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130,000 jobs were added in January while employment reviews cut hundreds of thousands last year

130,000 jobs were added in January while employment reviews cut hundreds of thousands last year

โœจ Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: employers,hiring,jobs,jobs report,Labor Department ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” U.S. employers added a surprisingly strong 130,000 jobs last month, but government revisions cut American payrolls for 2024-2025 by hundreds of thousands. The Labor Department said on Wednesday that the unemployment rate had fallen to 4.3%. The report included major revisions that reduced the number of jobs created last year to just 181,000, the weakest since the pandemic year of 2020, and less than half the previously reported 584,000. Read more: The IRS faces challenges in the…
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The Federal Aviation Administration lifts the closure of airspace over El Paso after announcing a 10-day closure hours earlier

The Federal Aviation Administration lifts the closure of airspace over El Paso after announcing a 10-day closure hours earlier

๐Ÿš€ Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Airspace,El Paso,federal aviation administration,texas ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: EL PASO, Texas (AP) โ€” The Federal Aviation Administration reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas on Wednesday morning, just hours after it announced a 10-day closure that would have halted all flights to and from the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said in a social media post that it had lifted the temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, saying there was no threat to commercial aviation and that all flights would resume. The closure,…
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WATCH LIVE: Pam Bondi appears at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight

WATCH LIVE: Pam Bondi appears at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Justice Department oversight

โœจ Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: congress,epstein files,house judiciary committee,jeffrey epstein,Pam Bondi,U.S. Justice Department ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” Attorney General Pam Bondi will face questions from lawmakers Wednesday about the Justice Department's handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein that revealed sensitive private information about victims despite redaction efforts. The Attorney General will testify before the House Judiciary Committee beginning at 10 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. Bondi is facing a new wave of criticism stemming from the political saga that has dogged her…
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How the Save America Act could make big changes to voting

How the Save America Act could make big changes to voting

๐Ÿš€ Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Donald Trump news,Make Elections Great Again Act,SAVE America Act,voting ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Ahead of the midterm elections, Republicans are again pushing for legislation that would require documentary proof of US citizenship to vote. The Trump-backed American Voter Eligibility Protection Act, or Save America Act, seeks to meet the president's longstanding demands to "fix" US elections that he says are "rigged" and "stolen," despite no evidence of widespread voter fraud. โ€œAmerican citizens, and only American citizens, should decide American elections,โ€ the White House posted on X in…
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A White House official says Trump intends to roll back US climate change policy and environmental regulations

A White House official says Trump intends to roll back US climate change policy and environmental regulations

๐Ÿ’ฅ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Climate Change,environmental protection agency,EPA,greenhouse gasses ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” The Trump administration is expected this week to rescind a scientific discovery that has long been the central basis of U.S. work to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, according to a White House official. The EPA will issue a final rule rescinding the government's 2009 declaration known as the hazard finding. Obama-era policy has determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and well-being. A White House official, speaking…
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FBI documents show what led to the Georgia elections office raid

FBI documents show what led to the Georgia elections office raid

๐Ÿš€ Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: 2020 election,election deniers,fbi,georgia ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: Amna Nawaz: Last month's FBI raid on a Georgia elections office, seizing more than 700 boxes of ballots, was prompted by an investigation into so-called deficiencies in the 2020 election, according to an unsealed affidavit from an FBI agent that the Justice Department filed in federal court.White House correspondent Liz Landers has been following updates on this case and joins me now.So, Liz, what else do we learn from the latest legal filing about the raid and why the federal…
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A new Gallup poll reveals the depth of gloom Americans feel about the future

A new Gallup poll reveals the depth of gloom Americans feel about the future

๐Ÿš€ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Gallup poll,polls ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: WASHINGTON - A new poll shows that Americans' hope for their future has fallen to a new low. In 2025, only about 59% of Americans gave high ratings when asked to rate their quality of life in about five years, the lowest annual measure since Gallup began asking that question nearly 20 years ago. It is a warning of the depth of the gloom that has descended on the country over the past few years. In the data, Gallup's "present"…
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WATCH: White House holds press conference as fallout from Epstein files continues on Capitol Hill

WATCH: White House holds press conference as fallout from Epstein files continues on Capitol Hill

โœจ Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Donald Trump news,immigration,karoline leavitt ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said her briefing started late because she and President Donald Trump were watching new surveillance footage released by the FBI into Nancy Guthrie's disappearance. Watch the briefing in the player above. โ€œThe President encourages any American across the country who has any knowledge of the suspect to contact the FBI, which continues to assist state and local authorities who are leading this investigation on the ground,โ€ Leavitt said. "And again, I will reiterate…
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The affidavit says the FBI searched Fulton County offices to investigate possible “defects” in the 2020 election.

The affidavit says the FBI searched Fulton County offices to investigate possible “defects” in the 2020 election.

โœจ Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: 2020 election,elections,fbi,Fulton County,georgia ๐Ÿ’ก **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: ATLANTA (AP) โ€” The FBI has obtained a search warrant to seize hundreds of ballot boxes from election offices in Fulton County, Georgia, as part of a criminal investigation into possible โ€œdeficiencies or defectsโ€ in the counting of votes in the 2020 contest that President Donald Trump lost, according to an affidavit unsealed Tuesday. The affidavit provides the first public justification for an FBI search last month that targeted a county that Trump and his allies have long viewed as…
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WATCH: White House won’t confirm whether Trump contacted Palm Beach sheriff about Epstein

WATCH: White House won’t confirm whether Trump contacted Palm Beach sheriff about Epstein

๐Ÿš€ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ **Category**: Donald Trump news,jeffrey epstein,karoline leavitt,White House ๐Ÿ“Œ **What Youโ€™ll Learn**: White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt would not confirm Tuesday whether Donald Trump's phone call about Jeffrey Epstein happened. Watch Levitt's remarks in the video player above. Leavitt said she didn't know if the call happened, saying it was something that "may or may not have happened in 2006." According to a newly released document, the police chief in Palm Beach, Florida, told the FBI that he received a call from Trump in 2006 about Jeffrey Epstein,…
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