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Colorado governor signals willingness to release Tina Peters from prison amid Trump pressure Colorado’s Democratic governor is signaling his openness to granting clemency to a former county clerk who was convicted in a scheme attempting to find proof of fraud in the 2020 presidential election...

CO Gov Jared Polis says he's open to granting clemency to Tina Peters, sentenced to 9 yrs for scheme seeking "proof" of 2020 election fraud. Polis said "appropriate contrition, apology" is something he'd look for. Would be a stunning move if it happens.
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WATCH: War with Iran | PBS News Special Report The United States and Israel launched an unprecedented joint attack on Iran with the stated intention to overthrow the Iranian regime Saturday.

PBS News special report tonight on the War with Iran @pbsnews.org

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ICE spending billions to turn warehouses into migrant detention facilities For months, ICE has been quietly buying industrial warehouses around the country, reportedly with plans to turn them into a network of immigration detention and processing centers to hold tens of thou...

ICE has been buying warehouses around the US, with plans to turn them into a network of processing & detention centers to hold migrants.
Our @pbsnews.org segment with @elizlanders.bsky.social @kylemidura.bsky.social and conversation with @douglasmac.bsky.social
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Clinton testifies he had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes: 'I would have turned him in' Bill Clinton became the first former president compelled to testify to members of Congress. At a closed-door session, the House Oversight Committee heard from Clinton about his connections to Jeffrey ...

Former president Bill Clinton testified before Congress for nearly 7 hours about his connections to Jeffrey Epstein. He said he did nothing wrong and "saw nothing that ever gave me pause." @lisad.bsky.social breaks it all down. Our @pbsnews.org segment tonight
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Fact-checking Trump’s claims in his State of the Union address President Trump touted the economy and his immigration policies in a record-long State of the Union address, and he'll soon take those messages on the road. The White House is hoping Trump can convinc...

In his State of the Union speech President Trump presented a lot of facts and made a lot of claims.
Not all of them were accurate.
@elizlanders.bsky.social recaps the speech and sorts out fact from fiction. Our @pbsnews.org segment tonight
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The background and career of Casey Means, Trump's pick for surgeon general The White House is expected to release a report about potential contributing factors of childhood diseases. It’s leading to renewed questions about the “Make America Healthy Again” agenda championed b...

With Trump's US surgeon general pick Casey Means - a MAHA advocate and close ally of RFK Jr - set to finally have her Senate confirmation hearing this morning ... wanted to re post our @pbsnews.org News Hour profile of her.
With @aliroginpbs.bsky.social
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Marine veteran says wife's ICE detention is 'confusing' and 'devastating' In the past few weeks, the Department of Homeland Security has posted regular lists of criminals it is deporting. Despite the Trump administration’s claim that it is focused on the “worst of the worst...

Our story - @lisad.bsky.social spoke with Marine veteran Patrick Baja, whose wife was arrested by ICE. She's been in the US for 17+ years, paid taxes, has 2 US citizen children & no criminal record. Part of our continuing @pbsnews.org series on detained immigrants.
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Most Americans say country worse off than a year ago, new poll shows As President Trump prepares to deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term, six in ten Americans say the country is in a worse place than a year ago. That’s according to a new PBS ...

Ahead of the President's speech tonight, what would would you use to describe the state of our Union?
In our latest PBS/NPR/Marist poll just 43% say it is "strong." And a whopping 68% say the system of checks & balances is broken. @elizlanders.bsky.social @pbsnews.org
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Trump and the Wasserman scandal jolt LA’s Olympics plans In the span of a few weeks, planning for the Olympics has been buffeted by scandal and political turbulence.

The real fear that many nations could boycott the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. @politico.com

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Trump shifts focus to affordability ahead of State of the Union President Trump is in Georgia and is talking about affordability and the economy, a theme he’s expected to spotlight again in next week’s State of the Union address. White House correspondent Liz Land...

