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WATCH LIVE: Noem testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on DHS surveillance

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💥 Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Department of Homeland Security,house judiciary committee,Kristi Noem 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday agreed to temporarily suspend the latest version of a Trump administration policy that requires members of Congress to provide a week's notice before they can visit immigration detention facilities. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday at 9 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. U.S. District Judge Gia Cobb in Washington ruled that a…

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The Supreme Court reserves only a GOP-controlled congressional district in New York City for the 2026 election

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🚀 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congressional districts,New York,New York City,Supreme Court,Vote 2026 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday sided with Republicans in ruling that the boundaries of New York City's only GOP-controlled congressional district do not need to be redrawn for the 2026 election, despite the court's ruling that the district is unfair to Black and Hispanic residents. Read more: Judge hits district boundaries for New York City's only Republican House seat Over the court's dissent from the court's three liberal justices, the conservative majority…

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What to expect in North Carolina’s midterm primaries

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💥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Michael Whatley,North Carolina,Roy Cooper,Thom Tillis,Vote 2026 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — North Carolina voters will narrow the field of candidates Tuesday in a competitive U.S. Senate race that could decide control of the closely divided chamber in November. The ballot also includes contested primaries for the U.S. House, Senate, state House of Representatives and state Court of Appeals. Even before Republican Senator Thom Tillis announced his retirement last June, North Carolina offered Democrats one of the few opportunities to flip a Republican-controlled seat in a…

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Watch: The “Freedom Plane” carrying key American founding documents takes off on a national tour

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💥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: America 250,history,national archives 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Some of the United States' most important historical documents begin a first-of-its-kind journey on Monday as part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the country's founding. Watch a Freedom Plane event in our video player above. Usually kept in tightly controlled vaults under the watchful eye of preservation experts at the National Archives, documents such as the Treaty of Paris of 1783 that officially ended the Revolutionary War and the Statute of 1774 that urged colonists to…

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Arizona Senator Gallego endorses Maine Senate candidate Graham Blatner

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🚀 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Democrats,graham platner,maine,Ruben Gallego,senate,Vote 2026 ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine Democrat Graham Blattner has picked up another high-profile endorsement in his bid to flip a key Senate seat blue, marking another sign of the oyster farmer and veteran fighter's political resilience even as he continues to face controversy throughout his campaign. Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego announced Monday that he is backing Blatner, saying the first-time nominee "reflects the determination and independence that defines Maine." “Graham Blatner is the kind of fighter Maine…

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LISTEN LIVE: The Supreme Court is considering whether marijuana and other drug users may possess firearms

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✨ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: firearms,gun rights,guns,Marijuana,second amendment,Supreme Court ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun rights and cannabis legalization are usually on opposite ends of the political spectrum, but both movements have created seismic shifts in the United States in recent decades. Supreme Court arguments are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. Now these forces are lining up for a rare overlap in a case that will go before the Supreme Court on Monday, and this is not the only…

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The war expands in the Middle East, as Israeli and American planes bomb Iran and Tehran, and its agents respond

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✨ Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Iran,iran attacks,Israel ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The war in the Middle East escalated Monday as Israel and the United States bombed Iran. Tehran and its allies retaliated against Israel and neighboring Gulf states, targets vital to the world's oil and natural gas production. The intensity of the attacks, the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the lack of any clear exit plan indicate that the conflict will not end anytime soon. It has already had far-reaching consequences: Middle…

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What do you know about the joint American-Israeli attacks on Iran?

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💥 Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Iran,iran attacks,Israel,middle east,Strait of Hormuz 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: The war in the Middle East expanded on multiple fronts on Monday as attacks by Iran and Iranian-backed militias hit Israel and Arab countries as well as US military targets in the region. The US military said that Kuwait "accidentally shot down" three American fighter planes during a combat mission, although the six pilots emerged safely and were in stable condition. Read more: Hegseth insists that the Iranian conflict is “not Iraq” and “is not endless.”…

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Trump has spent years mocking foreign entanglements. Now, he has taken the United States to war with Iran

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: America first,Donald Trump news,Iran,iran attacks,middle east 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has led the United States into war with Iran despite decades of stated aversion to foreign involvement, particularly in the Middle East, and repeated pledges to focus primarily on the Western Hemisphere with an “America First” agenda. Trump's attribution for joining Israel in the attacks on Iranian leadership, military and critical infrastructure this weekend was that Iran poses imminent and unacceptable risks to the interests of the United States and its…

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Hegseth insists that the Iranian conflict is “not Iraq” and “is not endless.”

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💥 Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: dan caine,Iran,iran attacks,pete hegseth ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday addressed growing concerns that U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a long-running regional conflict by declaring, "This is not Iraq. This is not endless." He watches: War with Iran | A special report for PBS News Hegseth, along with Gen. Dan Keane, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Air Force, held the Trump administration's first news conference since Saturday's strikes. President Donald Trump, although he has…

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