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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

🚀 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: crypto,Cryptocurrencies,Donald Trump news 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: WASHINGTON (AP) — 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

🚀 Check out this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,jeffrey epstein,Pam Bondi,Susie Wiles âś… Key idea: WASHINGTON (AP) — 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

🚀 Discover this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: brown university,Donald Trump news,Fact Checks,Kash Patel,politifact,Providence,Rob Reiner đź’ˇ 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

🚀 Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: JD Vance,Pennsylvania 📌 Main takeaway: WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

🔥 Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: BBC,Donald Trump news,January 6 📌 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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The United States gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as the unemployment rate rose to 4.6%.

The United States gained 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October as the unemployment rate rose to 4.6%.

🔥 Read this awesome post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: Economy,hiring,jobs report,tariffs,unemployment đź’ˇ Here’s what you’ll learn: WASHINGTON (AP) — 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. Read more: The economy is giving mixed signals. Here's what experts say they mean The unemployment rate rose to 4.6%, the highest since 2021. Job creation numbers for October and November, released by the Labor Department on Tuesday, were delayed by the 43-day federal government shutdown.…
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WATCH: Trump defends response to Rob Reiner’s killing despite GOP criticism

WATCH: Trump defends response to Rob Reiner’s killing despite GOP criticism

đź’Ą Check out this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,Rob Reiner 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday blamed Rob Reiner's outspoken opposition to the president for the killing of the actor and director, making a baseless claim in a shocking post that seemed intent on denouncing his opponents even in the face of tragedy. The statement, even for Trump, was a shocking comment that came at a time when police were still investigating the death of the director and his wife, Michelle Singer Reiner, as an…
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DOJ and California go to court over new congressional map designed to favor Democrats

DOJ and California go to court over new congressional map designed to favor Democrats

✨ Check out this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: california,congressional redistricting,Department of Justice,texas 📌 Here’s what you’ll learn: LOS ANGELES (AP) — The fight over California's new congressional map designed to help Democrats flip House of Representatives congressional seats will move to court Monday as a panel of federal judges considers whether district boundaries approved by voters last month can be used in the election. The hearing in Los Angeles sets the stage for a high-stakes legal and political battle between the Trump administration and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is eyeing a run for…
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Sen. Ruben Gallego stands out as a key Democrat in reaching out to Latino voters

Sen. Ruben Gallego stands out as a key Democrat in reaching out to Latino voters

đź’Ą Read this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: arizona,Democrats,politics,Ruben Gallego 📌 Key idea: MIAMI (AP) — On a warm Sunday morning in Miami, Sen. Ruben Gallego got out of the car and approached parishioners who were emerging from church under palm trees, handing out flyers in this Dominican neighborhood. Gallego left some of his staff behind while rallying support for a fellow Democrat who is running to be the next mayor of the majority-Hispanic city. “Lots of enthusiasm,” he told churchgoers, which is Spanish for “nice to meet you.” He said: “Ruben Gallego de Arizona,”…
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Former Trump aides appear in Wisconsin court on fake 2020 election scheme charges

Former Trump aides appear in Wisconsin court on fake 2020 election scheme charges

✨ Explore this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,fake elector scheme,wisconsin âś… Here’s what you’ll learn: MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two lawyers and an aide who all worked on President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign appeared in court Monday for a preliminary hearing in Wisconsin on felony fraud charges related to a bogus election scheme. The Wisconsin case is moving forward even as other cases falter in the battleground states of Michigan and Georgia. A special prosecutor last year dropped a federal case alleging that Trump conspired to overturn the 2020 election. Another case…
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