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Latest from PBS News Politics
Straight from the feed. This is what the ticker would be showing you right now.
- Judge drops Nevada case against electors accused of forging 2020 election certificate
- 'Act of terror': U.S. condemns Israeli settler siege of Palestinian homes in West Bank
- Palestinian American family recounts siege of West Bank home by Israeli settlers
- How Trump's construction projects are changing Washington and costing taxpayers
- DOJ deploys tactic to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship
- Teacher empowers her students to see themselves as art
- Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit alleging antisemitism at Harvard
- Kennedy Center board moves forward with a two-year closure to allow for renovations
- Trump White House says it's losing $19B-$26 billion a year in revenue as countries dodge tariffs
- Zambians cast ballots in a presidential election that tests incumbent's economic reforms
- Republicans see Minnesota fraud scandal as a chance to go on offense in a blue state
- Reflecting Pool's botched repairs threaten to tarnish the National Park Service's reputation
- Nigel Farage faces off against Count Binface in special election that's been denounced as a stunt
- Former SPLC official charged in Justice Department's broader criminal case against group
- Karoline Leavitt is leaving her role as Trump's White House press secretary
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