President Trump in Georgia today trying to talk affordability & the economy, but his inability to stay on message is making it hard. @elizlanders.bsky.social on the WH efforts to hone a midterm message.
Tonight @pbsnews.org
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Andrew Young reflects on friendship and partnership with Jesse Jackson Someone who stood alongside Jesse Jackson during some of the most consequential chapters of the modern Civil Rights Movement is Andrew Young. He's a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, forme...

Amb. Andrew Young stood alongside Jesse Jackson during some of the most consequential chapters of the modern civil rights movement. He reflects on Jackson’s legacy in @pbsnews.org conversation with @geoffrbennett.bsky.social

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So @pbsnews.org Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro had been covering the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis since it began more than 10 weeks ago
His conversation tonight with @amnanawaz.bsky.social on how the community is reacting to news that ICE is finally leaving.
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FBI documents show what led to raid of Georgia elections office The FBI raid on a Georgia elections office was fueled by an investigation into so-called “deficiencies” in the 2020 election. That’s according to an unsealed FBI agent’s affidavit filed by the DOJ in ...

Last night we saw the DOJ justification for the unprecedented FBI raid of Fulton County election offices. They seized more than 700 boxes of evidence. @elizlanders.bsky.social on what we learned and what @fultoncountyga.bsky.social officials are saying @pbsnews.org
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A Hole in the Ice, a Hard Stop and a Hard Truth At Thwaites Glacier, scientists reach the ocean below—only to watch their biggest hope freeze out of reach

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Stephen Miller’s rise to prominence and influence on the Trump administration White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is one of Washington’s most polarizing power brokers. A chief architect of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, his portfolio has expanded...

Tonight @pbsnews.org profiles WH Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, one of DC’s most polarizing figures. A chief architect of Trump’s immigration crackdown, his influence stretched far beyond his public profile. @elizlanders.bsky.social reports
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Gabbard says Trump asked her to be at FBI election center raid as scrutiny intensifies New details are emerging about last week’s FBI raid on an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said in a letter to Congress that President Trump ...

More details about Tulsi Gabbard’s presence in Georgia during the FBI search of Fulton County election offices last week.
Our story tonight @elizlanders.bsky.social @pbsnews.org www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Trump Says Kennedy Center Will Close for 2-Year Reconstruction Project

President Trump announced he would shut down the Kennedy Center for two years starting this summer. He said it is necessary for construction to remake what he called “a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center.”
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FBI raid of election offices ignites debate over voting security and federal authority The FBI’s move to execute a warrant at voting offices in Fulton County, Georgia, and the presence of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard have ignited a fierce debate over election security...

The FBI’s raid at voting offices in Fulton County, GA … and the presence of DNI Tulsi Gabbard there, have ignited a fierce debate over election security and federal authority.
Our @pbsnews.org conversation tonight @geoffrbennett.bsky.social with @rickhasen.bsky.social
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Detainees held at Texas ICE facility protest living conditions and treatment Two Democratic members of Congress visited the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas, where five-year-old Liam Ramos is being detained, along with many other children and families. Over the wee...

More protests today outside the ICE family detention center in Dilley, TX. Over the weekend, hundreds inside the facility protested in a display of defiance. @amnanawaz.bsky.social spoke with immigration attorney Eric Lee who was at there that day.
Our story @pbsnews.org
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How the White House tone on Minnesota shootings has evolved The Trump administration’s response to the deadly shootings in Minneapolis has been evolving. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports on the president's latest comments.

President Trump continued to give mixed signals about the fatal Minneapolis shooting saying Alex Pretti wasn’t “an assassin” as some officials have said - but also says he wants to deescalate. Our report @elizlanders.bsky.social @pbsnews.org
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Gregory Bovino and other U.S. Border Patrol agents are seen wearing tactical gear at a gas station in Minneapolis this month. A headline reads: Gregory Bovino, Who Led Crackdown, Is Expected to Leave Minnesota. Photo by Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Breaking News: The Trump administration is planning to move Gregory Bovino, the official in charge of President Trump’s Border Patrol operations and the face of on-the-ground immigration enforcement in Minneapolis, out of the city, officials said. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4jWyPDK

'They are circling our schools,' superintendent says after 5-year-old detained by ICE The ICE operations in the Twin Cities are also affecting children who are caught up in the surge of personnel and detentions. A 5-year-old boy who was held by federal agents is a student in the Columb...

