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Trump criticizes Olympian for expressing “mixed feelings” about what is “happening in the United States”

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✨ Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 winter olympics,Donald Trump news,immigration enforcement,Milan Cortina Olympics,skiing,Sports 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that it is difficult to encourage American athletes who speak out against his administration's policies. Read more: Vance says the Olympics are "one of the few things" that unite Americans When asked at a news conference at the Milan Cortina Games how it felt to represent the United States while ICE agents detained immigrants back home, freestyle skier Hunter Hess responded that he had mixed feelings: “If it…

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WATCH: Democrats say Ghislaine Maxwell is not cooperating as she campaigns for Trump’s pardon

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✨ Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Ghislaine Maxwell,James Comer,Melanie Stansbury 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer told lawmakers Monday that she would be willing to testify that neither President Donald Trump nor former President Bill Clinton is responsible for any wrongdoing in their ties to Epstein, according to both Democratic and Republican lawmakers who emerged from a closed session with Maxwell. Watch the clip in the video player above. Democrats argued that Maxwell's confirmation was a plea for Trump to end her prison sentence. “It's very clear that she's campaigning…

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WATCH LIVE: House gavel as DHS funding deadline approaches

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🔥 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,immigration and customs enforcement,U.S. Department of Homeland Security ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Along with smashing car windows, tackling people on city streets — or even detaining a toddler wearing a snow hat with floppy bunny ears — images of masked federal officers have become a flashpoint in the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations. The House of Representatives is expected to meet at 12 noon EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. Never in recent U.S. memory has a U.S. police operation…

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4 takeaways from the Epstein files about the FBI’s investigation into possible sex trafficking

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💥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: epstein files,fbi,jeffrey epstein ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI collected ample evidence that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused underage girls, but found little evidence that the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men, an Associated Press review of internal Justice Department records shows. The prosecutor wrote in one of his 2025 memos that videos and photos seized from Epstein's homes in New York, Florida and the Virgin Islands did not depict victims being abused or implicate anyone else in his crimes.…

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Trump’s racist post about the Obamas was deleted after backlash despite the White House defending it earlier

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🚀 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Barack Obama,Donald Trump news,Michelle Obama,racism ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's social media post showing former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama as monkeys in the jungle has been deleted after backlash from both Republicans and Democrats who criticized the video as racist. The Republican president's post was deleted Thursday evening, Friday, and a staffer was blamed after widespread backlash, from civil rights leaders to veteran Republican senators, over his treatment of the nation's first black president and first lady.…

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The Census Bureau plans to use the survey with a citizenship question in its 2030 test, worrying experts

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✨ Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,immigration,U.S. Census ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau plans to use a survey form with a citizenship question as part of a practice test for the 2030 Census, raising questions about whether the Trump administration might try to make a major change to the once-a-decade headcount that failed during the president's first term. Read more: Trump wants to change the way the Census Bureau collects data The field test, conducted in Huntsville, Alabama, and Spartanburg, South Carolina, uses…

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Prominent law firm head Paul Weiss resigns after emails linking him to Epstein are published

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: brad karp,epstein files,jeffrey epstein,paul weiss 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Brad Karp, the head of one of the nation's most prestigious law firms, resigned from his position after the publication of emails revealing his exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein, a landmark departure in the fallout among those with ties to the late convicted sex offender. Read more: The Epstein files reveal close ties to Trump's influential inner circle A statement issued Wednesday from Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison did not explicitly mention any relationship Karp had with…

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The Norwegian Crown Princess apologizes to those who were “disappointed” by her contacts with Epstein

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✨ Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: jeffrey epstein,Mette-Marit,norway ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: OSLO, Norway (AP) — Norway's crown princess apologized Friday for the situation she has placed the royal family in as she faces scrutiny over her contacts with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, part of a broader apology to all those she has "disappointed." Crown Princess Mette-Marit's contacts and contacts with Epstein have come into the spotlight over the past week, adding to the embarrassment for members of the royal family as her son goes on trial in Oslo on multiple…

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Atkins Stohr and Parker talk about the political ramifications of Trump’s call to “nationalize” elections

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✨ Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Kathleen Parker,Kimberly Atkins Stohr 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Jeff Bennett: To learn more now about the ramifications of President Trump's call to nationalize elections and his crackdown on immigration, tonight we turn to Atkins Stohr and Parker's analysis.These are Kimberly Atkins Stohr, senior opinion writer and columnist for the Boston Globe, and Kathleen Parker, columnist for the Washington Post. David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart are leaving this evening.Good evening It's great to see you both.(crosstalk) Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post: Good evening Nice to be here. Thank…

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Trump ends Obama-era restrictions on commercial fishing in the protected area off New England

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✨ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: commercial fishing,conservation,Donald Trump news 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — President Donald Trump made an announcement Friday reopening a large swath of protected sea in the Atlantic Ocean to commercial fishing. Trump said the move would restore fishing in Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the coast of New England, a roughly 5,000-square-mile reserve east of Cape Cod created by former President Barack Obama. Trump rolled back protections in the region in 2020 and President Joe Biden later restored them. Trump's announcement…

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