Politics

WATCH LIVE: Duffy and TSA officials hold a news briefing on holiday travel

WATCH LIVE: Duffy and TSA officials hold a news briefing on holiday travel

๐Ÿš€ Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: sean duffy,tsa ๐Ÿ’ก Main takeaway: The Transportation Security Administration is renewing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's push to end a collective bargaining agreement with airport screening officers โ€” the second such attempt this year, just one month after the longest government shutdown on record. Duffy is scheduled to speak at 10 a.m. ET. Watch in the player above. The agency said Friday that the move builds on a September memo from Noem โ€” issued months after a federal judge blocked her earlier guidance โ€” that said TSA…
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A poll shows that Americans are more dissatisfied with Trump’s handling of the economy than ever before

A poll shows that Americans are more dissatisfied with Trump’s handling of the economy than ever before

โœจ Discover this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: data,inflation,Marist Poll,polls,prices ๐Ÿ’ก Key idea: A new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll shows that Americans give President Donald Trump his worst approval ratings ever for his handling of the economy, while also expressing concerns about the cost of living, health care prices and personal finances. 57% of Americans disapprove of the way Trump is handling the economy, which was once seen as one of the president's strengths. 36% say the president is doing a good job, the lowest level this poll found during his two terms in office. 57%…
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Trump will attend the dignified transfer of two National Guard members killed in Syria

Trump will attend the dignified transfer of two National Guard members killed in Syria

๐Ÿ’ฅ Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,Military,Syria ๐Ÿ“Œ Key idea: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” President Donald Trump will travel to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday to conduct a dignified transfer of two Iowa National Guard members killed in an attack in the Syrian desert that is testing the rapprochement between Washington and Damascus. The two guards killed in the attack that occurred on Saturday were Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, according to the U.S. Army. Both were…
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Hegseth says he will not publicly release video of the boat attack that killed survivors in the Caribbean

Hegseth says he will not publicly release video of the boat attack that killed survivors in the Caribbean

๐Ÿ”ฅ Discover this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Boat Strikes,Caribbean,pete hegseth ๐Ÿ’ก Main takeaway: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” The Pentagon will not publicly release unedited video of a strike that killed two survivors of an initial attack on a boat allegedly carrying cocaine in the Caribbean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday. Hegseth said members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees would have the opportunity this week to review the video, but he did not say whether all members of Congress would be allowed to see it, even as the defense policy bill calls…
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WATCH LIVE: Johnson and Jeffries lead the unveiling of a statue of civil rights activist Barbara Rose Jones

WATCH LIVE: Johnson and Jeffries lead the unveiling of a statue of civil rights activist Barbara Rose Jones

๐Ÿš€ Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Barbara Rose Johns,congress,Robert E. Lee โœ… Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: Starting Tuesday, the U.S. Capitol will display a statue of teenager Barbara Rose Jones protesting poor conditions at her segregated high school in Virginia, an obvious replacement for the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed several years ago. Jones' statue will be unveiled at 3 p.m. ET. Watch in the player above. The unveiling ceremony for the statue representing Virginia will be held in the Capitol building in Emancipation Hall, with the participation…
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How Trump’s business deal with a cryptocurrency company reveals a potential conflict of interest

How Trump’s business deal with a cryptocurrency company reveals a potential conflict of interest

๐Ÿš€ Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: crypto,Cryptocurrencies,Donald Trump news ๐Ÿ“Œ Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” Crypto.com was under siege. For more than a year, the company has been under investigation by the Democratic administration of President Joe Biden, as part of an aggressive push to regulate the largely unregulated cryptocurrency industry. Financial regulators have told the company that enforcement action is likely. Then Donald Trump won the 2024 election, and the company's legal risks dissipated. Crypto.com boosted spending on a lobbyist close to Trump and donated $11 million to political committees…
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Susie Wells, Trump’s chief of staff, criticizes Bondi’s handling of the Epstein files in an interview with Vanity Fair

Susie Wells, Trump’s chief of staff, criticizes Bondi’s handling of the Epstein files in an interview with Vanity Fair

๐Ÿš€ Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,jeffrey epstein,Pam Bondi,Susie Wiles โœ… Key idea: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” President Donald Trump's easy-going but poignant chief of staff, Susie Wiles, criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, offering a candid view of her boss and those in his orbit in a series of remarks published Tuesday in Vanity Fair. The magazine's two-part profile on Wiles immediately sent shock waves through Washington as the West Wing was sent in for damage control. The first woman ever to hold her current…
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Trump broke news of Brown’s shooting and Reiner’s killing before the details were known, echoing others who later took the fact-checking approach

Trump broke news of Brown’s shooting and Reiner’s killing before the details were known, echoing others who later took the fact-checking approach

๐Ÿš€ Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: brown university,Donald Trump news,Fact Checks,Kash Patel,politifact,Providence,Rob Reiner ๐Ÿ’ก Key idea: This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. On a weekend marked by tragedy, President Donald Trump was quick to share what he knew, even if his information was ultimately proven wrong. He watches: Providence officials provide new videos of the suspect in the Brown University shooting On December 13, after a gunman opened fire at Brown University, killing two people and wounding nine before evading capture, Trump posted on Truth Social that "FBI is on scene. Suspect is…
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WATCH LIVE: Vance delivers remarks in Allentown, Pennsylvania, touting Trump’s economic agenda

WATCH LIVE: Vance delivers remarks in Allentown, Pennsylvania, touting Trump’s economic agenda

๐Ÿš€ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: JD Vance,Pennsylvania ๐Ÿ“Œ Main takeaway: WASHINGTON (AP) โ€” The United States gained 64,000 good jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as federal workers left after cuts made by the Trump administration, the government said in late reports. Vance is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. ET. Watch in the player above. The unemployment rate rose to 4.6% last month, the highest level since 2021. Job gains in November were higher than economists' expectations of 40,000. The October job losses resulted from a 162,000 decline in…
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Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of deceptive defamatory practices in editing his January 6 speech.

Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of deceptive defamatory practices in editing his January 6 speech.

๐Ÿ”ฅ Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: BBC,Donald Trump news,January 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ Main takeaway: Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), accusing the BBC of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair business practices. The 33-page suit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a "false, defamatory, deceptive, insulting, inflammatory and malicious portrayal of President Trump," calling it a "brazen attempt to interfere and influence" the 2024 US presidential election. It accused the BBC of "linking two completely separate…
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