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A look at Jesse Jackson’s decades of civil rights advocacy

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💥 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: in memoriam,Jesse Jackson,obituaries,Race Matters 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Jeff Bennett: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, died peacefully this morning at the age of 84. He was remembered for decades of activism.“Our father was a servant-leader, not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the neglected around the world,” his family wrote in part.From the civil rights movement of the 1960s, to protests against police brutality nearly six decades later... Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition:…

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How Trump and Bondi transformed the Justice Department to push his agenda and defy critics

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: After confirming her appointment, Attorney General Pam Bondi told Justice Department lawyers that their mission is to "promote, protect and zealously defend" the policies of the United States as set by the president. It was an example of how the Trump administration has sought to turn the Justice Department into the president's tool to advance his agenda and challenge critics. Reported by Ali Rogin. Amna Nawaz: Shortly after her appointment was confirmed, Attorney General Pam Bondi told Justice Department lawyers that their mission…

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Some states oppose Trump recruiting local officers to help enforce immigration laws

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✨ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,immigration,immigration and customs enforcement,Maryland,wes moore 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: For the past 18 years, officers at Maryland's Frederick County Jail have asked thousands of inmates two standard questions: What country are you a citizen of? Where were you born? If the answer is anything other than the United States, local officers assigned with special federal authority launch an investigation into whether the person is in the country illegally. Since 2008, Frederick County has turned over more than 1,884 people to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,…

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The Trump administration supports Calcci and BulliMarket as states move to ban prediction markets

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🚀 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: polymarket,prediction markets 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump administration is offering its support to prediction market operators Kalshi and Polymarket in a crucial legal battle between the growing prediction market industry and states that want to ban these platforms. The move by Michael Selig, the recently appointed chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, could have huge implications for how sports betting is regulated in the country, and if Calcci and PollyMarket prevail, it could erode states' ability to effectively regulate gambling. Read…

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Stephen Colbert says CBS pulled candidate interview ahead of early voting in Texas

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✨ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: CBS,Stephen Colbert,texas 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Late-night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Tallarico was pulled from Monday night's broadcast over network concerns that it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration on giving equal time to political candidates. The case came just hours before early voting began Tuesday in the Texas primary, which features heated races for the Senate nomination in both parties. “He was supposed to be here, but our network lawyers, who contacted…

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Citing Orwell’s novel “1984,” a judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate a removed slavery exhibit in Philadelphia

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💥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,George Orwell,George Washington,national park service,Philadelphia 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: An exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington at his former home in Philadelphia must be restored after President Donald Trump's administration removed it last month, a federal judge ruled on Presidents' Day, a federal holiday honoring Washington's legacy. The city of Philadelphia filed a lawsuit in January after the National Park Service removed the plaques from Independence National Historical Park, the site where George and Martha Washington lived with nine of their slaves in…

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Thomas Pritzker is stepping down from Hyatt’s board of directors, saying he deeply regrets his association with Epstein

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🔥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: jeffrey epstein ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Hotel mogul Thomas Pritzker will retire as CEO of Hyatt Hotels after details of his association with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in documents related to the burgeoning investigation into ties between the notorious sex trafficker and the elite and powerful. In a prepared statement, Pritzker said he deeply regrets his association with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of Epstein's. “I exercised poor judgment in maintaining contact with them, and there is no excuse for not moving away…

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“He dared to keep hope alive.” Tributes are pouring in to honor Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

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🚀 Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Al Sharpton,Bernice King,Cyril Ramaphosa,Jesse Jackson,martin luther king III,naacp,Raphael Warnock 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Reactions are pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the American civil rights movement for decades. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s disciple and two-time presidential candidate was 84 years old. Jackson led crusades throughout his life in the United States and abroad, championing the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care. He has scored diplomatic victories with world leaders…

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Trump criticizes Maryland governor over response to sewage spill in the Potomac River

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💥 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Maryland,Potomac river,sewage spill,wes moore ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday criticized Maryland Gov. Wes Moore over what he said was a delayed response to a ruptured pipe in January that sent sewage flowing into the Potomac River in northwest Washington. Trump targeted Moore even though the District of Columbia Water Authority and the federal government have jurisdiction over the broken pipe. He watches: Maryland Governor Wes Moore delivers the 2026 State of the State address…

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a leader of the civil rights movement for decades, has died at the age of 84

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: in memoriam,Jesse Jackson,obituaries 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a disciple of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the civil rights movement for decades after the revered leader was assassinated, died Tuesday. He was 84 years old. His daughter, Santita Jackson, confirmed that her father died at home surrounded by his family. He watches: Abe Phillippe explores Jesse Jackson's political legacy in 'A Dream Deferred' As a young organizer in Chicago, Jackson was summoned to…

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