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WATCH LIVE: Colombian President Petro is expected to hold a press conference after the Trump meeting

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✨ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Colombia,Donald Trump news,Gustavo Petro,venezuela ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is scheduled to welcome Colombian President Gustavo Petro to the White House on Tuesday for talks just weeks after threatening military action against the South American nation and accusing the leader of pumping cocaine into the United States. Colombian President Gustavo Petro is expected to hold a press conference at 3:30 p.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. US administration officials say the meeting will focus on regional security…

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WATCH LIVE: The House takes a key procedural vote on government funding to end the partial shutdown

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✨ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,Donald Trump news,Mike Johnson ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson's ability to carry out President Donald Trump's "play call" to fund the government will be tested Tuesday as the House takes a procedural vote on a bill to end the partial shutdown. Watch the home floor in the video player above. Johnson will need near-unanimous support from his Republican conference to move forward. He can afford to lose just one Republican vote on the party line with perfect attendance, but some…

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Gabbard says Trump requested her presence at the FBI’s search of the election center in Georgia

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💥 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: dni,Donald Trump news,fbi,Fulton County,georgia,tulsi gabbard 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told lawmakers in a letter Monday that she attended the FBI's inspection of an election center in Fulton County, Georgia, last week because President Donald Trump asked her to be there. She also admitted that she "facilitated" what she described as a brief phone call between Trump and the FBI agents who conducted the search, but insisted that neither she nor the president issued any directives. The letter, addressed…

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Trump says the Kennedy Center will close for two years for renovations in July, after a wave of cancellations

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🚀 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,kennedy center 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday he will move to close the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington for two years starting in July for construction, his latest proposal to improve the venue since returning to the White House. Trump's social media announcement comes on the heels of a wave of cancellations of major artists, musicians and groups since the president ousted previous leadership and added his name to the building. Trump did not mention…

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How music’s biggest stars protested Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown at the Grammy Awards

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🔥 Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 grammy awards,Bad Bunny,Billie Eilish,Donald Trump news,immigration enforcement,Justin Bieber,minneapolis,protests ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Entertainment awards season coincided with the Trump administration's mass deportation crackdown in Minneapolis, forcing artists to decide whether and how to join the growing cultural revolution against immigration crackdowns. The reaction from music's biggest stars was evident Sunday from the Grammy Awards red carpet and throughout the telecast. Activists spent the week pressuring celebrities to wear pins to protest the presence of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in cities, and worked with their teams…

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Judge blocks additional citizenship provisions in the latest setback to Trump’s wide-ranging election executive order

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🚀 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: citizenship,elections,voter registration ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked some federal agencies from asking for citizenship status when distributing voter registration forms, the latest blow to a wide-ranging executive order on elections signed by President Donald Trump last year. Read more: Fact-checking Trump's claims about mail-in voting in California US District Judge Colleen Kollar Cutelli in Washington ruled that the Constitution's separation of powers, which gives states and to some extent Congress the power to set election rules, is at…

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Tamara Keith and Amy Walter talk about the shrinking GOP margin in the House

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💥 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Politics Monday ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Amna Nawaz: Meanwhile, a special election in the Lone Star State is eroding the Republican margin in the US House of Representatives, with the federal government partially shut down again.For more, let's go to the Monday policy duo. This is The Cook Policy Report's Amy Walter with NPR's Amy Walter and Tamara Keith.Great to see you both. Tamara Keith, NPR: It's good to be here. Amna Nawaz: Let's talk about Texas, there are two races I want to ask you about,…

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WATCH: Trump says he won’t demolish Kennedy Center, ‘we’re using the structure’ for renovation

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🚀 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: architecture,Donald Trump news,east wing demolition,kennedy center ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he would not demolish the Kennedy Center but said it would have to close for about two years because of work that can't be done with patrons coming and going for parades and other performances. Watch the clip in the video player above. However, Trump's comments indicated that the interior of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts would be destroyed as part of the process.…

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A former federal prosecutor analyzes the legal questions surrounding the Justice Department’s release of the Epstein files

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💥 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Department of Justice,epstein files,epstein files transparency act,jeffrey epstein,U.S. Justice Department 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Jeff Bennett: For a closer look at the legal issues surrounding this latest release of the Epstein files, we turn to Barbara McQuaid. She's a former federal prosecutor and professor at the University of Michigan Law School.It's great to have you back on the show. Barbara McQuaid, former US Attorney General: Thanks Jeff. Glad to be here with you. Jeff Bennett: So the Justice Department says Friday's release brings it into compliance with…

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What the latest files released about Epstein’s relationships with prominent figures show

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🔥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: andrew mountbatten-windsor,Department of Justice,epstein files,epstein files transparency act,jeffrey epstein 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: The political fallout is mounting after the Justice Department released 3 million additional files related to investigations into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The department is under criticism for how it handled the release, with advocates raising questions about transparency and whether it did enough to hold Epstein's associates accountable. Ali Rogin reports on the latest documents. Jeff Bennett: Welcome to the News Hour.The political fallout is mounting today after the…

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