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Fact-checking Trump’s claim that anti-ICE protesters are ‘paid instigators and insurrectionists’

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💥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Fact Checks,politifact,protests 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. As crowds of people in Minnesota protest increased immigration enforcement passed by the Trump administration, President Donald Trump and some of his allies have repeatedly described the protesters as hired guns. He watches: Thousands brave the bitter cold at an “ICE Out” protest in the Twin Cities “The thugs who are protesting include many highly paid professional agitators and anarchists,” he said on January 18 on Truth Social. “They are instigators and…

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Fact-checking FBI Director Patel’s claim that weapons are banned at protests

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🚀 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Fact Checks,gun rights,Kash Patel,politifact,protests,second amendment 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. After the shooting death of Alex Peretti, a concealed carry permit holder, the debate over gun rights added a new layer to the federal government's aggressive immigration enforcement activity in Minneapolis. Senior Trump administration officials said Pretty was carrying a gun and ammunition, so he planned to assassinate law enforcement. The day after Preeti's murder, FBI Director Kash Patel discussed the case on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures." "You can't bring…

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Judge finds redistricting resolution introduced by Virginia Democrats illegal on technical grounds

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🔥 Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Gerrymandering,redistricting,virginia ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia judge ruled Tuesday that a proposed constitutional amendment allowing Democrats to redraw the state's congressional maps is illegal, potentially thwarting their efforts to gain seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in November. Tazewell Circuit Court Judge Jack Hurley Jr. wrote in a court order that the constitutional amendment proposed by lawmakers was invalid due to a technicality under state law that stipulates that such proposals must be passed and published by the clerk's office at…

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The response to Preeti’s killing highlights the challenges the Trump administration faces with confidence and credibility

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🚀 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Alex Pretti,Credibility,Trump Administration 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bill Cassidy didn't simply criticize the anti-immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. In the wake of the killing of Alex Jeffrey Peretti at the hands of a US Border Patrol agent, the Louisiana Republican warned of broader ramifications for the federal government. “The credibility of ICE and DHS is at stake,” Cassidy wrote in a social media post, referring to ICE and DHS. "There must be a full, joint federal and state investigation. We can trust the…

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WATCH LIVE: Rubio testifies at a Senate hearing on US policy toward Venezuela

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✨ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: marco rubio,senate,senate foreign relations committee,venezuela 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Secretary of State Marco Rubio will testify Wednesday at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on U.S. policy toward Venezuela. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in the video player above. The hearing comes a week after the House rejected a Democratic-backed resolution that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending US military forces to Venezuela after a tied vote on the legislation fell just short of the…

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Experts say Trump’s use of AI images further erodes public trust

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🔥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: AI,artificial intelligence,Donald Trump news 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Trump administration has not been shy about sharing artificial intelligence-generated images online, embracing cartoon-like images and memes and promoting them on official White House channels. But the doctored — and realistic — photo of civil rights attorney Nikema Levy Armstrong crying after her arrest raises new alarms about how the administration is blurring the lines between what's real and what's fake. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's account posted the original photo from Levi Armstrong's…

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Alex Peretti’s killing confounds Trump’s Second Amendment politics

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Alex Pretti,Donald Trump news,minnesota,NRA,second amendment,stephen miller 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Prominent Republicans and gun rights advocates helped spark a White House coup this week after angering that the administration described Alex Peretti, the second person killed this month by a federal officer in Minneapolis, as responsible for his death because he legally owned a gun. The death did not result in clear shifts in US gun policies or policy, even as President Donald Trump has replaced the lieutenants in charge of his military crackdown on immigration. But…

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Trump’s campaign against immigration led to a decline in the population growth rate in the United States last year

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🔥 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,immigration,population growth,U.S. Census Bureau 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration has contributed to a year-over-year decline in the country's growth rate as the U.S. population reaches nearly 342 million people in 2025, according to population estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The 0.5% growth rate for 2025 was a sharp decline from the 2024 growth rate of nearly 1%, which was the highest since 2001 and was driven by migration. Estimates in 2024 indicate that…

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WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers speech on energy and economy as fallout from Minnesota shooting continues

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🚀 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: affordability,Donald Trump news,Iowa,minneapolis,minnesota,Vote 2026 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump heads to Iowa on Tuesday as part of the White House's midyear pivot toward affordability, even as his administration remains mired in fallout in Minneapolis over the second fatal shooting by federal immigration officers this month. While in Iowa, the Republican president will stop by a local business and then give a speech about affordability, White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said. These remarks will be held at the Horizon…

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AP Report: ICE agents will assist with security at Milan-Cortina Olympics

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🚀 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 winter olympics,italy,Milan Cortina Olympics,Sports,u.s. immigration and customs enforcement ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: MILAN (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, according to information sources at the U.S. Embassy in Rome shared with local media. The Associated Press independently confirmed this information with two embassy officials. Officials who confirmed ICE's involvement said Tuesday that federal ICE agents will support diplomatic security details and will not run any immigration enforcement operations. Guide to the…

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