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Watch: Vance and Azerbaijani President Aliyev speak after signing the Strategic Partnership Charter

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🚀 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Azerbaijan,Ilham Aliyev,JD Vance 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev hosted US Vice President J.D. Vance upon his arrival in Baku on Tuesday after a visit to neighboring Armenia. Watch the joint press conference in the video player above. During the meeting, Vance and Aliyev signed the strategic partnership charter between the two governments. Speaking at a press conference, Vance praised the efforts of Azerbaijan and Armenia to achieve peace. Read more: Vance visits Armenia, a country no U.S. president or vice president has ever visited…

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WATCH: Lutnick downplays his relationship with Epstein during Senate testimony

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🔥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Howard Lutnick,jeffrey epstein ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Under questioning from Democrats Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick admitted he met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after his 2008 conviction on charges of soliciting prostitution from a child, reversing Lutnick's previous claim that he cut ties with the late financier after 2005. Lutnick again downplayed his relationship with the disgraced financier who was his New York City neighbor when questioned by Democrats during a subcommittee hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee. He described their communication…

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Malinowski concedes to Mejia in New Jersey’s special Democratic primary

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🚀 Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Analilia Mejia,mikie sherrill,New Jersey,U.S. House 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Former Congressman Tom Malinowski on Tuesday recognized Anelia Mejia, a longtime progressive activist and former political director for Sen. Bernie Sanders, in the crowded Democratic primary for a U.S. House special election in New Jersey. A special election is being held to fill the seat vacated when Mickey Sherrill stepped down to become governor. Read more: Democratic Representative Mikie Sherrill wins New Jersey governor's race “I look forward to supporting her in the general…

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Stitt says conservatives won’t hold a meeting with Trump after the White House invited only Republicans

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🚀 Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Kevin Stitt,national governors association ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Governors Association will not hold a formal meeting with President Donald Trump when a group of state leaders meets in Washington later this month after the White House planned to invite only Republicans. “NGA staff have been informed that the White House intends to limit invitations to the annual business meeting, scheduled for February 20, to Republican governors only,” Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, a Republican and president of the NGA, said in…

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Suzanne Collins announces her re-election bid for her Senate seat in Maine, which is being contested by Democrats

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✨ Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: graham platner,Janet Mills,maine,senate,susan collins ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins announced her re-election bid Tuesday, betting she can hold on to her coveted Maine seat despite renewed Democratic efforts to oust her in a race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate. The campaign will test Collins' political survival skills. The 73-year-old has won five terms by portraying herself as a reflection of Maine's independent spirit, sometimes clashing with President Donald Trump while also largely supporting his agenda. "I…

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WATCH LIVE: The heads of ICE and immigration agencies testify as funding deadline approaches

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💥 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Customs and Border Protection,Department of Homeland Security,ice,immigration and customs enforcement,uscis ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The heads of agencies implementing President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda will testify in Congress on Tuesday and face questions about how immigration enforcement is pursued within American cities. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EST. Watch the event live in the player above. Trump's immigration campaign has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks, after two protesters were shot and killed in Minneapolis by Homeland…

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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter talk about Trump’s low approval ratings

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✨ Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Politics Monday ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Jeff Bennett: A new poll shows what Americans think of President Trump and his policies, and it's not good news for the White House.For more, let's go to the Monday policy duo. This is Amy Walter from The Cook Policy Report with NPR's Amy Walter and Tamara Keith.Always great to see you both.So, Amy, the latest poll from PBS News, NPR and Marist shows that a majority of Americans disapprove of the job President Trump is doing, with a majority…

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Vance visits Armenia, a country no U.S. president or vice president has ever visited

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🔥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Armenia,JD Vance ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Vice President J.D. Vance arrived in Armenia on Monday — a country no U.S. vice president or president has visited before — where the Trump administration offered economic opportunities as it works to advance a U.S.-brokered deal aimed at ending the decades-long conflict with Azerbaijan. Vance and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed an agreement to advance negotiations on a civil nuclear energy agreement, and Vance said that the United States is ready to export advanced computer…

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Watch: The Senate reconvenes amid trade offers between Democrats and the White House on funding the Department of Homeland Security

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💥 Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Department of Homeland Security,senate,White House 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have begun tentative talks with the White House over their demands for “dramatic” new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown, discussing a potential deal just days before funding for the Department of Homeland Security expires. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Monday that Democrats have sent the White House their list of demands for Immigration, Customs Enforcement and other federal law enforcement agencies. The White House said Monday evening that it responded with…

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WATCH: Coomer says Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions about Epstein in House deposition

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💥 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,epstein files,Ghislaine Maxwell,house oversight committee,jame comer,jeffrey epstein 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, declined to answer questions from House lawmakers in her filing Monday, but indicated that if President Donald Trump finishes her prison sentence, she is willing to testify that neither he nor former President Bill Clinton did anything wrong in their relationships with Epstein. Watch the clip in the video player above. The House Oversight Committee wanted Maxwell to answer questions during a video call to…

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