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Democrats are projected to win a special election for a Florida legislative district that includes Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, marking another upset in the president's backyard.

Democrat Emily Gregory, a first-time candidate, defeated Trump-backed Republican Jon Maples in a race for the open Florida District 87 state House seat.

The result is a reversal from 2024, when a Republican won the district by 19 percentage points.

The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation announced Thursday that it’s awarding one of its 2026 Profile in Courage Awards to the “people of the Twin Cities of Minnesota” for their actions during the federal immigration enforcement surge.

The foundation said it chose to honor Twin Cities residents “for risking their lives to protect their neighbors and immigrant community members from an unprecedented federal law enforcement operation, peacefully defending the human rights and values that serve as the foundation of our Constitutional democracy.”

The foundation also announced Thursday that it is giving a Profile in Courage Award to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell “for protecting the independence of the Federal Reserve, which is critical to the stability of the global economy, despite years of personal attacks and threats from the highest levels of government.”

The awards will be presented at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on May 31. The statement from the foundation did not indicate who might accept the award on behalf of the Twin Cities.

“This year’s honorees represent the courage of those who serve in all areas of government — and those who believe in it. Without public servants of integrity committed to maintaining the highest standards of institutional excellence and independence like Chair Powell, and citizens willing to put their lives on the line to hold America to its promises, our democracy can’t survive,” Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and grandson, Jack Schlossberg, said in a statement. “This year we honor the courage of those who didn’t seek elected office but have demonstrated moral courage across our society.”

Past recipients of the award, first presented in 1990, include former Presidents Barack Obama, George H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford; former Vice President Mike Pence; former U.S. Sen. John McCain; former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

It has also honored groups in the past — including the public servants who responded to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The foundation said the recipients are chosen by a “bipartisan committee of national, political and community leaders.”

In its announcement Thursday, the foundation wrote that Twin Cities residents responded to the surge of federal immigration agents “with extraordinary courage and resolve.”

“Across religious, racial and political lines, a broad coalition of residents of the Twin Cities and surrounding suburbs united in peaceful resistance despite violent confrontation and real personal risk, defending their neighbors’ rights and strengthening the national movement to protect American democracy.”

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