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$3.6 billion in long-awaited federal heating aid has been released to states and tribes

$3.6 billion in long-awaited federal heating aid has been released to states and tribes

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đź’Ą Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: energy assistance,LIHEAP đź“Ś Main takeaway: HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Nearly $3.6 billion in deferred funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, was released Friday for states and tribes, according to the National Association of Energy Assistance Administrators. Federal funding for the LIHEAP program, which helps millions of low-income families pay for heating and cooling their homes, was suspended through the start of the cold weather season due to the federal government shutdown, which ended on November 12. He watches: Aid to utilities was frozen…
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Trump said he intends to pardon the former Honduran president who is serving a sentence for drug trafficking

Trump said he intends to pardon the former Honduran president who is serving a sentence for drug trafficking

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✨ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,honduras,Juan Orlando Hernandez,pardons,presidential pardons đź’ˇ Key idea: The president explained his decision on social media by posting that “according to many people whom I deeply respect, Hernandez has been treated extremely harshly and unfairly.” In March last year, Hernandez was convicted in a US court of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. He served two terms as leader of the Central American nation of about 10 million people. The post was part of a broader message from Trump to support Tito Esfora…
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Refugee groups worry about backlash after National Guard shooting

Refugee groups worry about backlash after National Guard shooting

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✨ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: afghanistan,Donald Trump news,National Guard,refugees âś… Key idea: SEATTLE (AP) — People who work with refugees worry that those who have fled dangerous situations to start over in America will face a backlash after authorities said an Afghan national shot two National Guard soldiers this week, killing one of them. Many Afghans living in the United States are afraid to leave their homes, fearing they will be searched by immigration officials or attacked with hate speech, said Sean Van Diver, president of San Diego-based #AfghanEvac, a group that…
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Watch: “Are you stupid?” Trump declines a reporter’s question about examining resettlement in Afghanistan

Watch: “Are you stupid?” Trump declines a reporter’s question about examining resettlement in Afghanistan

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🚀 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: afghanistan,Donald Trump news,immigration,National Guard,National Guard Shooting đź’ˇ Main takeaway: President Donald Trump called a journalist "stupid" for trying to fact-check his claim that the Biden administration did not vet Afghan nationals who came to the United States, in connection with the shooting of two National Guard members in Washington. Watch the clip in the video player above. After Trump claimed Thursday that Afghans fleeing the Taliban were never vetted under a Biden-era program, CBS News White House correspondent Nancy Cordes provided additional reporting and asked a follow-up…
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Trump says he wants to “permanently pause” immigration into the United States from poor countries

Trump says he wants to “permanently pause” immigration into the United States from poor countries

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đź’Ą Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,immigration,migration,National Guard Shooting đź“Ś Here’s what you’ll learn: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said he wants to “permanently pause” immigration from poor countries and promised to seek to expel millions of immigrants from the United States by revoking their legal status. He blames immigrants for problems ranging from crime to housing shortages as part of America's "social dysfunction" and calls for "reverse immigration." His harshest anti-immigration social media post since returning to the Oval Office in January came after the Wednesday…
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WATCH: Trump says National Guard soldier died after being shot, blames Biden administration

WATCH: Trump says National Guard soldier died after being shot, blames Biden administration

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✨ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,National Guard,National Guard Shooting,Sarah Beckstrom âś… Key idea: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — One of two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House has died, President Donald Trump said, calling the shooter who worked for the CIA in his native country a "savage monster." Watch Trump's remarks in the player above. As part of his Thanksgiving call with US troops, Trump said he had just learned of the death of Sergeant Sarah Beckstrom, 20, while Sgt.…
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Trump criticizes the program that brought Afghan refugees to the United States who fought the Taliban

Trump criticizes the program that brought Afghan refugees to the United States who fought the Taliban

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🚀 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: afghanistan,CIA,Donald Trump news,National Guard,Operation Allies Welcome,Rahmanullah Lakanwal đź’ˇ Main takeaway: The man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington is one of about 76,000 Afghans brought to the United States after the chaotic US withdrawal from their country as the Taliban took control, authorities said. The program, called Operation Welcoming Allies, was created after the 2021 decision to leave Afghanistan after 20 years of US intervention and billions of dollars in aid. Read more: What we know and don't know about the shooting of two…
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What we know and don’t know about the shooting of two National Guard members in D.C

What we know and don’t know about the shooting of two National Guard members in D.C

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✨ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: afghanistan,Donald Trump news,Jean Pirro,National Guard,National Guard Shooting,Washington D.C. đź“Ś Main takeaway: WASHINGTON (AP) — The daytime shooting of two National Guard members in the nation's capital by a man identified by authorities as an Afghan national has raised multiple questions. He watches: Officials identify two National Guard members fired in D.C. shooting, say suspect is Afghan national Officials released the names of the detained suspect and the guard members who were shot, but the motive behind the attack is not yet clear. Here's what we know so…
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Trump said he would prevent South Africa from participating in the G20 summit next year

Trump said he would prevent South Africa from participating in the G20 summit next year

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🔥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: Cyril Ramaphosa,Donald Trump news,G20 Summit,south africa đź“Ś Here’s what you’ll learn: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he is barring South Africa from next year's G20 summit at his Miami-area club and will halt all payments and subsidies to the country over its treatment of a U.S. government representative at this year's global meeting. Trump chose not to attend an American delegation at the recent summit hosted by South Africa, saying he did so because white Africans were subjected to violent persecution.…
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Judges are allowing North Carolina to use a redrawn map in an effort to give Republicans another seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

Judges are allowing North Carolina to use a redrawn map in an effort to give Republicans another seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

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🔥 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: Don Davis,Donald Trump news,North Carolina,redistricting đź’ˇ Here’s what you’ll learn: RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A three-judge federal panel on Wednesday allowed North Carolina to use a redrawn congressional map aimed at flipping a seat to Republicans as part of President Donald Trump's multi-state redistricting drive ahead of the 2026 election. The new map targets North Carolina's only swing seat, currently held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Don Davis, an African American who represents more than 20 counties in the state's northeast. The 1st District has been represented…
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