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Voice of America journalists claim that Trump is making the media a source of propaganda

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✨ Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,journalism,journalists,propaganda,voice of america ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Some Voice of America journalists charged in a lawsuit Monday that the Trump administration — while largely shutting down the government-run outlet that reported news around the world — turned what remained into a voice for propaganda. He watches: What is Voice of America and why is Trump dismantling the broadcaster? The lawsuit alleges that Voice of America's broadcasts to populations in Iran, China, North Korea and Kurdish populations are not being operated as objective news sources, as…

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Trump places a replica of Christopher Columbus statue near the White House

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💥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Christopher Columbus,Donald Trump news,Washington D.C.,White House 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A statue of Christopher Columbus has been placed on the grounds of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next door to the White House, in the latest effort by President Donald Trump's administration to recognize the controversial explorer. The statue is a replica of one that was thrown into Baltimore Harbor in 2020 during Trump's first term at a time of nationwide protests against institutional racism. Read more: Christopher Columbus statues removed from two…

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In the midst of the Iran war and airport unrest, Trump heads to Elvis Presley’s Graceland

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,elvis presley,iran war,Memphis,Tennessee 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump gave a surprise tour of Elvis Presley's Graceland on Monday while in Memphis, a distraction from the war in Iran and efforts to address long lines at U.S. airports, where he marveled at how famous the King of Rock 'n' Roll was and wondered aloud whether he could beat him in a fight. He watches: Trump claims that the United States and Iran are holding talks, and Iran wants to “reach…

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WATCH LIVE: The Senate is expected to vote to confirm Mullen as Homeland Security secretary

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🚀 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,fema,Markwayne Mullin,U.S. Department of Homeland Security ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is on track to confirm Markwayne Mullen as Homeland Security secretary, President Donald Trump's nominee to take over the embattled department after Kristi Noem was fired amid a public backlash over the administration's mass immigration enforcement and deportation operations. The Senate meets at 3 p.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. Mullen, the Republican senator from Oklahoma known for his close friendship with Trump, tried to…

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Supreme Court rejects Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed’s appeal of DNA testing

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💥 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: death penalty,death row,dna test,rexas,Supreme Court 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Rodney Reed, a longtime Texas death row inmate who sought to test crime scene evidence that he says will help exonerate him. The justices stayed a ruling against Reed from the federal appeals court in New Orleans for the second time in less than three years. The three liberal justices dissented. He listens: The Supreme Court is considering late-arriving mail-in ballot laws in a case that…

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Supreme Court rejects online citizen journalist’s appeal over her arrest in Texas

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🔥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: first amendment,Supreme Court,texas 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the appeal of a Texas-based online citizen journalist who said she was wrongly arrested in a case that has drawn the attention of national media organizations and free speech advocates. The justices upheld a divided federal appeals court ruling that found that journalist Priscilla Villarreal, known online as La Gordeluca, could not sue police officers and other officials over her arrest for seeking and obtaining nonpublic information from police. Read more:…

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Watch: Trump claims that the United States and Iran are holding talks, and Iran wants to “reach an agreement”

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✨ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran,iran attacks,Jared Kushner,steve witkoff 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: US President Donald Trump said that the United States is in talks with a "respected" Iranian leader. Watch Trump's remarks to reporters in the video player above. Trump told reporters on Monday that his special Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, held talks through Sunday evening. Read more: Trump says US will not strike Iranian power plants for 5 days in shift in Strait of Hormuz deadline He added that the talks will…

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Federal immigration agents were deployed to the Atlanta airport during the partial closure

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🔥 Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Atlanta,Customs and Border Protection,georgia,Government Shutdown,immigration enforcement,Transportation Security Administration,U.S. Department of Homeland Security 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: ATLANTA (AP) — Federal immigration officers were seen at an airport in Atlanta after President Donald Trump said he would deploy agents to supplement the Transportation Security Administration during a government shutdown that has caused long lines at security checkpoints across the country. On Monday morning, The Associated Press saw a group of federal agents near busy lines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Read more: The LaGuardia Airport collision between the…

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Trump says US will not strike Iranian power plants for 5 days in shift in Strait of Hormuz deadline

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✨ Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran,iran attacks,Strait of Hormuz 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz to international shipping, saying Monday that the United States would postpone threatened strikes against Iranian power plants for five days. In his announcement on Truth Social, Trump also indicated the possibility of a solution to the war — although Iranian officials denied negotiations were taking place. Trump's shift appears to offer some measure of relief after…

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LISTEN LIVE: The Supreme Court is considering late-arriving mail-in ballot laws in a case that could impact the midterm elections

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: elections,mail-in ballots,mail-in voting,Supreme Court,voting ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: There will be only one Election Day for the midterm elections this fall – November 3. But voters in 14 states who cast ballots by mail had a grace period ranging from one day to several weeks during which their ballots could be received and counted. The Supreme Court will hear arguments beginning Monday, March 23, at 10 a.m. EST. Listen live in the player above. Whether that additional time should be allowed is the crux of the…

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