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Amy Walter and Yasmine Wright talk about the lasting impact of the Iran war on midterm politics

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: William Brangham: As President Trump touts his so-called deal with Iran, he is threatening to derail Congressional efforts to revamp the major spy force. One of his other opponents says they are being investigated by the Justice Department.It's politics on Monday. And The Cook Policy Report's Amy Walter, along with NOTUS' Amy Walter and Yasmin Wright, are here to explain it all. Tamara Keith is away today.So nice to see you both. Hello. Jasmine Wright, NOTUS: Welcome. Amy Walter, Cook Political Report: Welcome.…

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Iranian Americans plan protests and watch parties ahead of the team’s World Cup opener

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💥 Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: california,Iran,World Cup ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Iranian Americans are upset about Iran's participation in the World Cup, with some community members planning to watch Monday's game and others protesting outside the stadium where the team will play. A march was organized outside the stadium near Los Angeles, home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran. Many Iranian Americans arrived in Southern California after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and the center of restaurants, shops and markets about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the stadium…

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What do you know about the deal to end the Iranian war?

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✨ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Iran,Israel,Lebanon,Pakistan,Strait of Hormuz ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iran and the United States are touting their tentative agreement aimed at ending their war as a victory. But so far no word on what's actually in it. The memorandum of understanding, brokered mainly by Pakistan, begins with the simultaneous lifting of Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the US blockade of Iranian ports, according to Pakistani officials. The two sides will then begin 60 days of negotiations on Iran's nuclear program and the potential…

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A B-52 bomber crashed after taking off from a US military base in Southern California

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✨ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: california,u.s. air force,U.S. military 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A B-52 bomber crashed shortly after takeoff Monday morning at a U.S. Air Force base in Southern California's Mojave Desert, officials said. Emergency crews were responding after the plane went down around 11:20 a.m. at Edwards Air Force Base, the Army said on the X social media platform. There was no immediate information on whether anyone was injured. A video clip from the scene showed a huge column of black smoke rising…

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A Senate candidate with the same name as current President Dan Sullivan is ineligible for the ballot, according to official rules

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🔥 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: alaska,Dan Sullivan,senate ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: JUNE, Alaska (AP) — A top Alaska election official has ruled that a U.S. Senate candidate with the same name and party affiliation as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan is ineligible to appear on the state's primary ballot in August. In a letter Monday to challenger Sullivan, Elections Director Carol Beecher said she had concluded that his candidacy announcement “was not filed in order to announce an actual bona fide candidacy for the office of U.S. Senator, but instead was filed with…

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Trump appointed James M. McDonald to the position of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York

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🚀 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Department of Justice,Donald Trump news,James M. McDonald,New York,u.s. attorney ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday he will appoint one of his personal lawyers to serve as Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, filling a pending vacancy after Trump named the man currently in the position to be director of national intelligence. James M. McDonald, a former federal prosecutor in the office he was tapped to run, served as a financial regulator during Trump's first term and worked in the White House counsel's office…

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Georgia’s vote-counting method will soon be banned. Lawmakers will try to find a solution this week

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✨ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: elections,georgia,voting 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: ATLANTA (AP) — When Georgia lawmakers return to the Capitol this week for a special session, they are expected to try to clean up an election mess of their own making. The electoral system used across the political battleground state relies on a QR code printed on ballots to count votes. Lawmakers passed a law two years ago prohibiting the use of this bar code to officially count votes after July 1 of this year, but no alternative method of tabulating votes…

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Watch the live broadcast: Trump joins the official leaders’ salute at the G7 summit in France

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✨ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Emmanuel Macron,France,G7 summit,iran war ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: EVIAN-LES-BANES, France (AP) — President Donald Trump arrived in the French Alps on Monday to meet world leaders at the Group of Seven summit after announcing an agreement he says will bring an end to the U.S. war with Iran. Trump is expected to meet with other world leaders at the G7 summit at 1 p.m. EDT. Watch the live stream in our video player above. Trump and Iranian officials had been saying for days that they…

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Trump celebrates his 80th birthday with Iran deal ahead of UFC fights on the South Lawn of the White House

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💥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,UFC,White House ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday on Sunday by praising a deal to end the war in Iran hours before a birthday celebration that previously seemed incomprehensible: a cage-fighting display on the South Lawn of the White House. He had been promoting the budding deal for weeks, and the last-minute strikes in the feud had threatened to overshadow the extravaganza of UFC mixed martial arts — where fighters trapped inside a wire-mesh octagon attempt…

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An agreement was reached to end the Iran war and Trump ordered a halt to the US naval blockade

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🚀 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: ceasefire,Donald Trump news,Iran,Israel,Strait of Hormuz ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, providing relief to the global economy more than three months after the fighting began. Details of the deal were not immediately available. Lead mediator Pakistan said the signing would take place on Friday in Switzerland. Key issues such as Iran's nuclear program are expected to be addressed at a later date. US President Donald Trump confirmed…

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