Children are being increasingly caught up in ICE operations in Minnesota. A 5-year-old boy detained Tuesday has been sent to Texas detention center along with his father.
Our @pbsnews.org @elizlanders.bsky.social conversation with school Superintendent Zena Stenvik.
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One year in, a look at the impact of Trump's immigration crackdown Federal agents continue to clash with protesters in Minnesota. It's the latest development in what has been a turbulent year as President Trump has carried out his promise to crack down on illegal imm...

As the clashes with ICE continue in Minneapolis, are we at a turning point? It's been a tumultuous year, and where do we go from here? Our look at immigration - one year later. @elizlanders.bsky.social @pbsnews.org www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

On board the voyage to Antarctica to learn why a massive glacier is melting Scientists are worried about the melting of Antarctica's ice sheets and what it could mean for sea levels. There's a two-month-long journey underway to conduct research that will better explain what's...

Want to see the face of the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica? Roughly the size of Florida, it is arguably the most consequential glacier in the world.
@milesobrien.com with an amazing report aboard the expedition to determine why it is melting so fast. @pbsnews.org www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on pushback to Trump's threats to Federal Reserve NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter join Geoff Bennett to discuss the latest political news, including some Republicans pushing back against President Trump'...

Between the new WH legal threats against the Fed, tensions in MN over ICE, and GOP pushback on War Powers - there’s a lot to unpack with our Politics Monday duo - @amyewalter.bsky.social @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social
Tonight @pbsnews.org

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Highlights from PBS News Weekend as show goes off the air This Sunday is the final broadcast of PBS News Weekend, at least for the foreseeable future. PBS cancelled the show due to the loss of federal funding for public media. As our team signs off the air, anchor John Yang looks back at some of our top storie...

Tonight marked the last broadcast of PBS News Weekend for the foreseeable future. As the show signs off the air, anchor John Yang looks back at some of our top stories and highlights over the years. https://to.pbs.org/4pxYe7W

Washington National Opera is moving out of the Kennedy Center The Washington National Opera decided on Friday to move out of its longtime home at the Kennedy Center. The center said it ended the relationship.

Breaking news: The Washington National Opera announced plans to leave its longtime home at the Kennedy Center, a move following reports of declining ticket sales and upheaval since President Trump’s takeover.

Colorado AG accuses Trump of 'revenge campaign' for state refusal to free convicted elections clerk Democratic Attorney General Phil Weiser said Thursday that the administration is choking off funds and dismantling programs over the state's refusal to free imprisoned elections clerk Tina Peters.

Colorado's attorney general accused the Trump administration on Thursday of waging a "revenge campaign" by choking off funds and ending federal programs over the state's refusal to accede to the Republican president's demands to free an imprisoned elections clerk. https://to.pbs.org/4svVBq0

Trump focused on foreign affairs to distract from domestic challenges, Sen. Slotkin says Congress has a lengthy list of priorities, but the week has been dominated by the Trump administration's operation in Venezuela and what to do next. Geoff Bennett spoke with Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotk...

Tonight - @geoffrbennett.bsky.social conversation with @slotkin.senate.gov about today’s Senate War Powers vote … and the Venezuela attack which she argues is part of Trump’s pattern of using foreign actions to “distract” from domestic challenges. @pbsnews.org
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President Donald Trump’s recent comments about the NATO alliance, the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and the Trump administration’s aggressive overtures toward Greenland, a Danish te... TikTok video by pbsnews

President Trump’s aggressive overtures toward Greenland have raised questions about the U.S. commitment to NATO
Here’s what WH press secretary Karoline Leavitt told
@elizlanders.bsky.social today about all this

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