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Donald Trump is building the Dallas Cowboys of presidential administrations

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. Trump voters remember when America was great. They remember when smart, capable white men weren’t losing jobs to unqualified diversity hires. They distinctly recall when colleges admitted students based on “merit” instead of affirmative action. Before the anti-white “woke mob” began enforcing “cancel culture,” Black people weren’t always complaining about racism, men had sex with women, trans people didn’t […]

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1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target

NEW YORK (AP) — Maribel Hidalgo fled her native Venezuela a year ago with a 1-year-old son, trudging for days through Panama’s Darien Gap, then riding the rails across Mexico to the United States. They were living in the U.S. when the Biden administration announced Venezuelans would be offered Temporary Protected Status, which allows people already in the United States to stay and work legally if their homelands are deemed unsafe. People from 17 countries, including Haiti, Afghanistan, Sudan and recently Lebanon, are currently receiving […]

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Trump’s replacement for four-star General Lloyd Austin: 44-year-old ‘anti-woke’ veteran and former FOX host Pete Hegseth

America’s next secretary of defense could be starkly different from what the country has ever seen before. On Tuesday, just a day after Veterans Say, Preisdent-elect Donald Trump selected Pete Hegseth, 44, a former FOX News commentator and former Army National guardsman, to lead one of the world’s most powerful militaries. Hegseth will succeed Secretary-General Lloyd Austin III, the nation’s first Black Secretary of Defense, a historic choice made by President Joe Biden in 2021. Austin, 71, is a four-star […]

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Oprah Winfrey shuts down rumors of being paid $1M by Kamala Harris’ campaign

Oprah Winfrey is dispelling negative rumors surrounding her involvement in Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. This week, the media mogul was approached by a TMZ reporter in Los Angeles, who asked for her thoughts on the elections. Though Winfrey declined to share any comments about the outcome, she made it clear that there was no payola for her endorsement.  “Not true,” she told the reporter when asked if she was paid $1 million for her endorsement. “I was paid […]

todayNovember 13, 2024 1

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Trump abolishing Education Department spells doom for Black America

President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign promise to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education is being criticized as a potential whitewashing of America’s education system and a challenge to Title I and Title VI that could defund special education, school lunch programs, and possible cancellation of summer schools.  Arne Duncan, former U.S. education secretary under the Obama administration, spoke exclusively to theGrio, saying, “It is our time to have courage and fight for kids.” When Duncan was specifically asked about the impact […]

todayNovember 13, 2024

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Biden funded new factories and infrastructure projects, but Trump might get to cut the ribbons

WASHINGTON (AP) — All that’s left is for President-elect Donald Trump to put his name on it — if he wants. Trump won the White House in large part because of voters’ frustration with high prices and a sense that the United States needs major changes. But when he enters office in January, Trump will inherit an economy primed for growth. The unemployment rate is low, inflation is easing and President Joe Biden’s administration has teed-up a ready-made list of infrastructure projects that could […]

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Biden to meet with Trump for White House tradition Trump broke four years ago

President-elect Donald Trump, the incoming 47th president of the United States of America, will meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday in the Oval Office as part of a peaceful transition of power tradition at the White House. The peaceful transition of power dates back to 1801, when a president from the outgoing administration handed over power to the incoming administration and an opposing political party. At that time, John Adams, the nation’s second president, peacefully transferred the presidency to […]

todayNovember 12, 2024 1

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Trump doubles down on eliminating Education Department, vows to give ‘restitution’ to ‘victims’ of DEI

President-elect Donald Trump intends to fulfill his promise to eliminate the United States Department of Education, among other actions, that would have sweeping impacts on public education and American students. Since clinching the presidency in a stunning victory against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump announced in a video his 10 “key ideas” for what he believes will strengthen America’s education system. The agenda includes proposals like bringing prayer back in public schools and teaching students to “love their country, not […]

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Some young Black and Latino men say they chose Trump because of the economy and jobs. Here’s how and why

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brian Leija, a 31-year-old small-business owner from Belton, Texas, was not surprised that a growing number of Latino men of his generation voted for Donald Trump for president this year. Leija had voted for the Republican in 2016 and 2020. Leija’s rationale was simple: He said he has benefited from Trump’s economic policies, especially tax cuts. “I am a blue-collar worker,” Leija said. “So, tax breaks for small businesses are ideal for what I do.” For DaSean Gallishaw, a […]

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