Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former president John F Kennedy , is announcing a run for the US House from New York City, becoming JFK's first direct descendent and latest member of his family to run for elected office.

In a video announcing his campaign, Schlossberg says the "country is at a turning point".

"It's a crisis at every level, a cost-of-living crisis sponsored by the big, beautiful bill, historic cuts to social programs working families rely on health care, education, childcare, a corruption crisis," Schlossberg said, focusing on affordability while criticising President Donald Trump.

"He's picking winners and losers from inside the Oval Office, it's cronyism, not capitalism and a constitutional crisis with one dangerous man in control of all three branches of gover

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