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Trump backs release of Epstein files as GOP tensions rise

President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to release the files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal as a growing number of those in his own party supported it. “We have nothing to hide, and it’s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party,” Trump wrote on social media late Sunday after landing at Joint […]

todayNovember 17, 2025

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Trump’s Republican Party insists there’s no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses

NEW YORK (AP) — Almost two weeks after Republicans lost badly in elections in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, many GOP leaders insist there is no problem with the party’s policies, its message or President Donald Trump’s leadership. Trump says Democrats and the media are misleading voters who are concerned about high costs and the economy. Republican officials aiming to avoid another defeat in next fall’s midterms are encouraging candidates to embrace the president fully and talk more about his accomplishments. Those are the major takeaways from a […]

todayNovember 16, 2025

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Donald Trump makes claim that HBCUs would “go out of business” without students from China

In a recent interview, President Donald Trump defended H-1B visas and international students, but made a grand claim about historically Black colleges and universities when doing so. According to the president, international students from China keep HBCUs afloat. “We do have a lot of people coming in from China,” President Trump said in an interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Monday. “We also have a massive system of colleges and universities, and if we were to cut that in […]

todayNovember 16, 2025

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Trump issues additional pardons for two January 6 rioters

Months after President Donald Trump began his second term, pardoning individuals who were convicted of crimes related to the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, he’s issuing new pardons. The first of this new batch went to a militia member who was convicted of a separate Kentucky firearms charge that wasn’t included in his initial pardon and the second to a woman who threatened to shoot FBI agents. The District of Columbia rejected an April appeal for Dan Wilson, […]

todayNovember 15, 2025

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‘Unacceptable’: Leaders demand permanent memorial for Black WWII soldiers after plaques removed

Nearly one million African American soldiers fought in Europe during World War II. Now, plaques at a memorial site honoring the sacrifice of African American soldiers in the Netherlands have been removed at the only U.S. cemetery in the country. According to NRC, the two panels celebrating the “Black Liberators” of the Netherlands from Nazi rule were removed from display “earlier this summer” without an exact reason given as to why. More than 8,200 U.S. soldiers are buried at the […]

todayNovember 15, 2025

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Trump cuts ties with ‘Wacky’ Marjorie Taylor Greene, once among his top MAGA-world defenders

President Donald Trump has publicly called it quits with one of his most stalwart MAGA-world supporters, calling Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene “‘Wacky’ Marjorie” and saying he would endorse a challenger against her in next year’s midterms “if the right person runs.” The dismissal of Greene — once the epitome of “Make America Great Again,” sporting the signature red cap for President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address and acting as a go-between for Trump and other Capitol […]

todayNovember 15, 2025

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‘Breaking the law’: Governor Wes Moore slams Trump’s ‘temper trantrums’ over SNAP legal fight

Despite the historic 43-day government shutdown seemingly nearing an end, President Donald Trump continues to push back against a court order to fully fund SNAP for November, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. The Trump administration took things further when the U.S. Department of Agriculture demanded that states “undo” attempts to fully disperse SNAP food assistance to enrollees amid the ongoing legal fight — or face fiscal retaliation. Governor Wes Moore, whose state of Maryland is among the 25 states challenging […]

todayNovember 15, 2025

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Michelle Obama shuts down idea of her running for president and suggests America isn’t ready for a female POTUS: ‘Don’t waste my time’

Don’t expect Michelle Obama to answer the Democrats’ call to run for President. Not in 2028, nor at any time after that. During an hour-long fireside chat with actress Tracee Ellis Ross in promotion of her upcoming book, “The Look,” the Forever FLOTUS took a question from Ross around the 32-minute mark about whether America would be ready to have a female president, given the advancement of women in escaping stereotypes about femininity. “As you saw in this past election, […]

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Philadelphia ends DEI standards for business contracts amid Trump’s federal ban and people are reacting

Philadelphia is ending its DEI standards for government contracts with businesses throughout the city, ending a decades-old practice as public and private sectors grapple with President Donald Trump‘s crusade against diversity programs. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, the administration of Mayor Cherelle Parker, the city’s first woman and Black female mayor, will no longer enforce its goal of ensuring 35% of contracts go to minority, women, or disabled-owned enterprises. The government contracts are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The […]

todayNovember 14, 2025