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Trump meets with his aides to make the “final decision” on moving forward with the Iran deal

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🚀 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran,Strait of Hormuz ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — US President Donald Trump said Friday that he is holding a meeting in the White House Situation Room with his advisers as he looks to make a “final decision” on moving forward with a deal to extend a ceasefire with Iran. Trump confirmed the high-level talks at the White House a day after the Associated Press and other media reported that American and Iranian negotiators had reached a tentative agreement. The agreement would extend the…

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Devastating wildfires and homelessness loom large in Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s bid for a second term

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✨ Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: california,karen bass,Los Angeles,Nithya Raman,spencer pratt,Vote 2026 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass seeks a second term, she's not ignoring the obvious: Her tenure on the City Council has been difficult. “I didn't always get it right,” she says plainly. But the first black woman to hold the position insists she must continue to lead the struggling city of about 4 million that will host the 2028 Olympics. Murders have declined. Street homelessness has decreased. Homes destroyed by last…

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WATCH: Epstein survivors press Comer to interview Bundy under oath, ask about release of files

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💥 Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: epstein files,James Comer,jeffrey epstein,Pam Bondi 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Former Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before House lawmakers on Friday during an investigation into how the government handled investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. Rep. James Comer spoke with abuse survivors outside Bondi's interview. Watch in the video player above. Bondi was ousted from her position as prosecutor last month, but in her previous testimony before Congress, she was defiant in facing questions from lawmakers about how the Justice Department handled the release of the Epstein case files. She…

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WATCH: Rep. Garcia says Bondi refused to answer any questions about the Trump-Epstein files

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💥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,Donald Trump news,epstein files,jeffrey epstein,Pam Bondi,robert garcia,Todd Blanche,u.s. department of justice 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Former Attorney General Pam Bondi declined to answer lawmakers' questions about President Donald Trump's involvement in the release of the Epstein files on Friday. Watch House Democrats talk about Bondi's interview in the video above. Bondi was on Capitol Hill for a closed-door interview in which she defended the administration's actions to House lawmakers examining the operation, which was delayed and included personal information about potential victims. He watches: Epstein's survivors pressure…

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Louisiana passes new congressional map to eliminate majority black district, giving GOP another seat

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✨ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congressional redistricting,Gerrymandering,Louisiana,redistricting,Supreme Court,Vote 2026 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers passed a new congressional map Friday designed to help Republicans pick up a seat while eliminating one of the state's two majority-Black House districts, both represented by Democrats. Approval of the new House map came a month after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state's existing map as an illegal racial gerrymander, weakening the landmark federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. The decision intensified a redistricting battle nationwide, fueled by…

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Judge says Kennedy Center board violated law that placed Trump’s name on the building and prevents its closure

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🔥 Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,John F. Kennedy Center of Performing Arts,kennedy center 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations — the latest legal setback for Trump's efforts to leave his personal mark on the landscape of the nation's capital. Trump said in response that he was backing down from the proposed renovation project and returning control of the…

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New Hampshire must relax proof of citizenship rules for voter registration, judge says

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✨ Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: New Hampshire,Vote 2026,voter registration,voting 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A federal judge says New Hampshire must make voter registration easier by allowing applicants to attest to their U.S. citizenship if they don't have the documents proving it. Read more: The House GOP is pushing strict citizenship proof requirements for voters ahead of the midterm elections The case was considered the first major legal test of the electoral reform pushed by President Donald Trump at the national level and won the support of many Republicans,…

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News wrap: Judge orders Kennedy Center to remove Trump’s name from building

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🔥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: news wrap 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: In our news cover on Friday, a federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to remove Donald Trump's name from the building, the US and Iran appear to remain far apart on a potential deal to end the conflict, and Romania says a Russian drone crashed into an apartment building near its border with Ukraine, the first time that has happened on NATO territory since Russia invaded Ukraine. Amna Nawaz: President Trump met in the White House Situation Room for about…

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4 Conclusions from Hegseth Hearings on Landmark Defense Budget Request, Iran War

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🚀 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2027 budget,congress,dan caine,defense department,Iran,iran war,pete hegseth,senate ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Follow each of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recent appearances before Congress, including his first day before the House Armed Services Committee and his second day before the Senate Armed Services Committee. WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears before Congress in two hours-long hearings this week for the first time since the Trump administration launched a war against Iran, as the Pentagon chief faces tough questions from skeptical Democrats. He watches: Hegseth's controversial congressional hearing…

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Former Congressman David Rivera has been convicted in a case related to secret lobbying in Venezuela

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🚀 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: David Rivera,florida,lobbying,lobbyists,marco rubio,venezuela 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: MIAMI (AP) — A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was convicted Friday in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on behalf of Venezuela during Trump's first administration. The jury found Republican David Rivera and his assistant guilty of all charges, including failure to register as a foreign agent with the Department of Justice and conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of their work for the government of former…

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