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WATCH: ‘You’re responsible,’ GOP Rep. Massie tells Bondi about Epstein files

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,epstein files,jeffrey epstein,Pam Bondi,Thomas Massie 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Rep. Thomas Massie, the Kentucky attorney general, told Attorney General Pam Bondi at a House oversight hearing Wednesday that she is responsible for part of what he calls a cover-up of the investigation into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Watch the clip in the video player above. Bondi asked Massie why he did not question President Joe Biden's former attorney general, Merrick Garland, in the same way. He watches: Rep. Jayapal asks Bondi…

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WATCH LIVE: Slotkin and Kelly speak out after grand jury declines to indict them over ‘unlawful orders’ video

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🔥 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Department of Justice,Donald Trump news,elissa slotkin,grand jury,Mark Kelly 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — A grand jury in Washington on Tuesday declined to indict Democratic lawmakers in connection with a video in which they urged U.S. military members to resist “unlawful orders,” according to a person familiar with the matter. Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin are expected to hold a press conference at 12 noon EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the video…

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WATCH: Rep. Jayapal asks Bondi to personally apologize to Epstein survivors

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✨ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,epstein files,jeffrey epstein,Pam Bondi,pramila jayapal 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., asked Attorney General Pam Bondi at an oversight hearing on Wednesday to apologize to survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse. Watch the clip in the video player above. In a heated exchange, Jayapal asked Bondi to address the survivors in attendance and "apologize for what the Department of Justice has caused them through the completely unacceptable release of the Epstein files and their information." Read more: UK's Starmer apologizes to Epstein survivors for making Peter…

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

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✨ Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: employers,hiring,jobs,jobs report,Labor Department 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — 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

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🚀 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Airspace,El Paso,federal aviation administration,texas 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: EL PASO, Texas (AP) — 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

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✨ Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,epstein files,house judiciary committee,jeffrey epstein,Pam Bondi,U.S. Justice Department 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — 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

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🚀 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Make Elections Great Again Act,SAVE America Act,voting 📌 **What You’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. “American citizens, and only American citizens, should decide American elections,” 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

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💥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Climate Change,environmental protection agency,EPA,greenhouse gasses 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — 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

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🚀 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2020 election,election deniers,fbi,georgia 📌 **What You’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

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🚀 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Gallup poll,polls 💡 **What You’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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