💥 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: fed chair,Federal reserve,Kevin Warsh,trump nominees 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has formally nominated Kevin Warsh, a former senior Federal Reserve official, to be the next Fed chair when Jerome Powell's term ends in two months. Read more: What do economists think about Trump's choice of Kevin Warsh to head the Federal Reserve? Warsh's nomination, initially announced on January 30, was advanced to the Senate on Wednesday, where it will be taken up by the Senate Banking Committee. However, the nomination may…
✨ Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Department of Justice,epstein files,house oversight committee,jeffrey epstein,Pam Bondi 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions about the Justice Department's handling of files related to the sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Read more: Bondi clashed with lawmakers over the handling of the Epstein files. Here are 3 big takeaways Five Republicans joined Democrats to support the subpoena proposed by GOP Rep. Nancy Mace, a sign of continuing frustration among conservatives with the…
✨ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: artificial intelligence,data centers,Donald Trump news,tech industry,tech leaders 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump invited technology companies to the White House on Wednesday to commit to developing their own power generation as he tries to ease tensions over the cost of electricity that data centers use to develop artificial intelligence. Watch the event in the video player above. “They need some help with PR because people think that if a data center goes up there, their electricity prices are going to go up,” Trump…
💥 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,James Comer,Keith Ellison,minnesota,Tim Walz 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Minnesota's governor and attorney general on Wednesday defended their anti-fraud efforts, telling a U.S. House committee that their efforts were hampered by President Donald Trump's anti-immigration crackdown in the state. Watch the full House oversight hearing in the video player above. Republicans on the House Oversight Committee accused Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison of dragging their feet on combating fraud in government programs, saying they are putting politics ahead of rooting out abuses rather…
💥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: James Talarico,jasmine crockett,senate,texas,Vote 2026 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — James Talarico didn't mention Donald Trump when he greeted his exuberant supporters at his primary night celebration. But the new Democratic U.S. Senate nominee from Texas is now a front man for political opposition to the Republican president, not just in his state but across the country. With his victory over US Rep. Jasmine Crockett, the Austin lawmaker will test whether a smiling message of unity and change is enough to answer voters' frustrations amid…
🔥 Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: James Talarico,john cornyn,Ken Paxton,Michael Whatley,North Carolina,Roy Cooper,texas,Vote 2026 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Washington (AFP) - The midterm elections are approaching. The 2026 campaign kicked off Tuesday with a high-profile primary in Texas, where Republican Sen. John Cornyn heads toward a runoff against state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Democrats chose State Rep. James Tallarico over U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett as their nominee. Read more: Republicans Cornyn and Paxton advance to Senate runoffs in Texas For all the focus on Texas, the election in North Carolina could have a…
💥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: john cornyn,Ken Paxton,senate,Vote 2026 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: DALLAS (AP) — The chaos in Texas may just be beginning. Four-term Sen. John Cornyn and his allies spent nearly $70 million to survive the first round of the party's nominating battle on Tuesday. He was slightly ahead of controversial conservative Ken Paxton, the state's attorney general, as more votes continued to be counted on Wednesday. Read more: Democrat James Tallarico wins the Texas Senate primary Both now advance to runoff elections on May 26, which Republicans fear will…
💥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran,iran attacks,karoline leavitt,marco rubio ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: NEW YORK (AP) — For President Donald Trump, some of the harshest criticism he faced in the early days of the Iran war came from media figures who were once loyal to him and much more accustomed to praising him. White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt will hold a press conference at 1 p.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly and Matt Walsh were among those who expressed…
🔥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: catholic church,child sex abuse,church sex abuse,Peter Neronha,Religion,Rhode Island ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades, escaping sexual abuse largely because of a system in which bishops prioritized minimizing scandal as the diocese kept a secret archive to hide revelations of more victims. The findings were among several disturbing details released Wednesday as part of a multi-year investigation into the Catholic Diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, led by Attorney General Peter Neroha. Read more:…
💥 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,Kristi Noem,U.S. Department of Homeland Security 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended her department's immigration enforcement tactics before a Senate committee on Tuesday and rejected criticism from Democrats who say she wrongly disparaged protesters killed by federal officers in Minneapolis earlier this year. Noem is scheduled to testify at 10 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in the video player above. It was Noem's first appearance in Congress since the shooting deaths of two protesters sparked widespread opposition to how…
