{"id":112830,"date":"2025-12-29T22:50:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T22:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/112830\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T22:50:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T22:50:14","slug":"tracking-the-retirement-announcements-of-members-of-congress-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/112830\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking the retirement announcements of members of Congress | National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A number of member of Congress from both major parties have announced they are heading for the exits, either because they are seeking higher office, are not running again or are leaving early before the 2026 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Midterms are historically tough on the party of the sitting president. 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