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Liz Landers
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White House correspondent
PBS News Hour
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I am so incredibly excited and honored to be taking this next step in my career to join PBS News Hour as the White House correspondent, starting next month. deadline.com/2025/08/liz-...
Liz Landers Joins ‘PBS News Hour’ As White House Correspondent
Landers previously worked at Scripps and Vice News.
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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.”
February 6, 2026 at 3:18 AM
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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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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...
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February 5, 2026 at 6:04 AM
The Dept of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, according to the Deputy Attorney General
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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
January 30, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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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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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.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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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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'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...
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January 24, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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On the White House’s printed list of Year One accomplishments:

paper straws.

(via @elizlanders.bsky.social)
January 20, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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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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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...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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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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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...
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January 7, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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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.
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...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump's hand-picked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House says.
December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Tonight @elizlanders.bsky.social @pbsnews.org asked President Trump for his reaction to the Indiana Senate voting not to redraw Congressional districts.
He says Indiana Senate GOP leader has done a “tremendous disservice” and vows to defeat him in the next election.
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WATCH: Trump criticizes Indiana Senate Republicans' rejection of redistricting effort
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
NEW: (AP) Indiana Senate Republicans reject new congressional maps in defiance of Trump's redistricting push
December 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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The pardon of Henry Cuellar & that of the fmr Honduran president, who was convicted of drug trafficking, are just the latest controversial pardons by Donald Trump
Our @NewsHour conversation - @elizlanders.bsky.social speaks with former DOJ pardon attorney @lawyeroyer.com
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How Trump is using presidential pardon power in new ways
President Trump announced he is pardoning Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar and his wife, who were indicted last year on bribery and money laundering charges. It’s the latest in a series of controve...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Great segment by @elizlanders.bsky.social of the @pbsnews.org about the Trump administration's abuse of the migrant asylum process. 'Deportation trap': Immigration agents arresting migrants at mandatory c... youtu.be/6t_-4Hf5TpA?... via @YouTube
'Deportation trap': Immigration agents arresting migrants at mandatory court check-ins
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November 26, 2025 at 4:55 AM
New reporting we have this AM about emails from Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell in 2011: “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump [sic]. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him ,, [sic] he has never once been mentioned.”
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November 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My question in today’s White House briefing about the president’s post claiming the voting underway in California is already “rigged” - I pushed the press secretary for evidence on that.
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Here’s our look at the Virginia governor’s race and the election this Tuesday. While the government shutdown and health care are issues are on voters minds, so is Donald Trump.
@pbsnews.org @elizlanders.bsky.social

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How the Virginia governor's race became a microcosm of national issues
Virginians head to the polls this coming Tuesday to pick their next governor. But the results may also serve as a referendum on President Trump's first 10 months in office, and offer clues of what to ...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Who is paying for President Trump’s $300 million ballroom?

@elizlanders.bsky.social obtained the list of donors from the White House:
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Construction has begun on the ballroom that President Donald Trump has sought to add to the White House grounds for years.

Yet, the construction project is more involved than was previously disclosed. 🧵
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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A White House official confirmed to PBS News’ @elizlanders.bsky.social “that the entirety of the East Wing is undergoing modernization and renovation in order to support the overall ballroom project.”
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon will host a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility in Idaho.

Hegseth said the Trump administration signed an agreement to build the facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Elmore County, Idaho.
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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PBS @pbsnews.org Classroom Daily News Lesson: Trump considers $10 billion bailout for farmers as tariffs disrupt the market

Ask students: Do you think it is a good idea for the federal government to bailout farmers?

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Trump considers $10 billion bailout for farmers as tariffs disrupt the market
Explore how past bailouts and trade wars affected farmers
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October 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Though the White House is considering how to address gun violence across the country, President Donald Trump has "made it clear he's always going to protect the constitutional right" of Americans to own guns, press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Friday.
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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On Day 2 of the shutdown not much progress toward a solution … as the administration continues to break norms, and seemingly target Democratic states & priorities. @pbsnews.org @elizlanders.bsky.social tonight
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Trump threatens mass firings as shutdown continues with no signs of potential deal
There were no signs of progress between lawmakers on Thursday. That ensures the government will remain shut down for another day as Democrats dig in on protections to health care. President Trump is a...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM