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Americans are increasingly worried about voting, new poll shows

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🚀 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: PBS News/NPR/Marist poll,SAVE America Act,voting ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Americans' confidence that their elections will be run fairly has dropped to its lowest point in years, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Ahead of a consequential midterm contest in November, two-thirds of Americans say they are confident their state or local government will run a fair and accurate election, a drop of 10 percentage points from the month before the 2024 presidential election. The percentage who expressed confidence is at the lowest it's been since Marist…

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What to expect in the Georgia special election to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene’s former seat

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,georgia,Marjorie Taylor Greene,Vote 2026 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Washington (AFP) - All political roads lead to Rome. Rome, Georgia, that is. Or at least they will on Tuesday, when voters in Georgia's 14th Congressional District will elect a replacement for former Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned in January after a public disagreement with President Donald Trump. He watches: Marjorie Taylor Greene talks about President Trump as she prepares to leave Congress Republicans have a narrow majority in the chamber, and a Democratic…

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The State Department approved up to $40 million to evacuate Americans from the Middle East on charter flights

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✨ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: iran war,State Department 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has authorized up to $40 million in emergency funds to be used to pay for charter evacuation flights for Americans to leave the Middle East due to transportation disruptions caused by the Iran war. The department agreed to use money from a fund typically reserved for emergencies involving diplomatic and consular personnel, according to two U.S. officials who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of…

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News Wrap: Georgia is holding a special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

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🔥 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: news wrap 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: In our Tuesday news cover, Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi faces a primary challenge from newcomer Evan Turnage, there's a crowded field in Georgia's special election to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Democrats sue the Trump administration over whether it plans to send armed agents to the polls, and Alabama's governor commutes the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate. Jeff Bennett: We start off today's other headlines with the recent elections taking place in Mississippi and Georgia.For Democrats, there is…

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Validating Trump’s claim that Iran possesses Tomahawk missiles

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🔥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Fact Checks,Iran,iran war,politifact,Tomahawk missiles 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. Speaking at a news conference on the 10th day of US and Israeli strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump sidestepped questions about whether the United States was at fault for the deadly February 28 attack on an Iranian girls' school. He watches: Trump evades responsibility for the deadly attack on the Iranian girls' school Reporters pressed Trump twice about the strike, which video evidence showed was carried out by a…

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WATCH: US appears ‘on track’ to deploy ground troops in Iran, Blumenthal says after classified briefing

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💥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Iran,iran war,richard blumenthal,U.S. military 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal said he was "dissatisfied and angry" after a classified briefing on Tuesday. Watch Blumenthal's remarks in the video player above. “I have more questions than answers, especially regarding the cost of the war,” Blumenthal told reporters after briefing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. The potential deployment of US ground forces to achieve the Trump administration's goals is Blumenthal's biggest concern. He is also concerned about Russia and China helping Iran. He watches: Levitt…

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Watch: The White House says Trump will accept the outcome of the investigation into the bombing of a school in Iran

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🔥 Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran,iran war,karoline leavitt,White House 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt did not answer why President Donald Trump falsely asserted Monday that Iran had access to a U.S.-made Tomahawk missile, the weapon that was likely used to strike a girls' school in Iran, killing 165 people. Watch Levitt's remarks in the video player above. At a press conference on Tuesday, she responded in part that "the president has the right to share his views with the American public" while noting that he…

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Live Results: Special election for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District

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💥 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,georgia,live results,Marjorie Taylor Greene,special elections,Vote 2026 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: ATLANTA (AP) — Months after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress after a falling out with President Donald Trump, voters in her Georgia district will vote for her successor in a special election on Tuesday. With top candidates including Republicans Clay Fuller and Colton Moore and Democrat Sean Harris, this round of voting could be just the first step in an election marathon in northwest Georgia's 14th Congressional District. Read more: What to expect in…

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Live results: Mississippi midterm primaries

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🚀 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: bennie thompson,Cindy Hyde-Smith,mississippi,Vote 2026 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Democrats will choose Tuesday between longtime U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson and his 34-year-old primary challenger in a race that reflects a generational struggle for control of the party. Thompson, a 78-year-old civil rights leader who chaired the House Jan. 6 Committee and serves as ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, has held his seat for more than three decades. He is running against Evan Turnage, an antitrust lawyer who previously worked for…

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What to expect in the Mississippi primary

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: bennie thompson,Cindy Hyde-Smith,mississippi,Vote 2026 ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Mississippi will choose congressional candidates in the state's primary election on Tuesday. The state's junior Republican senator and the entire U.S. House delegation are up for re-election, and all but one have attracted multiple challengers from one or both major political parties in hopes of replacing them. Republicans hold a narrow majority on Capitol Hill, but control of either chamber in November is unlikely to return to Mississippi, where the party has not…

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