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Fact-checking Trump’s statements that the 2015 agreement gave Iran the right to possess nuclear weapons

Fact-checking Trump’s statements that the 2015 agreement gave Iran the right to possess nuclear weapons

🔥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran,Iran nuclear deal,Obama,politifact 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: This article originally appeared on PolitiFact Just days after launching war on Iran, President Donald Trump favorably compared his efforts to eliminate Iran's nuclear weapons capability to a 2015 deal negotiated by one of his predecessors. The nuclear agreement concluded by President Barack Obama with Iran was in effect until 2018, when Trump withdrew from the United States during his first term. In response to questions in the Oval Office on March 3 with German Chancellor Friedrich…
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Watch: Obama calls on Americans to “step up” like Jesse Jackson for a better future

Watch: Obama calls on Americans to “step up” like Jesse Jackson for a better future

✨ Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Barack Obama,in memoriam,Jesse Jackson 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump, without mentioning him by name, at a recent public tribute to the late civil rights leader, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Watch Obama's remarks in the video player above. Obama said Jackson's run for president in the 1980s paved the way for other black leaders, including his successful presidency and re-election in 2009. He watches: Full eulogy for Barack Obama at Rev. Jesse Jackson's memorial service in Chicago “We live in…
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Brooks and Keyhart talk about Trump’s decision to launch strikes on Iran

Brooks and Keyhart talk about Trump’s decision to launch strikes on Iran

🔥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Brooks and Capehart âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Amna Nawaz: Well, it's been about a week since the US and Israel launched those attacks on Iran. Meanwhile, new job numbers add to the economic uncertainty.To discuss all this, we now turn to Brooks and Capehart's analysis. These are The Atlantic's David Brooks and MS NOW's Jonathan Capehart.It's great to see you both. Jonathan Capehart: Hey, safe. Amna Nawaz: So, before we get into how Americans view this war, which we need to talk about, I just want to…
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Justice Department releases Epstein files containing sexual assault allegations against Trump

Justice Department releases Epstein files containing sexual assault allegations against Trump

🚀 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Department of Justice,Donald Trump news,epstein files,jeffrey epstein 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: The Justice Department has released a trove of previously unreleased documents from the Epstein files that include notes from FBI interviews with a woman who says she was assaulted by President Trump when she was a minor. The woman claims that Trump assaulted her in the 1980s and that she was also a victim of Epstein. Justice correspondent Ali Rogin reports. Jeff Bennett: The Justice Department has released a trove of previously unreleased documents from…
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Hegseth’s comments highlight the government’s reluctance to show the human costs of the war

Hegseth’s comments highlight the government’s reluctance to show the human costs of the war

đź’Ą Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: iran war,pete hegseth,U.S. military 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Statements by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the American press emphasizes American casualties in the Iran war because they “want to make the president look bad” are a reminder of something that has persisted across many decades of conflict: stress and panic over news that reminds Americans of the human cost of war. During his Pentagon briefing on the war on Wednesday, Hegseth criticized "fake news" while addressing the six US Army reservists killed in an Iranian attack…
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WATCH: Rev. Jesse Jackson celebrates at memorial service with Obama, Biden and Clinton

WATCH: Rev. Jesse Jackson celebrates at memorial service with Obama, Biden and Clinton

🚀 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Barack Obama,Bill Clinton,Chicago,in memoriam,Jesse Jackson,joe biden,Kamala Harris news âś… **What You’ll Learn**: CHICAGO (AP) — From former presidents to NBA Hall of Famers to prominent church pastors, stories of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.'s influence on politics, corporate boardrooms and picket lines came to light Friday at a ceremony honoring the late civil rights leader. Watch the memorial ceremony in the video player above. Thousands of people gathered at a church on Chicago's South Side to pay a final public tribute to Jackson. He watches: A look…
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Sources say Gulf allies were disappointed that the United States did not report the Iranian attacks and ignored their warnings

Sources say Gulf allies were disappointed that the United States did not report the Iranian attacks and ignored their warnings

🔥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: gulf arab countries,Iran,iran attacks,Israel,middle east âś… **What You’ll Learn**: CAIRO (AP) — The Trump administration is facing growing dissatisfaction with allies in the Persian Gulf who have complained they were not given enough time to prepare for the torrent of Iranian drones and missiles bombing their countries in response to strikes by the United States and Israel. Read more: The chaos sown by Iran's attacks across the Persian Gulf is a key element of its strategy Officials from two Gulf states said their governments were disappointed…
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Watch: Levitt explains what Trump’s demand for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” means

Watch: Levitt explains what Trump’s demand for Iran’s “unconditional surrender” means

đź’Ą Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran,iran war,karoline leavitt 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: In response to a question about what Trump meant by accepting only “unconditional surrender,” White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said Friday that this would be achieved when “the president determines that Iran no longer poses a threat to the United States of America” and that the objectives of the mission “have been fully achieved.” Watch Levitt's remarks in the video player above. "Then Iran will be in a place of unconditional surrender whether they say so themselves…
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A new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose military action in Iran

A new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose military action in Iran

✨ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: data,Donald Trump news,Iran,iran attacks,Israel,Marist Poll âś… **What You’ll Learn**: A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling the US-Israel conflict with Iran and directly oppose military action, according to the latest poll from PBS News, NPR and Marist. He watches: With the intensification of US-Israeli strikes, Iran says it is no longer looking to negotiate As Operation Epic Fury approaches the end of its first week, the new poll finds that 56% of Americans oppose US military action in Iran, while…
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Who are the Kurds and what role can they play in the war with Iran?

Who are the Kurds and what role can they play in the war with Iran?

đź’Ą Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Iran,iraq,Kurdistan,Kurds,middle east,Syria,Turkey âś… **What You’ll Learn**: BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of hardened Kurds in northern Iraq are preparing for a possible cross-border military operation in Iran with American support, Kurdish officials told The Associated Press. He watches: Residents are fleeing the Iranian capital as the agency says the death toll in Tehran exceeds 1,000 people The three officials said that US President Donald Trump and the heads of the two main Kurdish parties in Iraq discussed the situation on Sunday. They spoke on condition of anonymity because…
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