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Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds will not seek re-election in 2026 after nearly 10 years serving in the state’s highest office, teeing up what may be a competitive Republican gubernatorial primary in 2026.
In a video announcement released on Friday, Reynolds thanked Iowans for their support throughout her political career and said she will not campaign for another term as governor to focus on her family.
«Today, I want to share a personal decision with you; one that was not made lightly, but comes with a full heart and a deep sense of gratitude. After a lot of thought, prayer, and conversations with my family, I have decided that I will not seek re-election in 2026,» she said.
Reynolds began her political career in the Clarke County treasurer’s office, before winning election as a state senator and later as the state’s lieutenant governor.
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Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds is interviewed by Fox News Digital at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 11, 2023. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
She has served as governor since 2017, when then-Gov. Terry Branstad was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as ambassador to China during President Donald Trump’s first term in office. Reynolds was elected to a full term as governor in 2018 and re-elected in 2022.
«This wasn’t an easy decision, because I love this state and I love serving you,» Reynolds said in a video posted on social media. «But, when my term ends, I will have had the privilege of serving as your governor for almost 10 years.»
Reynolds said the work isn’t over yet and is committed to «working hard for you every single day until my term ends,» referring to her time as governor as the «greatest honor of my life.»
«This public service has been an incredible journey — one I wouldn’t trade for anything, but as Iowans know, family is everything,» she said. «Through the years, my parents and my husband Kevin, our daughters, and our grandchildren have stood by my side, supporting me through every challenge and every victory. Now, it’s time for me to be there for them.»
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Seasoned Iowa-based Republican strategist Jimmy Centers, who served in the Reynolds administration, said «her governorship is historic» for more than being the first female elected Iowa governor.
«It’s more than just her agenda; it’s about what she accomplished as governor. She was bold. She went out and sold her vision and she got it passed,» Centers told Fox News.
Nicole Schlinger, a longtime Iowa and Washington D.C.-based conservative strategist who is well-connected with evangelical groups, said that Reynolds «has been a transformation governor.»
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
But Schlinger told Fox News that «Kim Reynolds has put a lot of things in her life on hold for the state of Iowa and if you’re going to decide what you’re doing for re-election in 2026, now is the time you’re going to be making that decision.»
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) praised Reynolds for «her bold vision and conservative leadership» and said she «delivered transformational results for Iowa.»
Iowa, which was once a key general election battleground state, has turned red over the past decade, and RGA communications director Courtney Alexander said «we are confident that Iowa will continue to remain in Republican control.»
But the rival Democratic Governors Association (DGA), pointing to Trump’s sweeping and controversial agenda during his first three months back in the White House, said that «even former RGA Chair Governor Kim Reynolds knows she can’t defend her party’s destruction of the economy and extreme, unpopular agenda for the next two years.»
DGA communications director Sam Newton argued that «in addition to leaving behind a failed record of corruption, gutting public education, and banning abortion, Gov. Reynolds has thrown the wide-open GOP field for governor into complete chaos. We look forward to holding Iowa Republicans accountable as this competitive race ramps up.»
Following Reynolds’ announcement, there was instant speculation that Iowa attorney general Brenna Bird, who was a top surrogate for now-President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign and who spoke at last summer’s Republican National Convention, may make a bid to succeed the governor.
Iowa attorney general Brenna Bird speaks during the second day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 16, 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
Bird, in a statement posted to social media, praised Reynolds but added that she and her husband will «consider what this decision means for our future.»
«I appreciate the calls of encouragement I’ve already received. I am committed to continuing my work on behalf of Iowans and to support President Trump,» she added.
Among the Republicans who may also have an interest in potentially running in 2026 to succeed Reynolds in the governor’s office in Des Moines are longtime state agriculture secretary Mike Naig; state House Speaker Pat Grassley, the grandson of longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa; and all four members of Iowa’s all-GOP congressional delegation — Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Ashley Hinson (IA-02), Zach Nunn (IA-03) and Randy Feenstra (IA-04).
