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WATCH: Laser incident that shut down airspace in El Paso was a ‘joint agency’ mission, Noem says

WATCH: Laser incident that shut down airspace in El Paso was a ‘joint agency’ mission, Noem says

✨ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Airspace,El Paso,federal aviation administration,Kristi Noem,texas,U.S. Customs and Border Protection 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Friday that the government "continues to work on communications" regarding the laser incident in El Paso, Texas. Watch the clip in the video player above. Noem was answering a reporter's question about Customs and Border Protection's use of an anti-drone laser earlier this week that prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to close the airspace over El Paso for several hours. A source familiar with the situation told…
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A timeline of Trump’s anti-immigration campaign in Minnesota

A timeline of Trump’s anti-immigration campaign in Minnesota

🔥 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Alex Pretti,greg bovino,immigration enforcement,minneapolis,minnesota,Renee Good,timeline,tom homan ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: The Trump administration has announced the end of a massive anti-immigration crackdown in Minnesota after two and a half months of protests, 4,000 arrests and fatal shootings by immigration officers. Two American citizens, Rene Judd and Alex Peretti, were killed by federal officers in Minneapolis. Here's a look at some of the key moments during Operation Metro Surge, which the Department of Homeland Security described as "the largest immigration enforcement operation ever." December 1: The immigration…
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Don Lemon pleads not guilty to civil rights charges in a Minnesota church anti-ICE protest

Don Lemon pleads not guilty to civil rights charges in a Minnesota church anti-ICE protest

🔥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Don lemon,minnesota 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: street. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former CNN host turned freelance journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges Friday, charged at a protest at a Minnesota church where the Immigration and Customs Enforcement official serves as pastor. Four other people are also scheduled to stand trial in this case. Read more: Read the full indictment against Don Lemon, Georgia Fort and others charged in Minnesota Lemon did not comment to reporters as he entered the courtroom accompanied…
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Trump boasts more than $1.5 billion in political money. His spending tactics could shape the midterm elections

Trump boasts more than $1.5 billion in political money. His spending tactics could shape the midterm elections

✨ Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2028 elections,Donald Trump news,midterms,Super PACs 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has bragged about building a political war chest exceeding $1.5 billion — a staggering sum he can use at will to shape the November midterm elections and the 2028 race to succeed him. He watches: Trump tells Republicans he will be impeached if they lose in the midterm elections Trump's stockpile - which dwarfs any sums raised by his predecessors in their second terms - is not easy to calculate accurately since…
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Merz calls on US and Europe to ‘repair and revive transatlantic trust together’

Merz calls on US and Europe to ‘repair and revive transatlantic trust together’

✨ Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,europe,Friedrich Merz,Germany,marco rubio,munich security conference 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: MUNICH (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday called on the United States and Europe to “repair and revive transatlantic trust together,” arguing that even the United States is not strong enough to do it alone in an increasingly difficult world. Merz called for a "new transatlantic partnership," acknowledging a "deep division and rift" across the Atlantic as he opened the Munich Security Conference, an annual gathering of top global security figures including several European…
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Indonesia prepares up to 8,000 soldiers in the first strong commitment of a peacekeeping force in Gaza

Indonesia prepares up to 8,000 soldiers in the first strong commitment of a peacekeeping force in Gaza

✨ Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Gaza,Indonesia,peacekeeping,United Nations 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has begun training a contingent of up to 8,000 soldiers it plans to send as part of an international peacekeeping force to Gaza, the first firm commitment to a crucial element of U.S. President Donald Trump's post-war reconstruction plan. He watches: Trump presents the "Peace Council" in Gaza at the Davos Forum Indonesia has experience in peacekeeping operations as one of the top 10 contributors to UN missions, including in Lebanon, and has been heavily involved…
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What services are affected by the Department of Homeland Security closure? What you need to know

What services are affected by the Department of Homeland Security closure? What you need to know

💥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Government Shutdown,immigration enforcement,U.S. Department of Homeland Security ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Another shutdown of parts of the federal government is expected this weekend as lawmakers debate new restrictions on President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement agenda. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security is scheduled to expire on Saturday. Democrats say they won't help approve more funding until new restrictions on federal immigration operations are in place following the fatal shootings of Alex Peretti and Renee Judd in Minneapolis last month. He watches: TSA and FEMA…
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WATCH: NTSB Chairman Homendy testifies about DCA midair crash investigation at Senate hearing

WATCH: NTSB Chairman Homendy testifies about DCA midair crash investigation at Senate hearing

✨ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Jennifer Homendy,Midair Collision,national transportation safety board,senate,senate commerce committee 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Key senators and families of the 67 killed in a plane crash with an Army helicopter near the nation's capital are convinced that advanced aircraft positioning systems recommended by experts nearly two decades ago would have prevented last year's tragedy. But it is still unclear whether Congress will approve a bill that would require every plane and helicopter to be used at every busy airport. Watch the Senate Commerce Committee hearing in the video…
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WATCH: Trump and EPA’s Zeldin announce end to scientific basis for US action on climate change

WATCH: Trump and EPA’s Zeldin announce end to scientific basis for US action on climate change

✨ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Climate Change,Donald Trump news,Lee Zeldin ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday rescinded a scientific discovery that has long been the central basis of U.S. work to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressive move by a president to roll back climate regulations. Watch in our video player above. The EPA rule rescinds a 2009 government declaration known as a hazard finding that determined that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. He watches:…
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Trump attacked this GOP governor while claiming that Democrats always participate in the annual meeting

Trump attacked this GOP governor while claiming that Democrats always participate in the annual meeting

✨ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,governors,Kevin Stitt,Oklahoma 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump attacked the Republican leader of the National Governors Association on Wednesday as tensions rose between the White House and the bipartisan group of state leaders ahead of its annual meeting next week. In a social media post, Trump criticized Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, a Republican who heads the NGA, and called him a "RINO," meaning Republican in name only. Trump said Stitt "incorrectly stated my position during the conservatives' very exclusive annual dinner…
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