Tracking the Trump family’s business deals and profits in his 2nd term In his second administration, President Trump’s family members, including his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and sons Eric and Don Jr., are expanding their business ventures, earning hundreds of millions o...

Really enjoyed speaking to @elizlanders.bsky.social and @dougaadams.bsky.social for @pbsnews.org about the Trump brothers' business dealings during their father's second term:

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Tracking the Trump family’s business deals and profits in his 2nd term In his second administration, President Trump’s family members, including his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and sons Eric and Don Jr., are expanding their business ventures, earning hundreds of millions o...

Since 2024, members of the Trump family have greatly expanded their business ventures, earning hundreds of millions of dollars and prompting fresh concerns about conflicts of interest.
Our @pbsnews.org story tonight @elizlanders.bsky.social reports
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In a rare public statement from the WH, Melania Trump today denied allegations she had a close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell.
@elizlanders.bsky.social reports
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Trump says Israeli strikes on Lebanon a 'separate skirmish' not part of Iran ceasefire White House Correspondent Liz Landers spoke with President Trump on the phone Wednesday morning. She asked him about Israel's ongoing strikes on Lebanon and how that impacts the ceasefire between the ...

After confusion overnight whether Lebanon was part of the Iran ceasefire agreement, President Trump tells @elizlanders.bsky.social Israeli strikes on Lebanon are a 'separate skirmish' and not part of the ceasefire.
Our @pbsnews.org segment tonight
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I asked the president how bombing Iranian energy infrastructure would help the people of Iran.

He asked what news outlet I was with, then said PBS is “a radical left group of lunatics” but said it was a “very fair question” and answered it.

Here you have it—an ALL NEW @talkingfeds.bsky.social w/ #AaronBlake, @elizlanders.bsky.social & @macfarlanenews.bsky.social.

We unpack Bondi’s firing, the latest Iran developments, and Trump's trip to SCOTUS oral arguments.

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Prediction markets, pardons spark questions over who’s profiting from Trump’s presidency The Pentagon is denying a report by The Financial Times that Defense Secretary Hegseth’s stockbroker was seeking to make large investments in major defense companies in the days before the U.S. and Is...

Our @pbsnews.org story tonight about how some people in the Trump orbit are profiting from administration actions in unusual ways.
@elizlanders.bsky.social reports

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My question to the president in the Cabinet meeting a few moments ago, asking him about why he used a mail-in ballot when he has recently and repeatedly criticized that method of voting.

Pentagon faces another legal challenge over new media rules The Pentagon issued a revised policy for credentialing media after a judge struck down the Defense Department’s previous rules that determined access to its headquarters. But a spokesperson for The Ne...

The Pentagon issued a revised policy for credentialing media after a judge struck down the Defense Department’s previous rules that determined access to its headquarters. https://to.pbs.org/4c4Mx5e

White House's use of internet memes to promote Iran war sparks criticism From video game clips to cartoon characters to blockbuster movie scenes, the Trump administration’s Iran messaging has embraced a style critics say blurs the line between propaganda and entertainment ...

The fight to win hearts & minds on the Iran war is being waged on the internet. Call it the Meme Battlefield. And it’s raising concerns the WH is minimizing the very real costs & dangers of war.
@elizlanders.bsky.social reports.
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What Trump said about Iran's infrastructure and oil prices in call with PBS News On Monday, White House correspondent Liz Landers spoke on the phone with President Trump while he was attending what he described as a “very important meeting” on the Iran war.

What President Trump said during his phone call interview with @elizlanders.bsky.social about Iran’s oil infrastructure, and when oil prices might fall.
Our @pbsnews.org segment
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Trump threatens to ‘knock the hell out of’ Iran's Kharg Island in impromptu phone call with PBS News The comments came during a three-minute phone call Monday morning with PBS News' Liz Landers, while the president was attending what he described as a “very important meeting” on the Iran war.

My friend & @pbsnews.org colleague/WH reporter @elizlanders.bsky.social had an interesting morning:

‘I’ll knock the hell out of it.’ Trump warns U.S. could attack Kharg Island again in call with PBS News The comments came during a three-minute phone call Monday morning with PBS News' Liz Landers, while the president was attending what he described as a “very important meeting” on the Iran war.

President Trump spoke with @pbsnews.org @elizlanders.bsky.social this morning in a phone interview. He spoke about the Iran war, warnings about Iran's oil facilities at Kharg Island, and more. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

President Donald Trump told PBS News White House correspondent @elizlanders.bsky.social that Iran wants "to make a deal, but they're not ready to make a deal, in my opinion," after two weeks of U.S. and Israeli strikes on the country.

I asked President Trump about the FBI reportedly seizing election records in Arizona. He said they must have done that because it was a “rigged” election. I pointed out to him that his own AG said there was not measurable voter fraud to overturn that election. Then he called me a rotten reporter.

I just asked President Trump about whether he is considering declaring a national emergency around the elections and the proposed executive order about this - he said no, he’s never heard about it.

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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A source confirms to @pbsnews.org that DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin will be leaving the administration next week. This person says that McLaughlin’s departure had been planned since December but she stayed on in the wake of the shootings in Minneapolis.

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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I asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in today’s briefing about Steve Bannon’s comments that “we’re going to have ICE surround the polls come November.”

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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The Dept of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, according to the Deputy Attorney General

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says Dept of Justice is releasing more Epstein files today: 3 million pages - 2,000 videos, 180k images. He says 3.5 million pages total

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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'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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On the White House’s printed list of Year One accomplishments:

paper straws.

(via @elizlanders.bsky.social)

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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Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters return to Capitol on 5th anniversary of insurrection It’s been five years since a mob of President Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to disrupt the certification of the presidential election that he lost. A much smaller but ardent crowd...

Pardoned Jan. 6 participants & supporters returned to Wash DC on 5th anniversary of the insurrection to reenact their march to the Capitol @elizlanders.bsky.social spent the day with them.
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NASCAR driver Greg Biffle becomes rescue pilot in Helene's aftermath As Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida, communities that were hit hardest by Hurricane Helene are still struggling to recover over a week later. NASCAR driver Greg Biffle is among those making a d...

Man, losing Greg Biffle is a gut punch. Great and caring man, a helluva driver. @pbsnews.org spoke last year with him while he was flying aid in by chopper to Western NC, crushed by Hurricane Helene.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump's hand-picked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says.