Two other names that are mentioned are Matt Whitaker, who ran statewide twice in Iowa but who is known nationally for serving as U.S. attorney general for a couple of months during the first Trump administration and who is currently serving as U.S. representative to NATO; and state Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, son of longtime Iowa GOP chair Jeff Kaufmann.
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Longtime Republican strategist David Kochel, who has worked in Iowa politics for decades, noted that the Republicans have a «deep bench.»
When it comes to the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, speculation centers on Iowa state auditor Rob Sand, who is currently the only Democratic statewide officeholder in the Hawkeye State.
Reynolds, pointing to Iowa’s shift to the right in recent election cycles, said the GOP «will remain in great hands» as the next generation of Iowa Republicans build on her legacy.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, left, appears with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a 2024 GOP presidential candidate, and his wife, Casey DeSantis, at a campaign event in Bettendorf, Iowa, on Dec. 18, 2023. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
Reynolds saw her national profile rise in recent years, through her previous tenure as RGA chair and by welcoming Republican presidential candidates to Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses, which remain the lead-off contest in the race for the White House on the GOP calendar.
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In the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, Reynolds’ endorsement was coveted by the crowded GOP primary field. Reynolds ultimately endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and joined him repeatedly on the campaign trail in the lead-up to the caucuses.
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El hallazgo de un ejemplar completo de uno de los primeros poemarios de Manuel Machado, publicado en Barcelona en 1895 y considerado perdido durante más de un siglo, ha reconfigurado el panorama de la investigación sobre la lírica española de finales del siglo XIX.
Este volumen, que reúne versos del joven poeta sevillano y de su compañero de bohemia Enrique Paradas, permaneció fuera del alcance de los estudiosos hasta que, en enero de 2022, fue adquirido por el bibliófilo y antólogo Manuel Márquez de la Plata a través de una librería anticuaria catalana.
Durante décadas, la comunidad académica creyó que el único vestigio de este poemario era un ejemplar incompleto conservado en la Biblioteca Machado de la Institución Fernán González, dependiente de la Real Academia Burgense de Historia y Bellas Artes. A este volumen le faltaban la mayoría de las páginas atribuidas a Manuel Machado, lo que impedía conocer con precisión la extensión y el contenido de su contribución.
Las principales bibliografías, incluida la editada por la Biblioteca Nacional española en 1976, identificaban la obra bajo el título de ‘Etcétera’ y le asignaban 126 páginas, aunque sin advertir la posible ausencia de las últimas hojas. Otras referencias bibliográficas de los años setenta repetían el mismo título y, en algún caso, calificaban un ejemplar completo como un “volumen inencontrable”.
La confusión sobre el título y la integridad del poemario se mantuvo hasta el otoño de 1979, cuando el poeta y profesor Miguel d’Ors, tras analizar el ejemplar mutilado de Burgos, publicó en la revista académica Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica de la Universidad de La Rioja un artículo titulado “Donde se enmienda un error de las bibliografías Manuelmachadinas”.
En ese texto, d’Ors aclaró que el libro, firmado “Paradas-Machado”, no se llamaba Etcétera, sino & Versos, y que en la cubierta figuraba como & Colección de poesías. D’Ors interpretó el uso del símbolo “&” como una muestra del gusto personal de Machado por los títulos singulares, recordando otros poemas suyos titulados con signos como ‘¡…!’, ‘***’ y ‘….?’.
El análisis de d’Ors aportó detalles sobre la mutilación del ejemplar de Burgos: de las 126 páginas, las 120 primeras correspondían a versos de Paradas, mientras que las seis restantes incluían el nombre de Manuel Machado, el encabezado de una posible sección titulada ‘Bocetos’ y un único poema, ‘Ruinas’, ya publicado en el primer poemario conjunto del año anterior, ‘Tristes y alegres’.
