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Watch: Trump announces a plan to create a strategic reserve of rare earth elements

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✨ Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: China,Donald Trump news,JD Vance,Rare Earth Minerals,strategic reserve ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration plans to deploy nearly $12 billion to create a strategic reserve of rare earth elements, a stockpile that could interfere with China's ability to use its dominance of these hard-to-process minerals as leverage in trade talks. Watch President Donald Trump's announcement in the Oval Office in the video player above. President Donald Trump on Monday announced the start of “Project Vault,” which will be initially funded with a $10 billion…

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The Clinton family is trying to reach an agreement on Epstein’s testimony as congressional contempt vote approaches

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🔥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Bill Clinton,epstein files,Hillary Clinton,James Comer,jeffrey epstein 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were trying to reach an agreement late Monday to comply with a congressional subpoena to testify in a House investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the Republican leading the probe said no agreement had been reached. Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, was filing criminal contempt of Congress charges against both Clintons on Monday evening for defying a…

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The lawyer says Gabbard is filing a complaint about her actions, which her office denies

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💥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,inspector general,intelligence agencies,tulsi gabbard,whistleblowers ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard withheld a complaint she filed about her conduct from members of Congress for eight months, claiming the delay was necessary for a legal review, a lawyer for the person who made the allegations said Monday. Gabbard's office said the complaint was reviewed by the Office of the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community, which deemed it unreliable. The person then sought to have the complaint referred to members of the…

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Every Homeland Security officer in Minneapolis gets a body-worn camera, Noem says

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💥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: bodycam,Department of Homeland Security,Kristi Noem,minneapolis,u.s. immigration and customs enforcement 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Every Homeland Security officer on the ground in Minneapolis, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, will immediately be equipped with body-worn cameras, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday, in the latest fallout after the killings of two U.S. citizens by federal officers sparked widespread outrage. He watches: Arrests of journalists fuel backlash as anti-customs protests spread from Minneapolis Noem made the announcement on social media platform X. She said the…

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WATCH: RFK Jr. and others launch new addiction and homelessness initiative

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✨ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Addiction,department of health and human services,homelessness,Mehmet Oz,mental health,Robert F. Kennedy Jr 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: NEW YORK (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Monday that his department will allocate $100 million to a pilot program to address homelessness and drug abuse in eight cities, building on an executive order President Donald Trump signed last week related to addiction. Watch the event in our video player above. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will also make faith-based organizations eligible for addiction-related grants…

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Epstein’s victims want former Prince Andrew to testify before lawmakers. It is unlikely to do so

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🚀 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: andrew mountbatten-windsor,epstein files,jeffrey epstein 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: LONDON (AP) — Former Prince Andrew saw his reputation ruined six years ago and became the butt of Internet jokes when he gave a disastrous interview to the BBC about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. He is unlikely to take that risk again even as Prime Minister Keir Starmer, US Congress members and lawyers representing Epstein's victims demand he tell investigators what he knew about Epstein and his network of wealthy and powerful friends. Read more:…

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A misconduct complaint against the judge who handled the CECOT deportation case has been dismissed

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✨ Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: cecot,deportations,El Salvador,james boasberg ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump's administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The complaint against U.S. District Judge James E. Bossberg on December 19 by Jeffrey S. Sutton, Chief Judge of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, but the matter only came to light over the weekend. Read more: Fact-checking the misleading claims…

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Democrat Christian Menefee wins election to the US House of Representatives in Texas, narrowing the GOP’s slim majority

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💥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Christian Menefee,House of Representatives,texas ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Democrat Christian Menefee won a US House of Representatives seat from Texas in a special election on Saturday that will narrow the already thin Republican majority, telling President Donald Trump that the Democratic district was "throwing out corrupt presidencies." Read more: Texas Democrat Taylor Rahmat flips the Republican Senate seat that Trump won by 17 points Menefee, the Harris County district attorney, won a runoff against Amanda Edwards, a former Houston City Council member. He will replace the…

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WATCH LIVE: House Rules Committee considers Senate funding plan during partial shutdown

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🔥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,Government Shutdown,house rules committee,senate ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: House Speaker Mike Johnson faces a tough few days before he tries to push a federal funding package through and prevent a long, partial government shutdown as debate intensifies over the Trump administration's sweeping immigration enforcement operations. The House Rules Committee meets at 4 p.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. Johnson indicated that he is counting on President Donald Trump's help to ensure its passage. Trump struck a deal with senators to separate…

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British politician Peter Mandelson is facing pressure to withdraw from the House of Lords following the publication of the latest Epstein files

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: britain,epstein files,jeffrey epstein,peter mandelson,united kingdom 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: LONDON (AP) — A year ago, Peter Mandelson was Britain's ambassador to Washington, the latest high-profile post in a difficult but momentous political career. A friendship with Jeffrey Epstein cost him that job. Now, after new revelations, Mandelson - like other powerful men including King Charles III's brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor - faces demands to come clean about his relationship with the late sex offender. Read more: A list of powerful men named in the Epstein files, from Elon…

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