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Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the dean of the New York congressional delegation, has decided not to run for reelection next year, his office told CNN on Monday. Nadler, 78, told the New York Times in an interview published Monday he was convinced it was time for generational change and that a younger person “can maybe do better, can maybe help us more.” He did not discuss who should succeed him, the Times said, but noted that many of his allies might enter the race. The move comes around a month after Liam Elkind, a 26-year-old Democrat, entered the race for...

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler will go back under the knife next month for a second surgery to speed up his weight reduction. Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat, underwent the first procedure almost a year ago, and has since shed about 75 pounds. "I certainly am doing a lot more walking and so forth," said Nadler, who at 5 feet 4 inches tall once weighed 338 pounds. "I didn't take the subway before because I didn't want to walk the stairs -- now I take the subway all the time." Nadler's surgery, to be performed at Mount Sinai Hospital, will complete...