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The Iranian war and high oil prices are affecting consumers. Here’s how

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: affordability,consumers,gas prices,inflation,Iran,iran attacks,oil and gas industry 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: NEW YORK (AP) — As the war in Iran escalates, the price of crude oil fluctuates sharply. Consumers are already feeling the effects of war and its destabilizing impact on energy production around the world. Gasoline prices are rising, and many people will find some of their most pressing economic problems at the gas station. Read more: Inflation stabilized last month before the attack on Iran led to higher energy costs But you don't have to…

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WATCH LIVE: Trump promotes his economic agenda in Rep. Massie’s Kentucky district

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🔥 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,kentucky,ohio,Thomas Massie ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to visit Ohio and Kentucky on Wednesday to say his policies can stabilize an economy facing shock waves from the war on Iran and to try to defeat one of the few Republicans in Congress who has dared to challenge him. The president is expected to deliver his remarks at 4:25 p.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. In Cincinnati, the Republican president will tour the pharmaceutical company…

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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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