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Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes

Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes Thursday as a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. The verdict is a stunning legal reckoning for Trump and exposes him to potential prison time in the city where his manipulations of the tabloid press helped catapult him from a real […]

todayMay 31, 2024

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‘Textbook racist’: Report about Trump using n-word shouldn’t be a surprise, critics say

Critics are holding Donald Trump to the fire after a former producer of “The Apprentice” revealed on Thursday that the Republican presidential candidate used the n-word during his time on the NBC show.According to a Slate article written by Bill Pruit, who worked with Trump on the competition reality show, Trump used the racist slur when referring to Black contestant Kwame Jackson, who was a season 1 finalist alongside Bill Rancic, who is white.  Pruitt recalled Trump saying, “…would America […]

todayMay 31, 2024

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Everything you wanted to know about the convicted felon ex-president 

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. On Thursday, a New York jury found former President Donald Trump guilty of criminal charges related to the former president’s alleged coverup of hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. After two days of deliberation, the jury returned guilty verdicts on 34 of 34 criminal charges, officially surpassing Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert as the GOP’s top crime […]

todayMay 30, 2024

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South Carolina’s Supreme Court will soon have no Black justices

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For the first time in nearly two decades, South Carolina’s Supreme Court will be entirely white. Diversity on the bench is a big topic in a state where African Americans and Hispanics make up a third of the population. The General Assembly selects the state’s judges, and it has so rarely chosen non-white jurists that Black lawmakers briefly walked out of judicial elections five years ago over diversity concerns. When a new justice is seated after […]

todayMay 30, 2024

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New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Critics of a new Louisiana law, which makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a police officer under certain circumstances, fear that the measure could hinder the public’s ability to film officers — a tool that has increasingly been used to hold police accountable. Under the law, anyone who is convicted of “knowingly or intentionally” approaching an officer, who is “lawfully engaged in the execution of his official duties,” and […]

todayMay 30, 2024

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Harris is talking directly to Black men as she prosecutes the case against Trump

As Vice President Kamala Harris travels across the country to pitch what she and President Joe Biden have done to improve economic conditions for Black and brown communities, she is also emerging as a critical voice prosecuting the case against Donald Trump and his economic policies.  In doing so, Harris has particularly tailored her message toward Black men, a voting bloc that polls and anecdotal reporting indicate is more open to voting for Trump or not voting at all in […]

todayMay 30, 2024

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Watch: White House on increased confidence in Harris assuming presidential duties

A new poll from Bloomberg/Morning Consult found that an increased number of Americans in battleground states have confidence in Vice President Kamala Harris‘ ability to assume the duties of the presidency. Nearly half of swing-state voters, 48%, said they trust Harris to fulfill the the role of the presidency if Biden were no longer able to serve. TheGrio’s White House Correspondent Gerren Keith Gaynor asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the administration’s view of the vice president’s leadership […]

todayMay 29, 2024

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Biden, Harris to launch Black voter outreach effort amid signs of diminished support

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are stepping up their reelection pitch to Black voters, a key part of their 2020 winning coalition that has shown signs of fraying. They’ll launch a new Black voter outreach effort during a visit to the battleground state of Pennsylvania on Wednesday. The two will stop at Girard College, an independent boarding school in Philadelphia with a predominantly Black student body, and visit a small business to speak to […]

todayMay 29, 2024

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Charges Filed Against Trooper in Samuel Sterling Death

LANSING – Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed charges against Michigan State Police (MSP) Detective Sergeant (D/Sgt) Brian Keely, 50, Grand Rapids, for the death of Samuel Sterling, 25, Kentwood.  MSP referred the matter to the Department of Attorney General for review on May 10, 2024.  Keely was charged with:  One count – Murder, Second Degree, a life offense, or alternatively,  One count – Involuntary Manslaughter, a fifteen-year felony.  In a video announcing the charges, AG Nessel said that following a comprehensive review of […]

todayMay 28, 2024