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Trump said, “I’m not joking” about trying to serve a third term”

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that “I’m not joking” about trying to serve a third term, the clearest indication he is considering ways to breach a constitutional barrier against continuing to lead the country after his second term ends at the beginning of 2029. “There are methods which you could do it,” Trump said in a telephone interview with NBC News from Mar-a-Lago, his private club. He elaborated later to reporters on Air Force One from […]

todayMarch 31, 2025 1

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White House Correspondents’ Association cancels Amber Ruffin performance at dinner

Comedian Amber Ruffin will no longer serve as headline performer at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Saturday. “The WHCA board has unanimously decided we are no longer featuring a comedic performance this year,” said Eugene Daniels, WHCA president, in a statement to association members. He continued, “At this consequential moment for journalism, I want to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division but entirely on awarding our colleagues for […]

todayMarch 29, 2025

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Georgia Senate approves investigation of Democrat Stacey Abrams as Trump targets her

Georgia’s Republican-dominated state Senate is going forward with an investigation of Stacey Abrams, a move that comes as President Donald Trump has made a target of the two-time Democratic nominee for Georgia governor. Republican State Sen. Bill Cowsert of Athens said Thursday that he and other Republicans want to further examine recent ethics findings that voter participation group New Georgia Project improperly coordinated with Abrams’ 2018 campaign for governor. “We have developed somewhat of a problem these days with dark money […]

todayMarch 29, 2025 1

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Trump’s DOJ investigates whether universities comply with SCOTUS ruling on race-based affirmative action

The Trump administration has opened investigations into the admissions policies at Stanford University and three campuses within the University of California system, including UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Irvine, the Department of Justice said Thursday. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed the department’s Civil Rights Division to investigate whether the schools’ policies comply with the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ended affirmative action in college admissions, the department said in a statement. Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has attempted […]

todayMarch 28, 2025 2

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett gets hilariously pranked on the ‘Steve Harvey Morning Show’

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, did her best not to “pop off” during an expected “hostile” call that turned out to be a prank on Friday morning. The popular Texas congresswoman had no idea she was on national syndicated radio when she received a call from a man who claimed to be the president of Our Black Businesses, or OBB, named Terrence. “How did you get my number?” Crockett said at the start of the 6-minute call. Terrence, who was […]

todayMarch 28, 2025 5

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Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says Trump and Republicans want to put ‘chainsaw’ to Social Security

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives, warned that President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress want to “take a chainsaw” to Social Security as they forge ahead with their plan to execute major federal spending cuts. “House Republicans and the Trump administration are trying to take a chainsaw to everything that matters to the American people, like ending Social Security and Medicaid,” Jeffries decried on Thursday during his weekly leader’s press conference. The […]

todayMarch 28, 2025

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Federal workers file class action lawsuit saying white men kept jobs while they got fired in DEI backlash

A group of federal workers say that massive layoffs tied to President Trump’s DEI ban targeted workers of color and women—even if their jobs had nothing to do with DEI. These workers have now filed a class action lawsuit against Trump’s administration and are being represented by the ACLU of D.C., according to NBC News. The legal argument workers are making is that their First Amendment rights were violated when they were fired over the perception that they had pro-DEI […]

todayMarch 27, 2025 4

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Tenn. State Rep. Justin Pearson’s confrontation with Republican over gun violence gets personal: ‘Learn to shut up!’

Emotions were high at the Tennessee State Capitol on Wednesday as State Rep. Justin J. Pearson confronted a Republican colleague during a legislative hearing on gun control. Pearson, a longtime gun reform advocate who, along with fellow Rep. Justin Jones, was infamously expelled by Republicans for protesting against gun violence on the House floor, returned to the capitol building after losing his brother to gun suicide to yet again advocate for his legislation to end permitless-carry gun laws in Tennessee. […]

todayMarch 27, 2025

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett clarifies ‘Hot Wheels’ remark about wheelchair-bound Texas Gov. Abbott

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, refused to apologize for a nickname she gave Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently and clarified that it had nothing to do with his wheelchair disability. While delivering remarks at the Human Rights Campaign’s Los Angeles Dinner on Saturday, Crockett decried the state of politics in her home state, referring to Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels.” “We in these hot a– Texas streets…ya’ll know we got Gov. Hot Wheels down there, come on now! And the […]

todayMarch 26, 2025