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Why do experts say the Iran war underscores the dangers of Trump’s all-out focus on oil?

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💥 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,energy,iran war,oil ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump returned to office last year, he launched a campaign to shift the country away from renewable energy, dramatically reversing the climate-friendly policies of his Democratic predecessor to focus instead on oil and other fossil fuels as the answer to his goal of American energy dominance. But the war in Iran highlights the risks involved in this approach. With crude oil prices above $100 a barrel and gasoline prices rising toward $4 a…

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Joe Kent’s resignation over Iran war raises concerns about anti-Semitism and debate about Israeli influence

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✨ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: antisemitism,iran attacks,Israel,joe kent,tucker carlson 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: It was no surprise that Joe Kent appeared on Tucker Carlson's show the day after he left his counterterrorism job under President Donald Trump. Here was a senior official who resigned in protest against the war as Iran became the main critic of the conflict in right-wing media. “The Israelis made the decision to take this action,” Kent said in the interview on Wednesday. Read more: Who is Joe Kent, the counterterrorism official who resigned over the Iran war?…

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WATCH: Senate Homeland Security Committee advances nomination of Markwayne Mullen to DHS

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💥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Markwayne Mullin,rand paul,senate,U.S. Department of Homeland Security 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Markwayne Mullen is one step closer to becoming President Donald Trump's next Homeland Security secretary after a Senate committee on Thursday narrowly advanced his nomination. Watch the interview in the video player above. The 8-7 vote came after a contentious hearing on Wednesday and sent the Cabinet's nomination to the full Senate, which could work to confirm the Oklahoma GOP's nomination next week. He watches: Mullen criticized his previous…

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How State Department cuts to Middle East experts affect US handling of Iran war

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🔥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: diplomacy,Donald Trump news,Iran,iran attacks,marco rubio,middle east,State Department ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — In the escalating war in Iran, the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs is usually at the center of the geopolitical dispute. The role of the office, usually headed by a veteran diplomat, is to coordinate American foreign policy across an 18-nation region, much of which has become a chaotic battleground marred by drone and missile strikes, as the United States and Israel remain in conflict with Iran. Read more: 'It takes…

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Watch the live broadcast: Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaishi at the White House

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,japan,Sanae Takaichi ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — A meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaishi at the White House on Thursday originally seemed like an excellent opportunity to get President Donald Trump's attention before he embarks on a trip to China. The President is expected to hold a bilateral meeting at 11:15 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. But now, the war in Iran and Trump's unsuccessful call for Japan and other countries to help protect the Strait…

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WATCH LIVE: Gabbard, Patel and Ratcliffe testify at a House hearing on national security threats

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🔥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,iran attacks,John Ratcliffe,Kash Patel,tulsi gabbard ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Top U.S. intelligence officials will testify Thursday before the House Intelligence Committee in an open hearing on global threats, the second day of hearings on Capitol Hill focused on the intelligence community's release of its annual assessment of threats to national security. The House hearing on global threats is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. EST on Thursday, March 19. Watch the live stream in the player above. On Wednesday, Democratic senators pressed Tulsi Gabbard, the director…

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WATCH: Gabbard, Ratcliffe, Patel testify about global threats at Senate intelligence hearing

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🚀 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Counterterrorism,fbi,Iran,iran attacks,John Ratcliffe,Kash Patel,tulsi gabbard ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators pressed the U.S. government's top intelligence official at annual global threat hearings Wednesday on war with Iran, including whether she advised President Donald Trump that Tehran would likely close the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passage for oil and gas from the Persian Gulf, if attacked. Watch in our video player above. Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has repeatedly fielded questions about the intelligence she provided to the Republican president. This…

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What to know about the Jones Act as Trump administration unveils 60-day waiver

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🚀 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,iran attacks,jones act,shipping ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: NEW YORK (AP) — As the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran continues to upend energy markets and supply chains around the world, the Trump administration says it will temporarily waive requirements for ocean shipping under a more than a century-old law known as the Jones Act. The Jones Act requires that goods transported between U.S. ports be transported on U.S. flagged ships. Passed in 1920, the law aims to protect the American shipping sector — but it…

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The United States requires bonds of up to $15,000 for visa applications from 12 other countries

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✨ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: immigration,State Department,visas ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it will add 12 countries to an expanding list of countries whose citizens must post bonds of up to $15,000 to apply for U.S. visas. From 2 April, passport holders from Cambodia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Grenada, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mongolia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles and Tunisia will be required to pay a bond, which is refunded if the visa application is rejected, or if granted, the person adheres to the terms of the…

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Cuban leader says US aggression will meet “invincible resistance”

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🚀 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: cuba,Donald Trump news,marco rubio,Miguel Díaz-Canel 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Miguel Diaz has criticized Canel after US President Donald Trump said he can do “whatever he wants” with the Caribbean island and that Washington could take “imminent action” against it. Diaz-Canel said late Tuesday that the Trump administration "openly threatens" the Cuban government on an almost daily basis with overthrow, and any aggressive action "will meet with impenetrable resistance." These statements came after new threats made by Trump and US Secretary of State…

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