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WATCH LIVE: House GOP leaders share how tax cuts help their constituents ahead of Trump’s speech

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 State of the Union,Donald Trump news,Mike Johnson 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will use his State of the Union address on Tuesday to shore up his campaigns against immigration, shrinking the federal government, his push to maintain broad tariffs that the Supreme Court just struck down, and his ability to direct rapid military actions around the world, including in Iran and Venezuela. House GOP leaders are expected to speak at 10 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video…

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FedEx joins other US companies seeking a full refund after Trump’s tariffs were deemed illegal

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✨ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: FedEx,national retail federation,tariffs,u.s. court of international trade ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: FedEx has filed a lawsuit against the US government, demanding a full refund of what it paid for tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump last year after the Supreme Court ruled that the tariffs were illegal. FedEx said in a filing with the US Court of International Trade that it "suffered harm" from having to pay the tariffs and that the compensation they are seeking from the court will address those harms. Other companies have already…

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The gold-medal-winning U.S. women’s hockey team declined Trump’s invitation to attend the State of the Union address

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🔥 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 winter olympics,hockey,Milan Cortina Olympics,olympics,u.s. women's hockey,White House 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The gold-medal-winning U.S. women's hockey team politely declined an invitation from President Donald Trump to attend the State of the Union address on Tuesday. “We are deeply grateful for the invitation to the gold medal-winning USA Hockey team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their exceptional accomplishment,” the U.S. women’s team said in a statement released Monday. "Due to timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments after the Games, athletes were…

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Trump’s big speech will be delivered to a changed nation and a Congress that has marginalized him

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✨ Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 State of the Union,congress,Donald Trump news ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will stand before Congress on Tuesday to deliver his annual State of the Union address to a suddenly transformed nation. Watch live: President Donald Trump's 2026 State of the Union address A year into office, Trump has emerged as a president who defies conventional expectations. He has implemented an interesting agenda, upending priorities at home, shattering alliances abroad, and challenging the country's founding system of checks and balances. Two Americans…

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Trump says he has fulfilled all his election promises. PolitiFact’s MAGA metric shows otherwise

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🔥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 State of the Union,Donald Trump news,politifact 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. President Donald Trump said he has already done everything he returned to office to do. Read more: Trump's big speech will be delivered to a changed nation and a Congress that has marginalized him “I kept all my promises, and so much more,” he told an audience in Detroit in January. Trump dropped out of the list: No tax on tips. No tax on Social Security. Customs tariffs on…

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WATCH LIVE: Governor Spanberger delivers Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union address

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🚀 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 State of the Union,abigail spanberger,Democrats ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, just months after her landslide win for an office previously held by a Republican. Spanberger is expected to speak at 10pm EST on Tuesday, February 24. Watch the live stream in our video player above. Spanberger, who served three terms in the US House of Representatives, became Virginia's first female governor earlier this year. She won…

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How Trump will use his State of the Union address to appeal to skeptical voters in the midterms

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🚀 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 Midterms,2026 State of the Union,Donald Trump news 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday is likely to be a test of the message Republicans will send to voters in November elections for control of the House and Senate. The president and his party appear vulnerable, as opinion polls show that many Americans do not trust the way Trump has managed the government in his first year after returning to office. In addition, the Supreme Court last…

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Patel’s appearance at USA Men’s Hockey Celebration renews scrutiny of FBI director’s travels

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💥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 winter olympics,fbi,italy,Kash Patel 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — When the U.S. men's hockey team retreated to the locker room to celebrate its gold medal win at the Winter Olympics, they were joined by a special guest from the United States: FBI Director Kash Patel. Read more: The U.S. men's hockey team beat Canada in overtime to win its first Olympic gold medal since 1980 For some supporters of the embattled law enforcement official, it was a patriotic and kind show of support for a…

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Federal court rejects GOP-led effort to block House map that helps Democrats in Utah

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💥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congressional redistricting,Democrats,redistricting,utah ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: New voting districts in Utah that give Democrats a better chance of winning a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives can be used in this year's election, a federal court ruled Monday while rejecting a Republican request to block the new map. The ruling marks the second setback in recent days for Republicans, who also lost an appeal to the Utah State Supreme Court. A Utah judge imposed the new districts last November after overturning congressional districts adopted by…

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The Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits

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✨ Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Climate Change,ExxonMobil,suncor energy,Supreme Court ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damages linked to climate change. The majority-conservative court agreed to hear a case from Boulder, Colorado, one of several lawsuits alleging that companies deceived the public about how fossil fuels contributed to climate change. Governments across the country have sought compensation totaling billions of dollars, arguing that it…

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