NYT > U.S. News Nancy Kassebaum, First Woman to Chair a Major Senate Panel, Dies at 94 Par : Adam Clymer 22 août 2026 à 16:28 A moderate Republican from Kansas, she served three terms before tiring of political strife. “I couldn’t get elected today,” she said in 2013. © Stephen Crowley/The New York TimesSenator Nancy Kassebaum in 1995, outside her office on Capitol Hill. During the first of her three terms, she was the only woman in the Senate.
NYT > U.S. News How a Progressive Democrat in Florida Gave Her Party New Hope — and New Fears Par : Patricia Mazzei 22 août 2026 à 05:03 Angie Nixon, a state lawmaker from Jacksonville, shocked Democrats in red Florida by soundly defeating her centrist primary opponent. Now comes the hard part. © Saul Martinez for The New York TimesRepresentative Angie Nixon, a progressive maverick, jolted Florida politics with her upset win in the Democratic Senate primary this week.