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Trump’s face is now on the Justice Department headquarters

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🚀 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Department of Justice,Donald Trump news,Pam Bondi 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — A large banner with Donald Trump's face was hung on the outside of Justice Department headquarters Thursday in a physical display of the Republican president's efforts to exert authority over the law enforcement agency that once investigated him. While Trump signs have been hung outside other agencies across Washington, the decision to place one on the Justice Department building is a stark symbol of the erosion of the department's tradition of independence from…

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Why Texas’ redistricting plan isn’t a sure bet

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🚀 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congressional maps,midterm elections,redistricting,texas ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas has set the stage for a redistricting battle this year by drawing a new congressional map aimed at boosting Republicans in the midterm elections. Now, with the primaries underway, the party's hopes hinge on a key question — whether voters who helped elect President Donald Trump two years ago will vote for other Republican candidates when he's not on the ballot. He watches: Democratic Rep. Doggett talks about the redistricting battle in Texas and the party's…

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What happens now that the Supreme Court has struck down Trump’s tariffs?

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🔥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Supreme Court,tariffs,Vote 2026 ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has paid the price for going it alone on tariffs — with the Supreme Court on Friday delivering a rare rebuke by ruling that he lacks the authority to declare an economic emergency and impose sweeping new taxes on imports. Watch live: Trump holds a press conference after the Supreme Court struck down his global tariffs Trump had made tariffs the cornerstone of his economic rhetoric to voters heading into the midterm…

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A Virginia judge blocks a Democratic referendum, dealing a blow to redistricting efforts for 4 seats in the US House of Representatives

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💥 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congressional maps,redistricting,referendum,virginia 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia court on Thursday effectively blocked a voters' referendum scheduled by Democrats in April to redraw the state's congressional maps, another potentially devastating blow to the party's efforts to pick up four more U.S. House seats in a national redistricting battle. Read more: A Virginia judge temporarily blocks Democrats from working on a congressional redistricting effort Virginia's Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones has already vowed to appeal the ruling by Tazewell Circuit Court, which granted a…

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Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Supreme Court,tariffs 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs on Friday, handing him a major loss in a case crucial to his economic agenda. Resolution 6-3 focuses on the tariffs imposed under the Emergency Powers Act, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs it imposed on almost every other country. He watches: House rebukes Trump's tariffs on Canada, passes conservation bill It is the first major piece of Trump's broad agenda to go directly before the…

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Trump hosts Governors Breakfast after the National Governors Association pulled out of the event

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✨ Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,governors,national governors association,wes moore 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Governors Association has withdrawn from its annual meeting at the White House after President Donald Trump declined to invite two Democratic governors, undermining one of the few remaining bipartisan caucuses in Washington. Trump is still expected to meet with state governors at the White House on Friday, but the event will not be facilitated by an organization founded more than a century ago to help state leaders of both parties defend…

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WATCH: Trump boasts he has a ‘very good record of endorsing’ foreign leaders

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🚀 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: argentina,board of peace,Donald Trump news,hungary,japan,Javier Milei,Viktor Orban 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: President Donald Trump used the opening of the peace council to "endorse foreign leaders" on Thursday. Watch the clip in the video player above. In one of many shades, Trump used his speech at the peace council meeting to bolster his support for various foreign leaders who are facing or have recently been facing disputed elections in their countries. Many of the endorsements are part of Trump's pattern of embracing authoritarian leaders who are part of…

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WATCH: Trump promotes economic agenda at rally in Georgia ahead of special election in March

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🚀 Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,georgia,Marjorie Taylor Greene,Vote 2026 ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: ROME, Ga. (AP) — The White House insisted that President Donald Trump was visiting Georgia to boost the economy. Watch Trump's remarks in the video player above. But in the opening minutes of his first stop at a local restaurant before touring a steel company, the president raised debunked claims of voter fraud, talked about his plan to require voters to show ID before casting ballots, and discussed the FBI's recent raid on elections offices in the…

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Trump warns of “bad things” if Iran does not make a deal as the US aircraft carrier approaches the region

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🚀 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran held annual military exercises with Russia on Thursday as a second U.S. aircraft carrier approaches the Middle East, with both the United States and Iran signaling they are ready for war if talks over Tehran's nuclear program fail. President Donald Trump said he believes 10 to 15 days is "enough time" for Iran to reach an agreement. But the talks have been deadlocked for years, and Iran has refused to discuss broader…

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Republican Rep. McKenzie talks about Trump’s economic and immigration policies

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Pennsylvania,republican party,Ryan Mackenzie,U.S. House of Representatives 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Jeff Bennett: The partial government shutdown that halted funding for the Department of Homeland Security entered its sixth day with no signs of a settlement between Congress and the White House.The shutdown began last week after Democrats in Congress pushed for reforms to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts.We have more from Lisa Desjardins on the funding battle. Lisa Desjardins: Both the House and Senate will be out of town this week, but what they hear from…

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