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Denmark, Greenland envoys meet with White House officials over Trump’s ‘takeover’ call

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🚀 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Denmark,Donald Trump news,greenland,marco rubio 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Denmark and Greenland's envoys to Washington have begun an aggressive effort to urge US lawmakers as well as key officials in the Trump administration to back away from President Donald Trump's call to "take control" of the strategic Arctic island. Denmark's ambassador, Jesper Møller-Sorensen, and Jakob Isbosthesen, Greenland's top representative in Washington, met Thursday with White House National Security Council officials to discuss Trump's renewed push to seize Greenland, possibly by military force, according to Danish government officials…

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WATCH: Minnesota should play a role in investigation into ICE’s killing of Renee Judd, Walz says

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✨ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: ice,ice shooting,immigration and customs enforcement,minneapolis,minnesota,Renee Good,Tim Walz ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz insisted Thursday that Minnesota should play a role in the investigation into the shooting death of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, objecting to the Trump administration's decision to keep the investigation solely in the hands of the federal government. Watch Walz's remarks in the video player above. A day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot Renee Judd in the head as she…

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ICE shooting reinforces Minnesota’s grim role as a target for Trump

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💥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,george floyd,minnesota,Tim Walz ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal officers have faced opposition in nearly all the cities targeted by President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement campaign. But in Minnesota — a state in daily conflict with the Trump administration this year — a 37-year-old woman was shot and killed by an immigration officer. Trump has focused on many blue states in the divide-and-conquer campaign that defined his second term, and now he has turned to Minnesota, where the killing of George Floyd and…

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WATCH: California Governor Newsom delivers his final State of the State address to lawmakers

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🚀 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: california,gavin newsom,State of the State 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state must push back against Republican President Donald Trump's "assault on our values," warning in his final State of the State address Thursday that democracy is at stake. The Democrat, who is eyeing a run for president in 2028, used the speech to defend his record as he approaches the end of eight years leading the nation's most populous state. He highlighted California's work on homelessness, climate policy,…

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Why does Venezuela’s oil matter to the United States?

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✨ Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,nicolas maduro,oil industry,venezuela 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Trump proposed a plan for those companies to return and rebuild the besieged oil industry in Venezuela. It was later announced that Venezuela would provide between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil to the United States, and Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA said it was in negotiations with the US government to sell the crude oil. The administration also "selectively" lifted sanctions to enable the shipment and sale of Venezuelan oil to markets around the world, saying…

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WATCH LIVE: Trump administration submits ballroom plan for review months after construction begins

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🔥 Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: architecture,Donald Trump news,east wing,White House,white house ballroom 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is expected to share details of President Donald Trump's planned ballroom at the National Capital Planning Commission's monthly meeting on Thursday, months after the East Wing was demolished in preparation for construction. The Trump administration is expected to present its hall plan at 1 p.m. EST. Watch the live stream in the video player above. The White House in December submitted its plans for the ballrooms to the commission, one…

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Watch: Representative Steny Hoyer announces retirement in an emotional speech in the House of Representatives

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🔥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,Maryland,Steny Hoyer 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the longest-serving Democrat in Congress who has been a contender for House speaker, announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of his term. Watch Hoyer's speech announcing his retirement in the video player above. Hoyer, who served for years in party leadership and helped guide Democrats through some of their most significant legislative victories, spoke on the House floor about how the Congress he entered in 1981 had changed from…

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WATCH LIVE: Vance joins a press conference at the White House

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🔥 Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,JD Vance,karoline leavitt 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Vice President JD Vance says Denmark "clearly" has not done an adequate job of securing Greenland. Vance is expected to join White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt at a news conference at 1 p.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. In an interview with Fox News, Vance said Trump is "willing to go as far as he can" to defend US interests in the Arctic. Read more: Trump has been invited to deliver…

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The United States aims to assert its control over Venezuelan oil by seizing tankers and global sales

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💥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,nicolas maduro,oil,oil tankers,venezuela 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday sought to assert control over Venezuelan oil, seizing a pair of sanctioned tankers transporting the oil and announcing plans to ease some sanctions so the United States can oversee the sale of Venezuelan oil around the world. He watches: The Senate is expected to vote on a war powers resolution to limit Trump after the raid on Venezuela The Trump administration intends to take control of the distribution…

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WATCH LIVE: Noem holds press conference after deadly ICE shooting in Minneapolis

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💥 Discover this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Department of Homeland Security,Kristi Noem,minneapolis,minnesota ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis was on edge Thursday after a woman was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer involved in the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown, as protesters vented their anger, the governor urged restraint and schools canceled classes as a precaution. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is expected to hold a news conference at 11 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in the video player above. State and local officials have asked ICE to…

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