๐ Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: defense spending,military spending,NDAA,pentagon,U.S. military ๐ก **What Youโll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) โ President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed capping military spending at $1.5 trillion in 2027, citing โtroubled and dangerous times.โ Trump called for a massive increase in spending days after he ordered a US military operation to arrest Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and take him out of the country to face drug trafficking charges in the United States. US forces continue to build up in the Caribbean Sea. The military budget for 2026 amounts to $901 billion.…
๐ฅ Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: Department of Homeland Security,immigration and customs enforcement,Kristi Noem,minneapolis,minnesota โ
**What Youโll Learn**: An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist on Wednesday during the Trump administration's latest crackdown on immigration in a major US city. Watch Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in the video player above. The woman was shot during a traffic stop in a residential neighborhood south of downtown Minneapolis, a few blocks from some of the oldest immigrant markets and about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from where…
๐ Check out this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: 2026 State of the Union,Donald Trump news,state of the union ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) โ House Speaker Mike Johnson has invited President Donald Trump to deliver his first State of the Union address of his second term on February 24. Read more: What Trump said in his previous speeches to Congress The invitation sent Wednesday notes that the nation is celebrating the 250th anniversary of America's independence. The call touted the action of Trump and the Republican-led Congress in 2025 and pointed to next…
๐ฅ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: environmental law,national environmental policy act,Trump Administration,White House โ
**What Youโll Learn**: WASHINGTON (AP) โ The Trump administration has finalized a plan to roll back regulations enforcing a landmark environmental law that the White House says unnecessarily delay federal approvals for energy and infrastructure projects. Read more: Trump's order halts offshore wind projects for at least 90 days Wednesday's action by the White House Council on Environmental Quality eliminates regulations under the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires federal agencies to study a project's potential environmental impacts…
โจ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: minneapolis,minnesota,Tim Walz,u.s. immigration and customs enforcement โ
**What Youโll Learn**: An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist on Wednesday during the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown on a major US city โ a shooting that federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but that the city's mayor called "reckless" and unnecessary. Gov. Tim Walz is expected to hold a news conference regarding the shooting. Watch the live stream in the video player above. Videos taken by bystanders and posted on social…
๐ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: Donald Trump news,florida,Gerrymandering,redistricting,ron desantis,Vote 2026 ๐ก **What Youโll Learn**: ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) โ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday he plans to call a special session in April of the Republican-dominated Legislature to draw new congressional districts, joining a redistricting arms race among states that redrawn districts midway through the decade. Although Florida's 2026 legislative session begins next week, DeSantis said he wants to wait for a possible ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. The ruling in Louisiana…
โจ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: minneapolis,minnesota,u.s. immigration and customs enforcement ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) โ A federal agent shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist when she allegedly tried to run over law enforcement officers during an immigration crackdown in the city, authorities said Wednesday. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot the woman in her car in a residential neighborhood in Minneapolis, Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement. The shooting marks a major escalation in the latest in a series of immigration enforcement operations…
๐ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: brooke rollins,dietary guidelines,diets,Make America Healthy Again,nutrition,Robert F. Kennedy Jr โ
**What Youโll Learn**: Americans should eat more whole foods and protein, fewer highly processed foods, and reduce added sugar, according to the latest federal nutrition advice released by the Trump administration on Wednesday. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins created the 2025-2030 U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which provides updated recommendations for a healthy diet and provides the basis for federal nutrition programs and policies. This comes as Kennedy has for…
๐ฅ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: Donald Trump news,oil,venezuela ๐ **What Youโll Learn**: CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) โ President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela will provide 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States, and pledged to use proceeds from the sale of that oil to โbenefit the peopleโ of both countries. The White House is organizing a meeting on Friday with U.S. oil company executives to discuss Venezuela, which the Trump administration is pressing to open its massive but struggling oil industry more broadly to American investment and…
๐ Explore this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐ ๐ **Category**: Donald Trump news,greenland,karoline leavitt,venezuela โ
**What Youโll Learn**: The United States has seized two oil tankers subject to sanctions linked to Venezuela in successive actions in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, officials said Wednesday. White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt is expected to hold a news conference at 11 a.m. EST. Watch the live stream in our video player above. The US European Command announced the seizure of the merchant ship Bella 1 on charges of "violating US sanctions." A Coast Guard ship chased the tanker…
