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WATCH: Trump blames Democrats for rural health care struggles at roundtable event

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🚀 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,health care,rural health,rural health transformation program ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: US President Donald Trump used a rural health care event at the White House on Friday to level sharp criticism at former President Barack Obama and Democrats. Watch the event in the video player above. The president quickly turned his rural health care forum into a grievance session against Democrats and a boasting session about the votes he received in rural America. "All I care about is the rural community... We take care of these…

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The prayer leader in Iran and the believers call for the execution of the demonstrators, a red line for Trump

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🔥 Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: ayatollah ahmad khatami,Donald Trump news,Iran,iran protests ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami's sermon, broadcast on Iranian state radio, sparked chants among those gathered for prayer, including: "Armed hypocrites must be killed!" The executions, as well as the killings of peaceful protesters, are two of Trump's red lines for possible military action against Iran over the protests, which began on December 28 over Iran's faltering economy and quickly turned into protests that directly challenge the country's theocracy. He watches: Trump threatens to intervene in Iran if the…

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WATCH LIVE: Abigail Spanberger is inaugurated as Virginia’s first female governor

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💥 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: abigail spanberger,inauguration,virginia 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: History will be made in Virginia on Saturday, as Abigail Spanberger is sworn in as the state's first female governor. VPM will broadcast the opening ceremony, with coverage beginning at 11:20 a.m. EST. Watch it live in our video player above. Spanberger will be inaugurated as the state's 75th governor at noon in the South Portico of the Virginia State Capitol in downtown Richmond. Government-elect Ghazala Hashmi and Attorney-General-elect Jay Jones will also be sworn in. Following the ceremony, there will…

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In their words: Greenlanders talk about Trump wanting to own their Arctic island

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🔥 Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Denmark,Donald Trump news,greenland 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: NUK, Greenland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has turned the Arctic island of Greenland into a geopolitical hotspot with his claims to it and suggestions that the United States might seize it by force. Read more: European troops arrive in Greenland as talks with US highlight 'disagreement' over island's future The island is a semi-autonomous region of Denmark, and the Danish Foreign Minister said Wednesday after a meeting at the White House that a “fundamental disagreement” remains with Trump…

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Trump is considering imposing tariffs on countries if they do not support US control of Greenland

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💥 Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,greenland,tariffs ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump suggested Friday that he might punish countries with tariffs if they do not support U.S. control of Greenland, a message that came as a bipartisan congressional delegation sought to ease tensions in the Danish capital. He watches: How Denmark views Trump's threats to seize Greenland Trump has insisted for months that the United States should control Greenland, a semi-autonomous region of NATO ally Denmark, and said earlier this week that anything…

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Defense Department says military newspaper Stars and Stripes must eliminate ‘distractions’

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🚀 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: department of defense,pete hegseth,Stars and Stripes 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: The Pentagon announced Thursday that it will change the Stars and Stripes, an independent military newspaper, to focus on “reporting by our warfighters” and no longer include “distractions.” This letter, contained in a social media post from Defense Minister Pete Hegseth's spokesman, is short on details and does not mention the media's legacy of independence from government and military leadership. This comes a day after The Washington Post reported that job applicants at Stars and Stripes were…

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Delcy Rodriguez calls for opening the oil industry to foreign investment and strengthening US relations

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💥 Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Delcy Rodriguez,nicholas maduro,oil,venezuela ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: Under pressure from the United States to cooperate with its plans to reshape Venezuela's sanctioned oil industry, Maduro's former vice president announced that "a new policy is being shaped in Venezuela." She urged foreign diplomats in attendance to tell investors abroad about the changes and called on lawmakers to approve oil sector reforms that would secure foreign companies' access to Venezuela's vast reserves. “Venezuela, which has free trade relations with the world, can sell the products of its energy industry,”…

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Watch the live broadcast: Maria Corina Machado holds a press conference after presenting the Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump

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🔥 Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Donald Trump news,Maria Corina Machado ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holds a news conference Friday, a day after she presented the Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump at the White House. The press conference is expected to begin at 11 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in the player above. The gift came at a time when Trump questioned Machado's credibility to rule her country after the United States ousted then-President Nicolas Maduro. The Nobel Institute said…

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Senators launched a cross-party effort to end stock trading by lawmakers

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💥 Explore this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Ashley Moody,kirsten gillibrand,senate,stock trading,stocks 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — Two senators from opposing parties are joining forces in a renewed effort to block members of Congress from trading stocks, an effort that has broad public support but has repeatedly stalled on Capitol Hill. Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Republican Sen. Ashley Moody of Florida plan on Thursday to introduce legislation, first shared with The Associated Press, that would bar lawmakers and their immediate family members from trading or owning individual stocks. He…

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The Department of Homeland Security says a federal officer shot a person in the leg after being attacked during a Minneapolis arrest

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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) — A federal officer shot a man in the leg in Minneapolis after he was attacked with a shovel and broom while trying to arrest a man Wednesday, officials said. Smoke filled the street near the site of the shooting as federal officers and protesters fought. A group of officers wearing gas masks and helmets fired tear gas and grenades into a small crowd while protesters threw snowballs and chanted "Our streets." Watch live: The…

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