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Senate committee advances nomination of Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence

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🚀 Check out this trending post from PBS News Hour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: director of national intelligence,jay clayton,trump nominees 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee has advanced the nomination of Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump's pick to head the nation's intelligence agencies, along party lines. The 9-8 vote came after some Democrats praised Clayton and indicated they might vote for him. But that changed after a contentious hearing last week in which Clayton repeatedly refused to say that former President Joe Biden won the 2020 election. He watches: Trump's intelligence nominee refuses to…

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Federal civil rights agency moves to stop requiring demographic data collection after 60 years

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✨ Explore this trending post from PBS News Hour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: anti-discrimination,civil rights,EEOC,Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: NEW YORK (AP) — How many women hold executive positions at major American companies? What is the racial and ethnic breakdown of those roles? What is the gender and racial breakdown of the lowest paid roles in those companies? He watches: Trump's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is abandoning its main tool for combating workplace discrimination The Trump administration is making it harder for the public to know, moving aside to ignore a 60-year-old requirement that tens of…

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Arizona Republicans are choosing nominees Tuesday for governor and other top offices

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💥 Explore this awesome post from PBS News Hour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: andy biggs,arizona,congress,David Schweikert,Donald Trump news,governors,Vote 2026 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Republicans are choosing candidates Tuesday to challenge incumbent Democrats as the GOP searches for a path back to power in a once-dominated battleground state. Live results: Arizona midterm primaries U.S. Reps. Andy Biggs and David Schweikert, who represent neighboring districts in metro Phoenix, present a clash of styles in the race to take on Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, considered the most vulnerable Democratic governor in the country this election cycle. With the…

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Watch: Trump says the United States should “care” about the possible Houthi blockade of the Red Sea

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🔥 Read this awesome post from PBS News Hour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Houthi rebels,Houthis,Red Sea ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: When US President Donald Trump was asked about his level of concern about the blockade imposed by the Iranian-backed Houthis on the Red Sea, he indicated on Tuesday that it was not an immediate problem. Watch Trump's remarks in the video player above. “So far, that has not happened,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I guess if there was something like that, we'd just have to take care of business.” Read more: The Iran-backed Houthis…

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New Jersey Governor Sherrill says 6,600 non-citizens were registered to vote due to an error in New Jersey’s vehicle system

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✨ Read this trending post from PBS News Hour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: mikie sherrill,New Jersey,noncitizens,voter registration 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: About 6,600 people who indicated they were noncitizens while obtaining New Jersey driver's licenses and other government identification cards were incorrectly registered to vote in 2023 and 2024, Gov. Micky Sherrill said Tuesday. He watches: The Justice Department threatens to arrest state election officials if noncitizens vote The Democratic governor, who took office this year, blamed a software error in the Motor Vehicle Commission's system, but said preliminary analysis showed fewer than 400 of the people registered that…

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WATCH LIVE: Hegseth and Cain testify about Trump’s funding request as the Iran war reignites

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💥 Read this insightful post from PBS News Hour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: brooke rollins,dan caine,departement of defense,Donald Trump news,Iran,iran war,pete hegseth,senate,Senate Appropriations Committee 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are preparing to grill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday about the U.S. war against Iran, as Republicans push a $95 billion budget package to fund the military, along with aid to farmers and voting law changes that are top White House priorities. The Senate Appropriations Committee is expected to hold a hearing at 2:30 p.m. EST. Watch the live stream in the video player above. Hegseth,…

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The appeals court rejects Biden’s request to block the publication of an audio recording of his interviews with the memoirist

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🔥 Read this trending post from PBS News Hour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: joe biden,special counsel 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of interviews he conducted with a memoirist before he was elected president. A divided three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit suspended its decision until August 3 to allow Biden more time to consider another appeal. The panel's 2-1 ruling late Monday found there was a "substantial" public interest…

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WATCH: ‘If you erase it, we’ll replace it,’ Rep. Mfume says of black history at Smithsonian museums

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💥 Explore this awesome post from PBS News Hour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Abraham Lincoln,Donald Trump news,kweisi mfume,national museum of african american history and culture,national museum of american history,smithsonian institution,u.s. history ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Black Americans are “angry about what is happening now with these efforts to get rid of the African American Museum and the entire Smithsonian Museum,” Rep. Kwesi Mfume, D-Maryland, said during a House Oversight Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday. Watch the clip in the video player above. “If you erase it, we will replace it,” Mfume said. "It's that simple." He watches: House oversight hearing…

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Watch: Trump meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office

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🚀 Check out this insightful post from PBS News Hour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Israel,Joseph Aoun,Lebanon 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's president will meet with President Donald Trump on Tuesday to conclude a four-day visit to Washington, seeking long-term calm after months of war at home between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. Watch their meeting in the video player above. Joseph Aoun's first meeting with Trump comes at a time when Lebanon and Israel are holding rare direct talks mediated by Washington. This is the first visit by a Lebanese president to the…

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WATCH LIVE: A House oversight hearing examines how the Smithsonian presents US history, under attack by Trump

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💥 Discover this awesome post from PBS News Hour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Delivering on Government Efficiency,Donald Trump news,house oversight committee,national museum of american history,smithsonian institution,u.s. history 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: The House Government Efficiency Delivery Subcommittee will hold a hearing Tuesday focusing on the way the Smithsonian presents U.S. history. Watch the hearing live in the video player above. In announcing the hearing, the Republican-led committee claimed that “the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History promotes a narrow and politically biased agenda rather than seeking to instill in visitors an appreciation for America’s unique history as a beacon…

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