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WATCH LIVE: President Donald Trump’s 2026 State of the Union address

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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**: President Donald Trump delivers his first State of the Union address of his second term to Congress and the nation on Tuesday. President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday, February 24. Watch our live coverage, starting at 6pm EST, in the video player above. He is likely to make his point about his administration's achievements on issues such as mass deportation, deregulation and "law and order," as well as touting…

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Watch: Trump is “completely ashamed” of “some” Supreme Court justices after the tariff decision

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✨ Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Supreme Court,tariffs 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: US President Donald Trump on Friday criticized the US Supreme Court for overturning global tariffs he imposed using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Watch the clip in the video player above. “I am ashamed of some members of the court,” the president said during a press conference at the White House. “I am completely ashamed that they do not have the courage to do what is right for our country.” He watches: Trump holds a press conference after…

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WATCH: Transportation Secretary Duffy announces commercial driver’s license tests in English only

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🚀 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: English,sean duffy,transportation department,truck drivers 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: All truckers and truckers will have to take commercial driver's license tests in English as the Trump administration expands its aggressive campaign to improve safety in the industry and keep unqualified drivers off the road. Watch Transport Minister Sean Duffy's press conference in the video player above. Duffy announced the latest efforts Friday to make sure drivers understand English well enough to read road signs and communicate with law enforcement officers. Florida has already begun administering its tests…

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Trump’s face is now on the Justice Department headquarters

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🚀 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Department of Justice,Donald Trump news,Pam Bondi 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — A large banner with Donald Trump's face was hung on the outside of Justice Department headquarters Thursday in a physical display of the Republican president's efforts to exert authority over the law enforcement agency that once investigated him. While Trump signs have been hung outside other agencies across Washington, the decision to place one on the Justice Department building is a stark symbol of the erosion of the department's tradition of independence from…

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Why Texas’ redistricting plan isn’t a sure bet

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🚀 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congressional maps,midterm elections,redistricting,texas ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas has set the stage for a redistricting battle this year by drawing a new congressional map aimed at boosting Republicans in the midterm elections. Now, with the primaries underway, the party's hopes hinge on a key question — whether voters who helped elect President Donald Trump two years ago will vote for other Republican candidates when he's not on the ballot. He watches: Democratic Rep. Doggett talks about the redistricting battle in Texas and the party's…

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What happens now that the Supreme Court has struck down Trump’s tariffs?

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🔥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Supreme Court,tariffs,Vote 2026 ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has paid the price for going it alone on tariffs — with the Supreme Court on Friday delivering a rare rebuke by ruling that he lacks the authority to declare an economic emergency and impose sweeping new taxes on imports. Watch live: Trump holds a press conference after the Supreme Court struck down his global tariffs Trump had made tariffs the cornerstone of his economic rhetoric to voters heading into the midterm…

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A Virginia judge blocks a Democratic referendum, dealing a blow to redistricting efforts for 4 seats in the US House of Representatives

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💥 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congressional maps,redistricting,referendum,virginia 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia court on Thursday effectively blocked a voters' referendum scheduled by Democrats in April to redraw the state's congressional maps, another potentially devastating blow to the party's efforts to pick up four more U.S. House seats in a national redistricting battle. Read more: A Virginia judge temporarily blocks Democrats from working on a congressional redistricting effort Virginia's Democratic Attorney General Jay Jones has already vowed to appeal the ruling by Tazewell Circuit Court, which granted a…

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Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Supreme Court,tariffs 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's sweeping global tariffs on Friday, handing him a major loss in a case crucial to his economic agenda. Resolution 6-3 focuses on the tariffs imposed under the Emergency Powers Act, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs it imposed on almost every other country. He watches: House rebukes Trump's tariffs on Canada, passes conservation bill It is the first major piece of Trump's broad agenda to go directly before the…

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Trump hosts Governors Breakfast after the National Governors Association pulled out of the event

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✨ Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,governors,national governors association,wes moore 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Governors Association has withdrawn from its annual meeting at the White House after President Donald Trump declined to invite two Democratic governors, undermining one of the few remaining bipartisan caucuses in Washington. Trump is still expected to meet with state governors at the White House on Friday, but the event will not be facilitated by an organization founded more than a century ago to help state leaders of both parties defend…

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WATCH: Trump boasts he has a ‘very good record of endorsing’ foreign leaders

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🚀 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: argentina,board of peace,Donald Trump news,hungary,japan,Javier Milei,Viktor Orban 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: President Donald Trump used the opening of the peace council to "endorse foreign leaders" on Thursday. Watch the clip in the video player above. In one of many shades, Trump used his speech at the peace council meeting to bolster his support for various foreign leaders who are facing or have recently been facing disputed elections in their countries. Many of the endorsements are part of Trump's pattern of embracing authoritarian leaders who are part of…

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