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A bill on aircraft positioning systems recommended by the NTSB failed in the House

A bill on aircraft positioning systems recommended by the NTSB failed in the House

🔥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: aviation,congress,Midair Collision,NTSB,Transportation 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: The House of Representatives failed to approve a bill drafted after last year's tragic mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., that would require all planes flying around busy airports to have key positioning systems to prevent such accidents. The collision of a passenger plane and a military helicopter killed 67 people. The National Transportation Safety Board has been recommending the installation of automatic broadcast and monitoring systems since 2008. The bill that already passed the Senate would have required planes to be…
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Trump’s State of the Union address offers an opportunity to clarify his approach to foreign policy

Trump’s State of the Union address offers an opportunity to clarify his approach to foreign policy

💥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 State of the Union,Donald Trump news,foreign policy 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's State of the Union address is expected to focus largely on domestic issues, but it also represents an opportunity for the Republican to explain his foreign policy efforts to Americans who increasingly show unease about his priorities. Watch live: President Donald Trump's 2026 State of the Union address The president counts brokering a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, arresting authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, and pressuring NATO members…
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AP Report: Hegseth warns Anthropic against allowing the military to use the company’s AI technology as it sees fit

AP Report: Hegseth warns Anthropic against allowing the military to use the company’s AI technology as it sees fit

💥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Anthropic,artificial intelligence,defense department,pete hegseth ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO a deadline Friday to open the company's artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use or risk losing its government contract, according to a person familiar with their meeting. Hegseth met Tuesday with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, whose company makes the chatbot Claude and remains the last of its peers to not supply its technology to a new U.S. military intranet. Read more: Musk's Grok chatbot faces EU privacy…
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WATCH LIVE: Democratic lawmakers join the ‘People’s State of the Union’ rally during Trump’s speech

WATCH LIVE: Democratic lawmakers join the ‘People’s State of the Union’ rally during Trump’s speech

🚀 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 State of the Union,congress,Donald Trump news,national mall 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers plan to attend the People's State of the Union rally on the National Mall on Tuesday night instead of hearing President Donald Trump speak inside the House chamber. The rally is expected to begin at 8pm EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. The event, which includes federal workers, immigrants and others affected by Trump's policies, will be hosted by progressive groups MeidasTouch and MoveOn.org, according…
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France says that the ministers will no longer meet with the US ambassador until he responds to the summons

France says that the ministers will no longer meet with the US ambassador until he responds to the summons

🔥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Charles Kushner,France 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: PARIS (AP) — A dispute between France and the U.S. ambassador in Paris took another turn Tuesday as France's foreign minister said the top U.S. diplomat in France must respond to the summons and will not have access to French government officials until he complies. The French authorities had summoned Ambassador Charles Kushner - the father of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner - to a meeting on Monday due to statements from the Trump administration that France…
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WATCH LIVE: House GOP leaders share how tax cuts help their constituents ahead of Trump’s speech

WATCH LIVE: House GOP leaders share how tax cuts help their constituents ahead of Trump’s speech

🔥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 State of the Union,Donald Trump news,Mike Johnson 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will use his State of the Union address on Tuesday to shore up his campaigns against immigration, shrinking the federal government, his push to maintain broad tariffs that the Supreme Court just struck down, and his ability to direct rapid military actions around the world, including in Iran and Venezuela. House GOP leaders are expected to speak at 10 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video…
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FedEx joins other US companies seeking a full refund after Trump’s tariffs were deemed illegal

FedEx joins other US companies seeking a full refund after Trump’s tariffs were deemed illegal

✨ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: FedEx,national retail federation,tariffs,u.s. court of international trade ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: FedEx has filed a lawsuit against the US government, demanding a full refund of what it paid for tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump last year after the Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs were illegal. FedEx said in a filing with the US Court of International Trade that it "suffered harm" from having to pay the tariffs and that the compensation they are seeking from the court will address those harms. Other companies have already…
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The gold-medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team declined Trump’s invitation to attend the State of the Union address

The gold-medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team declined Trump’s invitation to attend the State of the Union address

🔥 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 winter olympics,hockey,Milan Cortina Olympics,olympics,u.s. women's hockey,White House 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The gold-medal-winning U.S. women's hockey team politely declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend the State of the Union address on Tuesday. “We are deeply grateful for the invitation to the gold medal-winning USA Hockey team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their exceptional accomplishment,” the U.S. women’s team said in a statement released Monday. "Due to timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments after the Games, athletes were…
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Trump’s big speech will be delivered to a changed nation and a Congress that has marginalized him

Trump’s big speech will be delivered to a changed nation and a Congress that has marginalized him

✨ Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 State of the Union,congress,Donald Trump news ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will stand before Congress on Tuesday to deliver his annual State of the Union address to a suddenly transformed nation. Watch live: President Donald Trump's 2026 State of the Union address A year into office, Trump has emerged as a president who defies conventional expectations. He has implemented an interesting agenda, upending priorities at home, shattering alliances abroad, and challenging the country's founding system of checks and balances. Two Americans…
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Trump says he has fulfilled all his election promises. PolitiFact’s MAGA metric shows otherwise

Trump says he has fulfilled all his election promises. PolitiFact’s MAGA metric shows otherwise

🔥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 State of the Union,Donald Trump news,politifact 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. President Donald Trump said he has already done everything he returned to office to do. Read more: Trump's big speech will be delivered to a changed nation and a Congress that has marginalized him “I kept all my promises, and so much more,” he told an audience in Detroit in January. Trump dropped out of the list: No tax on tips. No tax on Social Security. Customs tariffs on…
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