D’Ors dedujo que resultaba improbable que la aportación de Machado se limitara a seis páginas y un solo poema, por lo que era evidente que faltaba una parte sustancial del libro. En su artículo, animó a los investigadores a buscar el poemario perdido en las bibliotecas, pero advirtió que debían rastrearlo bajo el título “&” y no “Etcétera”. A pesar de este llamamiento, ni entonces ni tras la reedición de su artículo en el libro Estudios sobre Manuel Machado (Renacimiento, 2000), se tuvo noticia de la aparición de un ejemplar íntegro.
La situación cambió radicalmente a comienzos de 2022, cuando Manuel Márquez de la Plata localizó el poemario en una oferta en línea de una librería anticuaria catalana, que lo vendía por unos pocos cientos de euros. Tras adquirirlo, comprobó que el volumen, impreso en 1895, constaba de 191 páginas, es decir, 65 páginas más que el ejemplar mutilado de Burgos.
Las poesías de Machado ocupaban desde la página 121 hasta la 191 y estaban divididas en dos secciones: ‘Bocetos’ y ‘Poesías en prosa’. En total, los versos del poeta sevillano en este poemario superaban los ochenta. Aproximadamente la mitad de estos poemas ya habían aparecido en publicaciones de la época, como La Caricatura, o fueron incluidos posteriormente en otros libros de Machado, pero la otra mitad no figuraba —al menos con el mismo inicio— en las últimas Poesías Completas publicadas en 2019 por la editorial Renacimiento.
Márquez de la Plata, movido por su admiración hacia Miguel d’Ors y en agradecimiento por los momentos de satisfacción que le habían proporcionado sus escritos, decidió enviarle por correo certificado una fotocopia de las páginas con las poesías de Machado. D’Ors, ya jubilado y residente en Galicia, recibió el envío con sorpresa y entusiasmo, y lo incorporó a su colección de primeras ediciones de su poeta favorito, a quien había dedicado años de estudio.
Tres años después, en la primavera de 2025, el periodista y escritor Víctor Olmos, que trabaja en una biografía de Manuel Machado, contactó telefónicamente con d’Ors para consultarle sobre el poemario. Durante la conversación, d’Ors le reveló que, gracias a Márquez de la Plata, disponía de una fotocopia de las páginas del libro supuestamente perdido y le relató cómo había llegado a sus manos.
Olmos, a punto de cumplir noventa años y con experiencia periodística, intuyó que el ejemplar podría ser único y constituir una primicia literaria, ya que, en el ámbito de la bibliografía, nada es definitivo, pero no se tiene constancia de otro ejemplar.
Olmos sugirió a d’Ors que narrara la historia del poemario perdido y hallado en algún medio, especialmente en un momento en que los Machado acaparaban la atención pública tras la exposición Los Machado. Retrato de Familia, celebrada en Sevilla, Burgos y Madrid.
D’Ors consideró que la iniciativa correspondía a su propietario, Márquez de la Plata. Finalmente, Olmos se puso en contacto con él, quien aceptó la propuesta de informar sobre la existencia del poemario para conocimiento de expertos, biógrafos y bibliógrafos machadianos.
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Trump hit with setback as court rules Alina Habba unlawfully served as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
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An appellate court found on Monday that Alina Habba is unlawfully serving as the top prosecutor in New Jersey, delivering a blow to President Donald Trump as he fights to keep his preferred nominees in charge of U.S. attorney’s offices in blue states.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said in an order that a lower court was correct to disqualify Habba, a fiery Trump loyalist who previously served as the president’s personal defense lawyer.
The Trump administration could ask for a full panel of 3rd Circuit judges to reconsider the decision, or it could turn to the Supreme Court to weigh in. Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of Justice and a Habba spokesperson for comment.
A three-judge panel for the 3rd Circuit heard arguments on Habba’s appointment in October and grilled a Department of Justice lawyer over the unconventional way Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi reinstalled Habba as U.S. attorney after her initial, temporary appointment expired.
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President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom with lawyers Christopher M. Kise and Alina Habba during his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on Oct. 17, 2023, in New York City. (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)
Habba is one of several names who became jammed up in court proceedings over allegations that Trump sidestepped the Senate and improperly exploited loopholes in federal vacancy laws to keep his preferred prosecutors in place.
