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The newspaper says that the FBI searched the home of a Washington Post reporter

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🔥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: classified documents,fbi,Washington Post ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents searched the home of a Washington Post reporter Wednesday as part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of taking government secrets into the home, the newspaper reported. The newspaper said that the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched journalist Hannah Natanson's devices and confiscated a phone and a Garmin watch from her home in Virginia. Natanson covers the Trump administration's transformation of the federal government, and recently published an article describing how she acquired…

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Trump: Anything less than US control of Greenland is unacceptable

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✨ Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Denmark,Donald Trump news,greenland,JD Vance 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: NUK, Greenland (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that NATO must help the United States get Greenland and anything less than putting the island in U.S. hands is unacceptable, hours before Vice President J.D. Vance hosted Danish and Greenlandic officials for talks. In a post on his social media site, Trump repeated his argument that the United States “needs Greenland for the purpose of national security.” "NATO has to lead the way for us to get it," he…

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Top central bankers support Fed Chair Powell in ‘full solidarity’ in clash with Trump

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🚀 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Department of Justice,Donald Trump news,Federal reserve,Jerome Powell ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Central bankers from around the world said Tuesday they "stand in full solidarity" with U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, after President Donald Trump dramatically escalated his standoff with the Fed with the Justice Department investigating and threatening to bring criminal charges. The statement, signed by nine national central bank heads, including European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey, said Powell “acted with integrity, focused on…

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Watch: Trump attacks the Federal Reserve in his speech to the Detroit Economic Club

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✨ Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: automakers,Dearborn,detroit,Donald Trump news,ford,Michigan 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: US President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Reserve during a speech in Detroit on Thursday. Watch the full speech in the video player above. The president essentially accused the Fed of stealing his joy by not being optimistic about cutting interest rates. Read more: Trump is scheduled to visit the Ford plant and promote manufacturing in Detroit “If you announce big numbers, they raise interest rates,” Trump said in his speech. “When the market goes up, they have to lower…

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Protesters and federal agents frequently clash in Minnesota

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: minneapolis,minnesota,Renee Good,u.s. immigration and customs enforcement 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers dropped tear gas and sprayed eye irritants on activists in Minneapolis on Tuesday as students walked out of a suburban school to protest the Trump administration's bold immigration crackdowns. The government crackdown then heads to federal court, where the state of Minnesota and two mayors are asking a judge to immediately suspend the operation. A hearing on the request has not been scheduled. Read more: Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the…

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Stop attacking the Fed and credit card industry, Wall Street executives warn Trump

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🚀 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: banks,credt cards,Donald Trump news,Federal reserve,wall street 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: NEW YORK (AP) — Until this week, Wall Street had generally benefited from the Trump administration's policies and been supportive of the president. That relationship suddenly became strained. When President Donald Trump signed the big, beautiful bill into law in July, it pushed through another big round of tax cuts and also cut the budget of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a sometimes nemesis of the banking industry, by nearly half. Bank regulators during the Trump era…

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Claudette Colvin, who helped spark the civil rights movement by refusing to move bus seats, has died at the age of 86

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✨ Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: civil rights activists,in memoriam,obituaries ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped ignite the modern civil rights movement, has died. She was 86 years old. Her death was announced Tuesday by the Claudette Colvin Legacy Foundation. The organization's Ashley D. Roseboro confirmed that she died in Texas. Read more: Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor and sister of Anne Frank, has died at the age of 96 Colvin was arrested months before…

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The Smithsonian faces a deadline to show Trump its plans for exhibitions to mark America’s 250th birthday.

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🚀 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,history,Smithsonian,smithsonian institution 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian Institution faced a deadline Tuesday to detail its plans to celebrate the country's 250th birthday, part of President Donald Trump's sweeping effort to remove negativity from the stories Americans tell about their history. Trump has previously threatened to fund the Smithsonian if it continues to promote what he sees as “divisive narratives.” A cornerstone of American culture, the institution operates 21 museums and zoos that are among Washington's most popular tourist destinations. He watches:…

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WATCH LIVE: Alabama Governor Kay Ivey delivers the 2026 State of the State address

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🚀 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: alabama,Kay Ivey,State of the State ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Gov. Kay Ivey will deliver her ninth and final State of the State address on Tuesday as the Alabama Legislature begins its 2026 regular session. Alabama Public Television will broadcast the speech, with special coverage from the Capitol Journal beginning at 5:30 PM CST (6:30 PM EST). Watch the live stream in our video player above. In her final year as governor, Ivey is likely to address topics that will shape her legacy in office,…

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The BBC is asking the court to dismiss Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit over his January 6 speech

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🚀 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: BBC,Donald Trump news,Jan 6 ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: LONDON (AP) — The BBC plans to ask a court to throw out US President Donald Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC, court papers show. Trump filed a lawsuit in December over the way the BBC edited a speech he gave on January 6, 2021. The lawsuit filed in a federal court in Florida seeks $5 billion in damages for defamation and $5 billion in unfair business practices. The speech came before some Trump supporters stormed the US…

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