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22 candidates are vying in Georgia to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress

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✨ Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: georgia,Marjorie Taylor Greene 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: ATLANTA (AP) — A prosecutor, a state senator and a garbage trucking entrepreneur are among 22 candidates vying to succeed former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for a Georgia congressional seat. He watches: Marjorie Taylor Greene talks about President Trump as she prepares to leave Congress A total of 17 Republicans had filed to run for the seat by the time qualifying closed on Wednesday, as did three Democrats, a liberal and an independent. The candidates will compete on the…

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WATCH: Levitt says Trump was ‘simply kidding’ about overturning election

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 Midterms,Donald Trump news,karoline leavitt,White House 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Asked about a comment President Donald Trump made earlier this week about canceling the US midterm elections, White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said he was "talking disingenuously." Watch Levitt's remarks in the video player above. "The president was simply joking," Leavitt said. He added: "He was saying, 'We're doing a great job, we're doing everything the American people thought about, and maybe we should keep working.'" Leavitt also said at Thursday's press conference that "only" Trump…

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Watch LIVE: Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s 2026 State of the State Address

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🔥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: brian kemp,georgia,State of the State 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp will deliver his final State of the State address Thursday before a joint session of the state General Assembly. The governor will set priorities for his administration's final legislative session. Georgia Public Radio is broadcasting the address. Watch the live stream in the video player above. Kemp gave a preview of his final budget priorities and pointed to some of his administration's accomplishments during the Georgia Egg and Egg Chamber of Commerce's…

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Watch: Levitt says every American with health insurance will see lower costs under Trump’s plan

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✨ Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,health insurance,karoline leavitt,White House 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the outlines of a health care plan he wants Congress to adopt as Republicans face mounting pressure to address rising health care costs after lawmakers allowed subsidies to expire. Watch White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt's remarks in the video player above. The cornerstone is his proposal to send money directly to Americans for health savings accounts so they can handle insurance and health costs as they see…

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Fewer than expected Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, as layoffs remain low

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💥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: hiring,jobless claims,jobs,Labor Department,layoffs,unemployment 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as U.S. layoffs remain low despite growing concern about a weak labor market. The Labor Department reported Thursday that U.S. jobless claims for the week ending Jan. 10 fell by 9,000 to 198,000, down from 207,000 the previous week. That number was well below the 215,000 figure expected by analysts polled by data firm FactSet. Read more: Slow hiring caps off a frustrating year for job seekers Claims…

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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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