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WATCH: Trump says Gabbard joined the FBI at Fulton County elections center at Bondi’s ‘insistence’

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🚀 Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Fulton County,georgia,National Prayer Breakfast,Pam Bondi,tulsi gabbard ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: President Donald Trump offered a changed explanation for the presence of Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, during last week's FBI search of the main election center in Fulton County, Georgia. Watch the clip in the video player above. Gabbard said in a letter to lawmakers earlier this week that she attended the inspection at Trump's request. But Trump confirmed Thursday, while speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, that Gabbard "came in at Pam's…

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WATCH: Bescent tells Senate committee it will be the president’s choice whether to sue the Fed chief over interest rates

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💥 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: elizabeth warren,Federal reserve,Jerome Powell,Kevin Warsh,scott bessent,senate,senate banking committee 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Besent said it will be "up to the president" to decide whether or not to sue Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, if he fails to lower interest rates. During his remarks at a private dinner at the elite Alfalfa Club on Saturday night, Trump said he might sue his newly chosen nominee to head the Federal Reserve if he doesn't lower interest rates.…

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Hillary Clinton calls for a public hearing in the House investigation into Epstein

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🔥 Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Bill Clinton,epstein files,Hillary Clinton,James Comer,jeffrey epstein 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have agreed to testify before the House Oversight Committee in its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, but she is now publicly calling for the testimony to be in a public hearing rather than in a closed session. Read more: A list of powerful men named in the Epstein files, from Elon Musk to former Prince Andrew Hillary Clinton addressed the committee's chairman, Republican Rep. James…

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Vance says the Olympics are “one of the few things” that unite Americans

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✨ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 olympics,italy,JD Vance,Milan Cortina Olympics,Sports 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: MILAN (AP) — Vice President J.D. Vance arrived in Milan with his family Thursday, telling American athletes competing in the Milan-Cortina Winter Games that competition “is one of the few things that unites the entire country.” It is Vance's first stop on a journey that combines diplomacy and sports. He is leading President Donald Trump's delegation to the 2026 Winter Olympics and later stops in Armenia and Azerbaijan to show support for the peace deal brokered by the…

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WATCH LIVE: White House briefing may address DHS funding negotiations, National Prayer Breakfast

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🔥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,immigration enforcement,karoline leavitt 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security when it expires unless there are “radical changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies carrying out President Donald Trump’s crackdown on federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota and across the country. White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt is expected to hold a briefing at 2 p.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. It is unclear…

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WATCH: Trump says he ‘maybe should get’ to heaven in wide-ranging remarks during National Prayer Breakfast

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,National Prayer Breakfast,Religion,Thomas Massie ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that his previous hints that he might reach heaven at night were actually just a joke. Watch the full National Prayer Breakfast, including the President's address, in the video player above. In his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, he blamed the media for writing down his exact words about the afterlife, suggesting that his sense of sarcasm did not appear in the reports. It's a tactic Trump often uses…

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UK’s Starmer apologizes to Epstein survivors for making Peter Mandelson ambassador

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🔥 Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: epstein files,jeffrey epstein,Keir Starmer,peter mandelson 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday apologized to Jeffrey Epstein's victims for appointing Peter Mandelson as the U.K.'s ambassador to Washington despite his ties to the disgraced financier. The Prime Minister said Mandelson lied and “portrayed Epstein as someone he barely knew.” Read more: British politician Peter Mandelson resigns from the House of Lords and may face police investigations over his ties to Epstein He told the victims: "I'm sorry. I'm sorry this happened…

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Democrats demand ‘radical changes’ at ICE on masks, cameras and court orders

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🔥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: chuck schumer,Donald Trump news,government funding,Hakeem Jeffries,immigration enforcement,John Thune,U.S. Department of Homeland Security 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are threatening to block funding for the Department of Homeland Security when it expires unless there are “radical changes” and “real accountability” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other law enforcement agencies carrying out President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement push in Minnesota and across the country. reconnaissance: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say ICE has gone too far in its crackdown on immigration Congress is discussing…

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Poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans say ICE has gone too far in its immigration crackdown

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✨ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Alex Pretti,data,Donald Trump news,immigration enforcement,lee miringoff,Marist Poll,nicole good,tom homan ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: A new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll finds that Americans largely disapprove of the actions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as recent enhanced enforcement operations spread to new cities across the country. A majority say ICE makes Americans less safe, and a growing number believe the agency's actions have gone too far. Meanwhile, anti-ICE protests, which have increased in size and visibility in recent weeks, are viewed by a majority of Americans as mostly legitimate…

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Watch: Vance says the US wants to create an important minerals trading bloc to counter China

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💥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: China,JD Vance,marco rubio,Rare Earth Minerals ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration wants to create an important metals trading bloc with its allies that will use tariffs to maintain minimum prices and defend against China's tactic of flooding the market to undercut any potential rivals. Watch in our video player above. Vice President J.D. Vance said Wednesday that the trade war over the past year has exposed how dependent most countries are on critical minerals controlled by China. He watches: Trump announces a plan…

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