Habba’s case was the furthest along in the court process, but Lindsey Halligan and Bill Essayli, temporary U.S. attorneys in Virginia and California, respectively, are among those also facing high-stakes court challenges to their appointments.
The panel that heard Habba’s case comprised two appointees of former President George W. Bush and one appointee of former President Barack Obama.
The judges voiced skepticism of DOJ lawyer Henry Whitaker’s claims that Bondi had authority to fill the vacancy for the U.S. attorney of New Jersey after Trump fired the court-appointed one. Whitaker said the administration simply took advantage of «overlapping mechanisms» afforded to it by Congress.
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Alina Habba speaks during a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
«In this case, the executive branch admittedly took a series of precise and precisely timed steps not to evade or circumvent those mechanisms but rather to be scrupulously careful to comply with them,» Whitaker said.
One of the judges said during the oral arguments that he viewed Habba’s case as unusual and possibly unconstitutional.
«Would you concede that the sequence of events here, and for me, they’re unusual, would you concede that there are serious constitutional implications to your theory here, the government’s theory, which really is a complete circumvention, it seems, of the appointments clause?» the judge asked.
Veteran D.C. lawyer Abbe Lowell, known for his involvement in lawsuits challenging the Trump administration, represented the defendants contesting Habba’s appointment.
Two sets of defendants facing run-of-the-mill charges brought the challenge to Habba, saying she should not be allowed to prosecute them because she was an invalid U.S. attorney.
TRUMP NOMINEES SQUEEZED BETWEEN ‘BLUE SLIPS’ AND BLUE OBSTRUCTION
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks as President Donald Trump looks on during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Habba had no path to Senate confirmation, in part because New Jersey’s Democratic senators, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, did not approve of her through the Senate’s blue slip tradition.
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That precedent has drawn Trump’s ire as Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, stands firmly behind blue slips, which require home state senators to approve of U.S. attorney and district judge nominees.
Trump recently conveyed, through his firing of former U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert, that earning Democratic senators’ approval could be disqualifying in his view, setting up a stalemate with the upper chamber over his nominees in blue states.
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EU official warns ‘impunity’ for Russia would mark ‘historic mistake of huge proportions’
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As President Donald Trump’s administration aims to help broker peace between Russia and Ukraine, a European Union official asserted that Russia must face accountability for its «crimes,» according to a report.
European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection Michael McGrath warned against allowing «impunity,» opining that it «would be a historic mistake of huge proportions.»
«I don’t think history will judge kindly any effort to wipe the slate clean for Russian crimes in Ukraine,» McGrath said, according to Politico. «They must be held accountable for those crimes and that will be the approach of the European Union in all of these discussions.
«Were we to do so, to allow for impunity for those crimes, we would be sowing the seeds of the next round of aggression and the next invasion,» he noted, according to the outlet. «And I believe that that would be a historic mistake of huge proportions.»
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Left: Russian President Vladimir Putin enters the hall just after his talks with the Hungarian prime minister during his meeting with young scientists at the Kremlin on Nov. 28, 2025 in Moscow, Russia; Right: EU Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection Michael McGrath talks to media about: «Simpler EU digital rules and new digital wallets to save billions for businesses and boost innovation» in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter on Nov. 19, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. (Left: Contributor/Getty Images; Right: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)
«We cannot give up on the rights of the victims of Russian aggression and Russian crimes,» McGrath asserted, according to the outlet. «Millions of lives have been taken or destroyed, and people forcibly removed, and we have ample evidence.»
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President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en route to Washington, D.C., on Nov. 30, 2025. (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has expressed gratitude toward the Trump administration.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky speaks at a press conference with Pedro Sanchez, Spanish prime minister (not pictured), during his official visit to the headquarters of the Spanish government in Palacio de la Moncloa. (Alberto Gardin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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«I am grateful to the United States, to President Trump’s team, and to the President personally for the time that is being invested so intensively in defining the steps to end the war,» he noted in part of a post on X.
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