Democrats were on the receiving end of some midterm election momentum this week. In Indiana, Republicans lawmakers defied intense pressure from President Donald Trump rejecting his demands for a newly gerrymandered Congressional map. In Miami, residents <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/09/miami-elects-first-woman-mayor-ends-gops-28-year-control-of-city-hall-00683878"target="_blank" >elected Eileen Higgins as mayor,</a> the first woman to hold the job in the city’s history. She’s also the first Democrat to hold the office in 28 years. And a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/georgia-democrat-eric-gisler"target="_blank" >Georgia state House seat flipped</a> in a district Trump won by double digits. And Congress is <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/ndaa-boat-strikes-congress-hegseth-without-funds-00680679"target="_blank" >considering limiting the Pentagon’s travel budget</a> after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to release footage of a “double-tap” strike he ordered on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Meanwhile, can the United States <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.foxnews.com/world/venezuela-accuses-us-piracy-after-seizing-massive-oil-tanker&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1765545957520276&usg=AOvVaw0Ubi_FY1v9hP4R0-VP3whB"target="_blank" >legally seize a Venezuelan oil tanker</a> or is it an act of “international piracy.”? What does this latest move by the Trump Administration towards Nicolas Maduro mean for escalating the ongoing pressure campaign? President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/politics/oil-tanker-seized-us-venezuela-trump.html"target="_blank" >says the vessel was taken “for a very good reason.”</a> Under the terms of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, 600 trucks per day carrying aid must be allowed into Gaza. This week, an analysis by the Associated Press showed <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/aid-deliveries-into-gaza-fail-to-meet-ceasefire-terms-analysis-shows"target="_blank" >an average of only 459 are crossing into the territory daily.</a> This comes as torrential rain from Storm Byron swept across the Strip flooding overcrowded tents sheltering tens of thousands of families displaced by the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/10/zelenskyy-warns-russia-china-stepping-up-military-industrial-cooperation"target="_blank" >sounding the alarm about the role China is playing</a> in helping Russia beef up its military industry. Find more of our programs<a href="https://the1a.org/shows"target="_blank" > online</a>. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://plus.npr.org/1a__;!!IaT_gp1N!wOhW79EX-aPWlb0ult1k1kEov2nvCTjFuiZMsf2ABB1n7-WUz4Pfe0q1L1HdmIfb2xbIvng$"target="_blank" > plus.npr.org/the1a</a>.  Learn more about sponsor message choices: <a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices">podcastchoices.com/adchoices</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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