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Read Bill Clinton’s opening statement in his testimony regarding Jeffrey Epstein

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✨ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Bill Clinton,Hillary Clinton,house oversight committee,jeffrey epstein 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Former President Bill Clinton said in an opening statement to the House Oversight Committee that he saw no signs of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein. Read the full statement by clicking on the document below. Clinton told the committee that his "brief acquaintance with Jeffrey Epstein ended years before his crimes came to light." That's according to a printout of his opening statement as prepared and released by Clinton's office. He watches: Lawmakers speak ahead of Bill…

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Trump says he is “not happy” with the talks with Iran but will wait to see what happens in the next rounds

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🔥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran,Israel,marco rubio ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: TEL AVIV, Israel - US President Donald Trump said Friday that he is "not happy" with the talks with Iran so far but will wait to see what happens in additional rounds of negotiations with the Middle Eastern country over its nuclear program. "I'm not happy about the fact that they're not willing to give us what we should have," Trump told reporters as he left the White House on Friday. "I'm not happy about that. We'll see what…

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Transgender youth are targeted in Boy Scouts of America changes pushed by Pentagon

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✨ Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: pentagon,pete hegseth,Scouting America,transgender youth ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America will change several policies at the request of the Pentagon, including one targeting transgender youth, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday as he pushes a campaign against military support for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Read more: New Pentagon policy undermines transgender troops' ability to fight military ban, AP reports Some of the changes mirror what the organization proposed to the Pentagon in January, including discontinuing the merit badge for community…

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Pakistani Defense Minister says his country is in “open war” with Afghanistan after recent strikes

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💥 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: afghanistan,Kabul,Pakistan,Taliban ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and Afghanistan exchanged cross-border attacks overnight in a major escalation of tensions that prompted Pakistan's defense minister to say Friday that the two countries were in a state of "open war." Read more: Pak-Afghan peace talks collapse in Istanbul amid escalating border tensions Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan late Thursday, saying it was in response to deadly Pakistani air strikes on Afghan border areas on Sunday. Pakistan then carried out air strikes in Kabul and…

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American moves to claim the tanker and two million barrels of detained Venezuelan oil

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🚀 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: nicholas maduro,oil industry,usa,venezuela 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally gain ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly 2 million barrels of oil seized off the coast of Venezuela in December, another move by President Donald Trump's administration to assert authority over the country's oil sector following the arrest of leader Nicolas Maduro. Read more: Why does Venezuela's oil matter to the United States? This is the first complaint filed by the United States to initiate legal proceedings…

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Watch: Rev. Jesse Jackson lies in state at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago

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💥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Chicago,in memoriam,Jesse Jackson,obituaries 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: CHICAGO (AP) — Cross-country memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. are scheduled to begin Thursday in Chicago, the city the late civil rights leader called his home. Rev. Jesse Jackson will lie in state at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters. Watch in the video player above. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s disciple and two-time presidential candidate will lie in state for two days at the headquarters of the Rainbow PUSH coalition before events in Washington, D.C.,…

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WATCH: Lawmakers may question Lutnick about Epstein ties, Coomer says

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💥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: epstein files,Howard Lutnick,James Comer,jeffrey epstein 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Outside of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's House Oversight Committee briefing, Rep. James Comer told reporters that it was "very possible" that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick would be called to testify in the House investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. Watch Comer's full press conference in the video above. Comer seeks to portray the investigation as a bipartisan effort that also wants to question Republicans. He watches: Lutnick downplays the relationship with Epstein during his Senate testimony Lutnick…

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WATCH: Vance promotes Trump’s economic agenda at Wisconsin manufacturing facility

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✨ Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: affordability,fraud,JD Vance,Vote 2026,wisconsin 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Vice President J.D. Vance spoke Thursday in Plover, Wisconsin, about affordability and reducing fraud, bolstering Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections. Watch the vice president's remarks in the video player above. “The question in November is: Do we give power to the people who fight for corruption, who fight for fraud, who fight for illegal aliens, or do we give government to the American citizens for whom it was designed and for whom it was created?” he asked during his…

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Whistleblowers warn that ICE has reduced training for recruits

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🔥 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: federal whistleblowers,ice,whistleblower 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Jeff Bennett: A former ICE attorney and training instructor, who resigned this month, warned that the agency cut training hours for new recruits and instructed them to violate the Constitution.Ryan Schwank told Democrats in Congress last week that the academy where he trained cadets was — quote — “deficient, flawed and broken.” He says it's part of an effort to bring in new officers and increase arrests as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration.Ryan Schwank is here and joins…

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What happened during Hillary Clinton’s closed-door hearing regarding Jeffrey Epstein

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✨ Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Jeff Bennett: Welcome to the News Hour.Members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee questioned Hillary Clinton for more than six hours today as part of its investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The former secretary of state told lawmakers she had no information about Epstein's criminal activities. Amna Nawaz: During a closed session, Clinton said she also did not remember ever meeting Mr. Epstein or ever traveling on his plane or visiting his island, homes or offices.Today's meeting was the…

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