bethany MaGee. “It is devastating that a career criminal with 72 PRIOR ARRESTS is now accused of attacking 26-year-old Bethany MaGee on Chicago’s L train, and setting her on fire,” US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on social media Sunday. “This would never have happened if this thug had been behind bars. Yet Chicago lets repeat offenders roam the streets,” Duffy said of suspect Lawrence Reed, 50, who is facing federal terrorism charges in connection with the senseless fire attack. “Chicago’s carelessness is putting the American people at risk. No one should ever have to fear for their life on the subway,” Duffy said, lambasting the Windy City’s soft-on-crime policies that let a dangerous convicted felon roam free.

Newly elected mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani has been exposed. Zohran Mamdani who campaigned on a socialist platform is once again ask New Yorkers for money. After previously asking supporters to stop sending him donations, the newly elected mayor of New York City is once again asking his base for donations. Watch Mamdani beg for donations here: Here’s a backup if needed: UPDATE: Zohran Mamdani voters can’t believe their eyes as the communist KEEPS begging for money, announcing things can’t actually be free. So this dude won the election, demands money and kisses up to “threat to democracy tyrant” Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/AmcEnqT9Ey — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 24, 2025 CBS News reported how Mamdani’s donations compare to former Democrat New York City mayors: A week after taking to social media to ask supporters for donations to help fund his transition, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s team said they’ve raised more than $2 million toward his $4 million goal. Just a week ago, his campaign said it had raised $1 million to help cover transition expenses, which are not eligible for public matching fees. At that point, some 12,000 donors had contributed an average of $77 per donation. A week after putting out his appeal for more fundraising, the number of individual donors has doubled to more than 25,620 contributing an average of $75, and his transition has now raised more than $2 million, his team said. “With more than 25,000 individual donors and an average donation of $75, the people-powered Mamdani transition is building an administration that reflects the values and vision of New York City. These contributions will help us recruit top talent that is ready to get to work on January 1st and begin delivering on the affordability agenda that over 1 million New Yorkers voted for,” Mamdani transition executive director Elana Leopold said. “It’s nuts to me too, brother,” Mamdani said Tuesday on “The Majority Report.” By way of comparison, Mayor Eric Adams’ transition had 884 donors with an average donation of more than $1,000, and former Mayor Bill de Blasio had 820 donors with an average donation of $2,392, according to the Mamdani campaign. The campaign said 5,999 donors contributed $300,000 in less than 12 hours after his online appeal to supporters went out. Among those donors, the average donation was $50, according to the campaign. Mamdani’s camp said they’ve also received more than 70,000 applications from people looking to serve in his administration, and the average age per applicant is 28 years old. Socialism thrives off making the rich get richer!

This was an interesting move by a member of Australia’ parliament. An Australian senator is facing major backlash after wearing a burqa inside of the Australia parliament’s chamber. Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa in the chamber to protest to ban the burqa from being worn in Australia. Here’s a photo of Hanson wearing the burqa: Pauline Hanson sent the Senate into a meltdown after she wore a burqa again Aussies applaud you, Pauline! pic.twitter.com/UyCkRsKxuj — Kobie Thatcher (@KobieThatcher) November 24, 2025 CBS reported more on the protest from the senator: An Australian senator who has long campaigned for the Islamic women’s garment known as the burqa to be banned in the country has been suspended from parliament for a week for her protest on Monday in which she wore the full body covering into the chamber and refused to remove it. Pauline Hanson of the anti-immigration One Nation party was accused of racism by fellow lawmakers when she walked into the parliament wearing a burqa on Monday. Hanson called the move — which she has now done twice in a decade — a protest against her colleagues’ refusal to allow her to introduce a bill that would ban burqas and other face coverings in public. Once inside, Hanson refused to remove the burqa, leading the Senate to be suspended for the remainder of that day. The protest was met by outrage by some of her fellow senators, with Australian Greens leader Larissa Waters calling it a “middle finger to people of faith.” “It is extremely racist and unsafe,” Waters added. Here’s a video: Pauline Hanson, 71-year-old leader of the anti-Muslim, anti-immigration One Nation minor party, wore a burqa to protest senators’ refusal to consider her bill banning full-face coverings in public. pic.twitter.com/P7mima91YB — The Associated Press (@AP) November 25, 2025 CBS News reported this wasn’t Hanson’s first time to wear a burqa: On Tuesday, the Senate voted 55 to five on a motion that condemned Hanson’s actions as being “intended to vilify and mock people on the basis of their religion” and calling them “disrespectful to Muslim Australians.” Following the motion, Hanson was barred for seven consecutive Senate sitting days, which will mean her suspension will continue when parliament comes back into session in February of next year after its holiday break. Speaking to Sky News Australia, Hanson rejected accusations that her protest had vilified or mocked Muslims. “At the end of the day this is Australia. It is not the Australian cultural way of life. I just want equality for all Australians and I don’t want to see the suppression or oppression of women in this country,” she told the news channel. Hanson previously wore a burqa to Parliament in 2017, but this week was the first time she was punished for it. When she did it in 2017, she said it was to highlight what she called security issues posed by the garment, which she linked to terrorism.

