Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) announced that she would NOT attend President Donald Trump’s State of the Union on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. Instead, Ansari and her guest, Sonia Almaraz, will participate in MeidasTouch & MoveOn’s “People’s State of the Union,” a rally counterprogramming Trump’s speech. “Last year, I walked out of President Trump’s State of the Union because I refused to normalize the most corrupt and authoritarian administration in American history,” said Re… Continue Reading
Over the weekend, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), the first Iranian American Democrat and youngest woman in Congress, attended the Munich Security Conference, emphasizing the need for bold leadership to move past the chaos and instability caused by the Trump Administration. “Young people already care deeply about foreign policy,” said Ansari. “But for them, foreign policy looks like the climate crisis. It looks like student debt. It looks like artificial intelligence changing the future… Continue Reading
Today, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03), a member of the House Oversight Committee, will travel to New Albany, Ohio to take part in the deposition of Leslie (Les) Wexner. Wexner is the former CEO of L Brands, Inc., a multinational retail conglomerate that once included Victoria’s Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Bath & Body Works, and is named in the Epstein files. “Pam Bondi and Trump’s DOJ continue to withhold thousands of pages of the Epstein files from public view and have fai… Continue Reading
Today, on the 14th anniversary of the Tucson, Arizona shooting that severely injured former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, Representative Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) issued the following statement: "As an Arizonan, January 8 is a day that weighs heavy on my mind. But, in the face of darkness, Gabby and the Tucson community have always responded with incredible courage. Now, Gabby continues to be a beacon of hope in the fight to end gun violence. As I begin my work in Congress to protect our communi… Continue Reading
January 20, 2026
