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Democratic lawmakers say they are “closely” reviewing the new White House proposal for the Department of Homeland Security

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💥 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Democrats,Department of Homeland Security,White House 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: As the Department of Homeland Security remains closed, the White House and Democratic leaders continue to exchange proposals to end the impasse. He watches: Jeffries says Democrats are pushing to 'take control of ICE' as DHS shuts down A White House official said on Friday that the administration sent another counteroffer to Democrats on Thursday. The official, who requested anonymity to discuss private negotiations, described the offer as "dangerous." Aides to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House…

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Brooks and Capehart in the Texas Senate primary

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✨ Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Brooks and Capehart 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Jeff Bennett: President Trump is visiting Texas today, where three of his supporters are competing in the state's Senate primaries scheduled for next week. This comes at a time when the president is also considering military action in Iran. Lots to discuss.We now turn to Brooks and Capehart's analysis. This is with The Atlantic's David Brooks and MS NOW's Jonathan Capehart.Good to see you both.So, as we said, President Trump is in Texas, where three Republicans, including incumbent John Cornyn,…

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Biden travels commercially from DCA and ends up stuck with delays like everyone else

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✨ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: air travel,airports,joe biden,Ronald Reagan National Airport 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — A crowd of people gathered at a passenger gate at Reagan National Airport on Friday as fog-filled Washington skies caused an hour-long ground stop to support passengers hoping to exit American Airlines' Terminal D. But the densely populated area soon swelled even more, as word spread through the nearby gates that, of the hundreds of arriving and departing air travelers, only one was accompanied by a member of the US Secret Service, along with…

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Trump orders federal agencies to stop using human technology over a dispute over the safety of artificial intelligence

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💥 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Anthropic,artificial intelligence,Donald Trump news,pentagon,pete hegseth 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday ordered all U.S. agencies to stop using Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology and imposed other major sanctions, culminating an unusually public fight between the government and the company over AI safeguards. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk, a move that could prevent U.S. military vendors from working with the company. Read more: AP Report: Hegseth warns Anthropic against allowing the military to use…

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Bundy says 30 other people have been charged over an anti-customs protest at a Minnesota church

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: immigration and customs enforcement,indictments,minnesota,Pam Bondi,protests 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Attorney General Pam Bondi announced federal charges Friday against 30 more people accused of civil rights violations in a January protest inside a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement pastor works. Bondi said on social media that 25 people had been arrested and more arrests would follow. The new indictment comes a month after freelance journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Forte and prominent local activist Nekima Levy Armstrong were charged over their alleged roles in a…

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Trump says he is not considering a draft executive order to control the election. Here’s what we know

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💥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 Midterms,Donald Trump news,election intregrity,peter ticktin 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: President Donald Trump said he is not considering declaring a national emergency around the midterm elections, as a draft executive order circulating among his allies indicates. Watch the president's remarks to PBS News on Friday in the player above. The 17-page proposal, a working document fully reviewed by PBS News, would give him extraordinary authority over the 2026 midterm elections. It claims to address election integrity issues caused by foreign interference. By declaring a national emergency,…

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Trump suggests US could conduct ‘friendly takeover of Cuba’

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✨ Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: cuba,Donald Trump news,marco rubio,nicolas maduro 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: President Donald Trump said Friday that his Secretary of State Marco Rubio is negotiating at a high level with the Cuban government. The president said in statements to reporters upon leaving the White House: “The Cuban government is talking to us.” "They have no money. They have nothing now." He added: "It is possible that we will end up with a friendly takeover of Cuba." Read more: 4 things to know about the deadly boat shooting in Cuban…

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Read Bill Clinton’s opening statement in his testimony regarding Jeffrey Epstein

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✨ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Bill Clinton,Hillary Clinton,house oversight committee,jeffrey epstein 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Former President Bill Clinton said in an opening statement to the House Oversight Committee that he saw no signs of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein. Read the full statement by clicking on the document below. Clinton told the committee that his "brief acquaintance with Jeffrey Epstein ended years before his crimes came to light." That's according to a printout of his opening statement as prepared and released by Clinton's office. He watches: Lawmakers speak ahead of Bill…

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Trump says he is “not happy” with the talks with Iran but will wait to see what happens in the next rounds

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🔥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran,Israel,marco rubio ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: TEL AVIV, Israel - US President Donald Trump said Friday that he is "not happy" with the talks with Iran so far but will wait to see what happens in additional rounds of negotiations with the Middle Eastern country over its nuclear program. "I'm not happy about the fact that they're not willing to give us what we should have," Trump told reporters as he left the White House on Friday. "I'm not happy about that. We'll see what…

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Transgender youth are targeted in Boy Scouts of America changes pushed by Pentagon

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✨ Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: pentagon,pete hegseth,Scouting America,transgender youth ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America will change several policies at the request of the Pentagon, including one targeting transgender youth, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday as he pushes a campaign against military support for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Read more: New Pentagon policy undermines transgender troops' ability to fight military ban, AP reports Some of the changes mirror what the organization proposed to the Pentagon in January, including discontinuing the merit badge for community…

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