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Michelle Obama shares untold stories behind ‘The Look,’ including that iconic pants outfit in case something popped off

Michelle Obama had a homecoming of sorts on Wednesday night while promoting her new book, “The Look,” in Washington, D.C., the city where she first moved in 2009, becoming forever etched in U.S. and Black history as America’s first Black First Lady. “I’m home,” Mrs. Obama said to thunderous applause at a live taping of her “IMO” podcast attended by theGrio at the historic Sixth & I in D.C., just a mile away from the White House, where she lived […]

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‘Slush fund’: Bill that ended government shutdown also allows US senators to get half $1 million

Tucked away inside the bill signed by President Donald Trump to reopen the federal government on Wednesday is a provision that could make some U.S. senators $500,000 richer. After signing the “Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026” in the Oval Office on Wednesday night, Trump vowed that, with the government reopened, Congress would “continue our work to lower the cost of living, restore public safety, grow our economy, and make America affordable […]

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Wes Moore emerges as Democratic Party’s key figure for mobilizing Black voters

As the only Black governor in the United States and one many insiders considers to be part of the future of the Democratic Party, Wes Moore is emerging as a key figure in the party for mobilizing its base: Black voters. Moore was tapped by Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey in the final days of last week’s elections, resulting in major wins for Democrats up and down the ballot, including both the states’ governorships. The Maryland governor was utilized […]

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Jasmine Crockett says ‘corrupt’ Trump has ‘more to hide’ as Epstein emails raises more questions

Though President Donald Trump and the White House have dismissed the latest document releases further tying him to sex trafficking pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, says the optics don’t look good for the twice-impeached, criminally convicted president. “If you know that you didn’t do anything, then why is it that you would be twisting members of your own party’s arms, trying to get them not to release it?” Crockett said on CNN, referring to reporting that the […]

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House passes bill to end historic government shutdown, sending measure to Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a bill Wednesday to end the nation’s longest government shutdown, sending the measure to President Donald Trump for his signature after a historic 43-day funding lapse that saw federal workers go without multiple paychecks, travelers stranded at airports and people lining up at food banks to get a meal for their families. House lawmakers made their long-awaited return to the nation’s capital this week after nearly eight weeks away. Republicans used their slight majority to […]

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Protecting Pedophiles: The GOP’s Warped Crusade Against Its Own Lies

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent They once shouted about transparency, about exposing corruption and protecting the innocent. Now they hide behind locked doors. Donald Trump and the Republican Party that follows him are blocking the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, the very files they demanded be made public when it suited their campaign slogans. Trump once promised to “release all the Epstein files.” He now calls the scandal a hoax. His administration insists there […]

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Democrats seize on docs tying Trump to Epstein, as White House dismisses ‘manufactured hoax’

Democrats are seizing on the latest document dump from the FBI files on Jeffrey Epstein, which ties President Donald Trump to the sex trafficking pedophile. The White House slammed the release as done by Democrats in “bad faith” and dismissed emails mentioning Trump as a “fake narrative.” But Democrats say the latest docs provide more justification to release the entire FBI files on Epstein, who was federally charged and died by suicide in 2019 before going to trial. As theGrio […]

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Epstein alleged in email Trump ‘spent hours at my house’ with sex crime victim

House Democrats released another batch of documents in the FBI files related to Jeffrey Epstein‘s criminal sex trafficking case, revealing that Epstein alleged that President Donald Trump knew of the conduct and even spent “hours” with one of his victims. “BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes. Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES,” read […]

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Trump calls Obama’s presidency a ‘disaster’ as he attempts to resurrect ‘Trumpcare’

President Donald Trump soft-launched a new policy proposal to overhaul America’s health care system, while slamming his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, as a “disaster” as he and Congress confront rising costs for millions of insured Americans under Obamacare. Tentatively naming the health care plan “Trumpcare,” Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday, “Instead of going to the insurance companies, I want the money to go into an account for people where the people buy their own health […]

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