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WATCH: Leavitt questions whether Gov. Walz’s offer to talk to Trump is ‘real’

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💥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,karoline leavitt,minnesota,Tim Walz,White House 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said Thursday she was "not sure" whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's calls to speak with President Donald Trump directly about the unrest in Minnesota were a "real show." Watch Levitt's remarks in the video player above. Her answer came in response to a question from PBS News White House correspondent Liz Landers about Walz's attempts to reach the president, and why the two leaders did not speak if there was a…

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Trump is scheduled to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Machado

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🔥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Maria Corina Machado,venezuela ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Thursday at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, whose political party is widely believed to have won a 2024 election that former President Nicolas Maduro rejected before the U.S. arrested him in a daring military raid this month. Less than two weeks after US forces arrested Maduro and his wife at a high-security compound in Caracas and brought them to New York…

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Judge clears way for New York offshore wind project, handing industry another victory against Trump

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🔥 Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: New York,offshore wind,wind power 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday cleared the way for an offshore wind project in New York to resume construction, a victory for the developer who said a Trump administration order pausing it would likely kill the project within days. District Judge Carl J. Nichols, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that construction on the Empire Wind project can move forward while he weighs the merits of the government ordering the project to be suspended. He…

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Federal judges are allowing California to use the new U.S. House map before the 2026 midterm elections

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✨ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: california,congressional maps,congressional redistricting,elections,proposition 50,U.S. House,Vote 2026 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California can use a new voter-approved U.S. House map designed to boost Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections, a three-judge federal panel ruled Wednesday. In a 2-1 ruling, a three-judge panel in Los Angeles rejected requests from state Republicans and the US Department of Justice to block the map from being used in upcoming elections. The complaint accused California of violating the Constitution by using race as a factor to favor Hispanic…

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WATCH LIVE: White House news briefing may address Machado meeting and Insurrection Act threat

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💥 Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,karoline leavitt,minnesota,venezuela 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy the military in Minneapolis on Thursday. White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt is expected to hold a briefing at 1 p.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. Trump made the threat after a federal officer trying to arrest a man shot a man in the leg on Wednesday after he was attacked with a shovel and broom. The incident intensified the feeling of fear…

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Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minneapolis

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🔥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Insurrection Act,Jacob Frey,minneapolis,minnesota,Renee Good,Tim Walz 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell ongoing protests against federal officers who were sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown. The president's threat comes a day after a federal immigration officer shot and wounded a Minneapolis man after he attacked the officer with a shovel and broom. This shooting heightened the fear and anger that has spread throughout the Minnesota…

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Trump administration investigating Senator Slotkin over Democrat video urging troops to resist ‘unlawful orders’

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🚀 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,elissa slotkin,fbi,Mark Kelly,Military ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin has been notified that the Trump administration is investigating her after she organized and appeared in a video with other Democrats urging military service members to resist “unlawful orders.” Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, first revealed to the New York Times that prosecutors were investigating her. A person familiar with the situation who was not authorized to speak about it publicly confirmed the matter to The Associated Press. He watches: Senator…

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WATCH: Coomer says contempt charges come after Clinton skipped Epstein investigative depositions

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🔥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Bill Clinton,contempt of congress,epstein files,Hillary Rodham Clinton,James Comer,jeffrey epstein ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Hillary Rodham Clinton defied a House subpoena to testify about Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday. Watch Rep. James Comer's press conference in the video player above. The former Democratic Secretary of State did not attend the scheduled testimony before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday morning, despite Republican threats to accuse her and former President Bill Clinton of contempt of Congress. Read more: Clinton refuses to testify in the House investigation into Epstein The Clintons…

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Watch: Senate Republicans defeat the war powers resolution in Venezuela, and yield to Trump’s pressure

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🚀 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,senate,venezuela,war powers 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans voted Wednesday to reject a war powers resolution that would have limited President Donald Trump's ability to launch further attacks on Venezuela after two GOP senators reversed course on supporting the legislation. Watch the Senate vote in the video player above. Trump exerted intense pressure on five Republican senators who joined Democrats to push the resolution last week and ultimately succeeded in avoiding passage of the legislation. Two Republicans — Sens. Josh Hawley of…

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Watch: Trump claims the killing of Iranian protesters has “stopped” even as Tehran indicates executions will be carried out

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he made a vague statement that he was told "with good authority" that plans to carry out executions in Iran have been halted, even as Tehran signaled speedy trials and executions in its crackdown on protesters. Watch Trump's remarks in the video player above. The US President's claims, which come with few details, come as he has told Iranians protesting in recent days that "help is on the way" and that…

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