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Shooting of National Guard members sparks wave of US immigration restrictions

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🚀 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: asylum seekers,immigration,National Guard,National Guard Shooting,refugees 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: WASHINGTON (AP) — Since last week's shooting of two National Guard members in the nation's capital by a suspect who was an Afghan national, the Trump administration has announced a series of policies aimed at making it more difficult for some foreigners to enter or stay in the country. Read more: Trump invites the families of two National Guard members who were shot to the White House The administration said it would temporarily halt asylum decisions, reconsider…

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WATCH: First and Second Ladies bring holiday care packages to service members

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🔥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: holidays,Melania Trump,Military,usha vance 📌 Key idea: The president and vice president's wives spoke briefly to nearly 100 military spouses, American Red Cross volunteers and others who gathered inside a hangar at Joint Base Andrews near the nation's capital for the event. Watch in the video player above. First Lady Melania Trump praised the couple for carrying "the weight of family life" while their husbands or wives are away from home serving the country. Read more: See photos of Melania Trump's White House Christmas decorations, including a Lego…

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Alina Haba, Trump’s former lawyer, has been disqualified as New Jersey’s attorney general

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🔥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: Alina Habba,Donald Trump news,u.s. attorneys 💡 Main takeaway: PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Alina Haba, who maneuvered the administration to keep her as New Jersey's top federal prosecutor, is not qualified to serve in the position, an appeals court said Monday. A panel of judges for the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in Philadelphia upheld the lower court judge's ruling after hearing oral arguments attended by Haba herself on October 20. Read more: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia…

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WATCH LIVE: Senator Kelly holds press conference on Trump and Hegseth’s ‘efforts to intimidate him’

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💥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: department of defense,Mark Kelly,pentagon,pete hegseth ✅ Here’s what you’ll learn: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon's investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly over a video urging U.S. troops to defy "unlawful orders" has drawn a slew of questions and some criticism from legal experts. Kelly is expected to hold a news conference at 3:30. Watch the live stream in the video player above. Some say the Pentagon is misreading military law to pursue Kelly as a retired Navy fighter pilot. Others say the Arizona Democrat cannot be impeached…

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See photos of Melania Trump’s White House Christmas decorations, including a Lego Trump piece

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💥 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: christmas,Melania Trump,White House 💡 Key idea: WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump on Monday unveiled decorations for her family's first Christmas at the White House with the theme, "Home is where the heart is." The decor also refers to next year's 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the founding of the United States of America. Dozens of volunteer decorators from around the country helped decorate the halls of the Executive Mansion with 75 wreaths, 51 Christmas trees, more than 700 feet…

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Trump says he will release the MRI results but does not know which part of his body was scanned

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💥 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: Donald Trump news,MRIs,trump health,U.S. presidents 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he will release the results of an MRI test he received in October. “If you want to release it, I will release it,” the Republican president said Sunday while speaking to reporters as he returned to Washington from Florida. He watches: White House says Trump's MRI was part of 'routine physical examination' He said the MRI results were “perfect.” The White House declined to provide details on why Trump had…

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WATCH LIVE: White House holds briefing as lawmakers support review of Trump’s boat strikes

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🔥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: Boat Strikes,Donald Trump news,drug boats,Mike Turner,Military,pete hegseth,tim kaine,venezuela 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against suspected drug-smuggling ships in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific, citing a published report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members as part of the Sept. 2 attack. White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt is expected to hold a briefing at 1 p.m. EST. Watch the live stream in…

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Indiana lawmakers meet with redistricting top of mind

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🚀 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: congressional redistricting,Donald Trump news,Gerrymandering,indiana 💡 Here’s what you’ll learn: Indiana House members are expected to move forward Monday with redrawing the state's congressional districts in favor of Republicans, increasing pressure on their counterparts in the GOP-led Senate to meet President Donald Trump's demands. Republicans who control the House of Representatives said there is no doubt that redistricting will pass through this chamber. But the fate of any proposal that emerges remains ambiguous in the Senate. Republicans also control that chamber, but caucus members have resisted pressure to…

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Trump invites the families of two National Guard members who were shot to the White House

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🚀 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: Donald Trump news,National Guard,National Guard Shooting,White House 📌 Key idea: President Donald Trump said Sunday that he had invited the family of a National Guard member who was shot and killed last week to the White House, saying he had spoken to her parents and that they were "devastated." US Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died after the shooting on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., while her colleague, US Air Force Staff Sgt., was seriously injured. Andrew Wolfe remained in critical condition. The president said he discussed a…

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Lawmakers expressed bipartisan support for congressional reviews of Trump’s boating strikes

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🔥 Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 Category: Boat Strikes,congress,Donald Trump news,U.S. military ✅ Key idea: WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers from both parties said Sunday they support congressional reviews of U.S. military strikes against suspected drug-smuggling ships in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific, citing a published report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members as part of the Sept. 2 attack. Lawmakers said they did not know if a Washington Post report last week was true, and some Republicans were skeptical, but said attacking survivors of an…

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