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WATCH LIVE: Trump holds a Cabinet meeting as government shutdown deadline approaches

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🔥 Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Kristi Noem,trump cabinet ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: President Donald Trump will hold a Cabinet meeting on Thursday, his first of the new year. Trump is expected to host the meeting at 11 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. The public roundtable event, where Trump and his Cabinet are likely to hail his administration's successes, comes amid a bipartisan response to the deadly shootings of US citizens in Minneapolis by federal immigration agents. The latest shooting, involving 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex…

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Watch: Border Czar Homan says federal forces will not withdraw from Minnesota until “cooperation”

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🚀 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,immigration enforcement,minneapolis,minnesota,tom homan 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tom Homan, President Donald Trump's border czar, said Thursday that the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota will decrease only after state officials cooperate, and that he has zero tolerance for protesters who assault his officers or obstruct their work. Watch Homan's news conference in the video player above. Homan spoke to reporters for the first time since the president sent him to Minneapolis after a federal immigration officer shot and killed a protester…

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Watch: A man was arrested after an unknown substance was sprayed on Representative Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis City Hall

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💥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: assault,Ilhan Omar,lawmaker attacks,minneapolis,minnesota ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man sprayed an unknown substance at Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was pinned to the ground Tuesday during a town hall in Minneapolis, where tensions over federal immigration enforcement came to a head after agents shot an intensive care nurse and mother of three this month. The crowd cheered as the man was pinned down and his arms tied behind his back. In a video of the incident, someone in the crowd can be heard…

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WATCH: Coons and Rubio disagree on whether Congress should be consulted before ousting Maduro

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🔥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Chris Coons,Donald Trump news,marco rubio,nicolas maduro,venezuela 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said the Trump administration failed to properly consult with Congress in the months before the dramatic U.S. military raid that ousted President Nicolas Maduro. Watch the clip in the player above. “The administration has been launching strike after strike against drug smuggling boats,” Coons said, referring to a series of boat strikes near Venezuela that have so far killed at least 126 people over the course of nearly five months. He added…

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WATCH: Sen. Paul presses Rubio to explain why ousting Maduro is not an act of war

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💥 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,marco rubio,nicolas maduro,rand paul,venezuela 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a congressional hearing Wednesday on why the U.S. ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro should not be considered an act of war. Watch the clip in the player above. He added: "If a foreign country bombed our air defense missiles, captured and removed our president, and besieged our country, would that be considered an act of war?" Paul asked. “We do not believe this operation comes…

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Where Congress stands in the DHS funding battle

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🔥 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,Donald Trump news,immigration 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: For more political coverage and analysis, subscribe to Here's the Deal, our weekly political newsletter, here. And throughout the political zeitgeist, a big, thick bubble of question is forming: Is this a turning point in Trump 2.0? The killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretty in Minneapolis while pinned down and shot by federal officers has sparked outrage and dominated political thought since it occurred on Saturday. He watches: Minneapolis residents remain skeptical after immigration enforcement leadership change The idea of…

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Minneapolis sees little change on the streets despite Trump’s suggestion of easing tensions

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🚀 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,immigration enforcement,minneapolis,minnesota,Pam Bondi 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump appeared to signal a willingness to ease tensions in Minneapolis after a second deadly shooting by federal immigration agents, but there was little evidence Wednesday of any significant changes after weeks of harsh rhetoric and clashes with protesters. The tension was evident when Trump changed his leadership by sending his top border adviser to Minnesota to take charge of the immigration crackdown. This was followed by seemingly conciliatory statements about the Democratic…

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Bruce Springsteen writes a new protest song for Trump called “Streets of Minneapolis”

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✨ Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Bruce Springsteen,Donald Trump news,minneapolis 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Bruce Springsteen has dedicated his new song to the people of Minneapolis, criticizing President Donald Trump's ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the city. The lyrics to "Streets of Minneapolis," released Wednesday, describe how "a city on fire fought fire and ice beneath the boots of the occupier," what Springsteen calls "King Trump's private army." He watches: Minneapolis residents remain skeptical after immigration enforcement leadership change Springsteen said in a statement that he wrote and recorded the song over the…

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Trump endorses Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany in the open race for governor of Wisconsin

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💥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,tom tiffany,wisconsin ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump has endorsed U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in the open race for Wisconsin governor, bolstering the congressman's standing in the battleground state's GOP primary while also bolstering Democrats' attempts to tie Tiffany to unpopular elements of the president's agenda. Trump announced his endorsement in a social media post Tuesday evening, saying Tiffany "has always been there for me." Tiffany has been a staunch Trump loyalist since he was elected to Congress in…

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What we know about the man arrested in the attack on Representative Ilhan Omar

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💥 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Ilhan Omar,lawmaker attacks,minneapolis,minnesota 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The man accused of spraying an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar at a town hall in Minneapolis has a criminal history and has made online posts supportive of President Donald Trump. He watches: A man was arrested after spraying an unknown substance on Representative Ilhan Omar in the Minneapolis City Council Minnesota court records show Anthony Kazmierczak, 55, was convicted of felony carjacking in 1989, was arrested several times for driving under the influence,…

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