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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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Michael Reagan, President Reagan’s eldest son, dies at the age of 80

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🔥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: in memoriam,obituaries,Ronald Reagan ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Reagan, President Ronald Reagan's eldest son and a conservative commentator, has died. He was 80 years old. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute announced his death in a post on the social media platform “Michael Reagan lived a life shaped by conviction, purpose, and enduring devotion to the ideals of President Reagan,” the foundation said. The cause of his death was not immediately announced. “Michael was called home to be with the Lord…

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Trump officials are giving Iowa flexibility with federal education money. More countries could follow

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🔥 Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: department of education,Donald Trump news,Iowa,Linda McMahon 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is giving Iowa more power to decide how to spend federal education money, signing a proposal expected to be the first of many as conservative states seek a new domain from the White House that promises to “bring education back to the states.” He watches: How the Trump administration is dramatically reshaping education in America Iowa was the first state to apply for an exemption from some spending rules after Education…

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5 things on Congress’s agenda right now

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: congress,Government Shutdown,health care,medicare,Mike Johnson,social security,venezuela 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: For more political coverage and analysis, subscribe to Here's the Deal, our weekly political newsletter, here. Just three days later, the year 2026 brilliantly announced itself as a Bravo Housewife. The arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and President Donald Trump's pledge that the United States would "run" the country changed history in the Western Hemisphere. We are at the beginning of this story. But this is not the only pressing issue for our lawmakers. We thought it…

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News Cover: DeSantis calls special session to redraw Florida’s congressional maps

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: news wrap 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: In our news wrap on Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called a special session to redraw the congressional maps, and the House Oversight Committee heard from Minnesota Republicans who claimed state officials resisted efforts to address systemic fraud and delayed charging Nick Reiner in the killing of his parents after his prominent attorney was replaced by a public defender. Amna Nawaz: We start off today's other headlines with rising political tensions over fraud schemes in Minnesota. Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky): No,…

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The United States will leave 66 international organizations as Trump withdraws from global cooperation

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🔥 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics 📖 📂 **Category**: Climate Change,Donald Trump news,United Nations ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will withdraw from dozens of international organizations, including the U.N. population agency and the U.N. treaty establishing international climate negotiations, as the United States retreats further from global cooperation. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organizations, agencies and committees, following his administration's review of engagement and funding for all international organizations, including those associated with the United Nations, according to a White House…

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