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Immigration officials cannot rearrest Kelmar Abrego Garcia without a hearing and an order from a federal judge

Immigration officials cannot rearrest Kelmar Abrego Garcia without a hearing and an order from a federal judge

πŸ’₯ Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: immigrants,immigration,Kilmar Abrego Garcia,u.s. immigration and customs enforcement πŸ’‘ Key idea: BALTIMORE (AP) β€” A federal judge blocked U.S. immigration authorities Friday from redetaining Kelmar Abrego Garcia, saying she feared he could be detained again just hours after she ordered him released from a detention center. The order came when Abrego Garcia showed up at an scheduled appointment at an ICE field office roughly 14 hours after being released from an immigration detention center in Pennsylvania. Read more: Kelmar Abrego Garcia was released from an immigration detention…
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New photos from Epstein’s personal collection show Trump, Clinton and much more

New photos from Epstein’s personal collection show Trump, Clinton and much more

πŸ”₯ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Bill Clinton,bill gates,Donald Trump news,epstein files,jeffrey epstein,Steve Bannon πŸ’‘ Here’s what you’ll learn: A newly released set of photos shows the rich and powerful people that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein communicated with, and other glimpses into his lifestyle. The undated photos were taken from Epstein's email account and computer, according to Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, who released the photos on Friday. Read more: Never-before-seen photos of Epstein's private island have been released One photo shows Donald Trump before he became president standing with six…
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Watch: White House says Trump administration plans to ‘seize’ oil from tanker that took off off the coast of Venezuela

Watch: White House says Trump administration plans to ‘seize’ oil from tanker that took off off the coast of Venezuela

πŸš€ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,karoline leavitt πŸ’‘ Main takeaway: White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said Thursday that the US government β€œintends to seize oil” from the tanker that US forces seized on Wednesday off the coast of Venezuela. Watch Carolyn Leavitt's briefing in the video player above. Speaking at the White House press conference on Thursday, Leavitt said the Justice Department had been ordered to seize the tanker because it is a sanctioned vessel used to transport β€œblack market” oil. She said that the United States has an…
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An Associated Press source says the Justice Department has twice failed to recharge New York Attorney General James

An Associated Press source says the Justice Department has twice failed to recharge New York Attorney General James

πŸ”₯ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Department of Justice,grand jury,Letitia James βœ… Here’s what you’ll learn: ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) β€” A grand jury for the second time in a week declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday in another major blow to the Justice Department's efforts to prosecute the president's political opponents. The repeated failures were a stunning rebuke of prosecutors' attempt to revive a criminal case that President Donald Trump had pressed them to bring, and signaled growing public wariness of the administration's retaliation campaign. He watches: Judge…
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Watch: Trump criticizes Indiana Senate Republicans’ rejection of redistricting efforts

Watch: Trump criticizes Indiana Senate Republicans’ rejection of redistricting efforts

πŸ”₯ Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: congressional maps,congressional redistricting,Donald Trump news,indiana πŸ“Œ Key idea: After Republican lawmakers in Indiana joined Democrats to vote to reject a plan to redraw the state's congressional map on Thursday, President Donald Trump said he would support a primary against the state's Republican Senate leader. Watch Trump's remarks in the video player above. The 31-19 vote in the state Senate rejected a congressional redistricting effort that Trump had been pushing Republicans to support in order to help preserve their majority in the U.S. House of Representatives after the…
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Senate rejects plans to address sharp rise in health care premiums

Senate rejects plans to address sharp rise in health care premiums

πŸ”₯ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Affordable Care Act,health care premiums,obamacare,senate,Senate vote βœ… Main takeaway: Jeff Bennett: Welcome to the News Hour.The US Senate failed to pass two conflicting health care legislation today, making it all but certain that the Affordable Care Act tax credits will expire at the end of the year. Amna Nawaz: As lawmakers prepare for a year-end recess with no deal in sight, tens of millions of Americans who rely on the Affordable Care Act are being left in limbo. The expired subsidy would lead to a sharp rise…
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Senators are seeking to change the bill that would allow the military to operate as it did before the D.C. plane crash

Senators are seeking to change the bill that would allow the military to operate as it did before the D.C. plane crash

πŸ”₯ Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: DC Plane Crash,defense bill,senate πŸ’‘ Main takeaway: Senators from both parties on Thursday pushed for changes to a massive defense bill after plane crash investigators and victims' families warned that the legislation would undo key safety reforms stemming from a collision between a plane and a military helicopter over Washington, D.C., that killed 67 people. The head of the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash, a group of victims' family members and senators on the Commerce Committee, said the bill introduced by the…
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Indiana Republicans are blocking the new congressional map in a rare break with Trump

Indiana Republicans are blocking the new congressional map in a rare break with Trump

✨ Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: congressional maps,congressional redistricting,Donald Trump news,indiana,republicans πŸ“Œ Main takeaway: INDIANAPOLIS (AP) β€” Indiana's Republican-led Senate voted against a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored their party in the 2026 election, despite months of pressure from President Donald Trump for rare mid-session redistricting. 21 members of the Republican majority in the Senate and all 10 Democratic members of the Senate voted against the redistricting proposal. Trump urged GOP-led states to gerrymander their electoral districts before the midterm elections to create more seats that Republicans could win. It's…
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Noem says the seizure of the oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast is linked to U.S. anti-drug efforts

Noem says the seizure of the oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast is linked to U.S. anti-drug efforts

✨ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Kristi Noem,venezuela βœ… Here’s what you’ll learn: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday linked the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela to the Trump administration's anti-drug efforts in Latin America as tensions rise with the government of President Nicolas Maduro. Noem's assertion, which came during her testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee, represents the Republican administration's most comprehensive assessment yet of why it took control of the ship on Wednesday. It is incredibly unusual that the use of US forces…
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WATCH: Rep. Magaziner confronts Noem with deported US military veteran via Zoom at hearing

WATCH: Rep. Magaziner confronts Noem with deported US military veteran via Zoom at hearing

✨ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics πŸ“– πŸ“‚ Category: Department of Homeland Security,deportations,Kristi Noem,seth magaziner,veterans βœ… Key idea: Democrats questioned Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about several deportations on Thursday, including identifying House members who were listening to the audience who said they had been deported or had family members who had been subjected to improper treatment by the immigration system. Watch the video in the video above. Noem said she would review the status of several cases called by Rep. Seth Magaziner of Rhode Island. One of them, a veteran, appeared on the screen via…
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