In a reversal, Indiana state lawmakers are poised to convene next month to debate redrawing the state’s congressional districts. The Indiana House will meet on December 1st, while state Senate Republicans will begin meeting on December 8th. Indiana Capital Chronicle reports the Indiana State Senate will “make a final decision on any redistricting proposal sent from the House.” Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rod Bray reverses course and will call the Senate to meet on Dec. 8 to consider redistricting pic.twitter.com/Cl7du2bint — Jacob Stewart (@jstewartIndy) November 25, 2025 More from Indiana Capital Chronicle: House Speaker Todd Huston said in a statement released Tuesday that “House Republicans will gavel in on Monday, Dec. 1, reconvening the 2026 regular session. All legislative business will be considered beginning next week, including redrawing the state’s congressional map.” No proposed maps have been released as of Tuesday afternoon by legislative leaders showing how the General Assembly might accede to Trump’s wish for Republican-led states to draw more GOP-friendly U.S. House districts ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The move presents an intra-Republican Party challenge to the state Senate, where Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray has declared too few senators are in support for redistricting to pass. But Bray confirmed Tuesday the chamber will convene: “The issue of redrawing Indiana’s congressional maps mid-cycle has received a lot of attention and is causing strife here in our state. To resolve this issue, the Senate intends to reconvene.” “It looks like the Indiana Senate Republicans will be coming back in two weeks to take up Redistricting, a very important initiative to balance out the Democrats’ endless ‘Sue to Blue’ and Census rigging strategy that has stolen seats from Republicans, and given them to Democrats who would not have them if they played fairly. Radical Left Democrats have rigged the game for a long time — Remember, until the GREAT Speaker Newt Gingrich, Democrats controlled the House for 40 YEARS in a row, and now, Republicans must fight back for the American People who want and need the Massive Tax and Regulation Cuts, Lower Prices, Strong Borders, Powerful Military, and Safe Cities that Republicans are delivering, and Democrats are fighting against every step of the way,” President Trump said. “Democrats, if they steal power back, will again give us the Highest Ever Inflation, Sky High Prices, Open Borders, Transgender for Everybody, DEI, and unlimited Violent Crime that they caused and allowed until we came back into Office this year. Republicans must do what is necessary to stop the destruction of our Country by these people who hate America, and are so ungrateful for the opportunities our Nation has given them. Our Country and Democracy is special, and we must do everything we possibly can to defend it from the Far Left infiltrators who want to destroy it,” Trump continued. “I am glad to hear the Indiana House is stepping up to do the right thing, and I hope the Senate finds the Votes. If they do, I will make sure that all of those people supporting me win their Primaries, and go on to Greatness but, if they don’t, I will partner with the incredibly powerful MAGA Grassroots Republicans to elect STRONG Republicans who are ready to do what is needed to protect our Country and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he added. “This Thanksgiving, I am grateful for both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly convening to vote on fair maps. Hoosiers deserve to have fair representation in Washington and now the General Assembly needs to deliver a 9-0 map which will help level the playing field,” Indiana Gov. Mike Braun said. This Thanksgiving, I am grateful for both chambers of the Indiana General Assembly convening to vote on fair maps. Hoosiers deserve to have fair representation in Washington and now the General Assembly needs to deliver a 9-0 map which will help level the playing field. — Governor Mike Braun (@GovBraun) November 25, 2025 WTHR shared: House Speaker Todd Huston (R-Fishers) has said for months he has the votes to support Gov. Mike Braun’s (R-Indiana) call for redistricting. “House Republicans will gavel in on Monday, Dec. 1, reconvening the 2026 regular session,” Huston said in a written statement. “All legislative business will be considered beginning next week, including redrawing the state’s congressional map. Because session will start early this year, we plan to adjust the calendar and complete our legislative business by the end of February.” But Senate President Pro Tem Rod Bray (R-Martinsville) has said the votes are not there in the Indiana Senate to pass redistricting. In his own statement, he said the Senate would not be in session on Monday, but instead a week later.