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Senator Tim Scott scolds fellow Republican Nancy Mace for airport meltdown

U.S. Senator Tim Scott, R-S.C., called out fellow South Carolina Republican, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, after the controversial congresswoman’s meltdown at Charleston International Airport. Mace blew up on airport police with expletives during an encounter last week, resulting in an incident report being filed with the Charleston county aviation authority police department. Mace is accused of berating airport staff, calling them “f–king incompetent,” reports The Guardian. The 47-year-old lawmaker, who claims airport security put her safety at risk, reportedly said […]

todayNovember 7, 2025 2

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Trump touts new actions to lower prices for weight loss drugs. How will it impact Black Americans?

The White House announced on Thursday agreements with two of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower prices for weight loss medications. The deals would expand access for millions, including Black Americans who suffer health disparities like obesity and diabetes. President Donald Trump unveiled the agreements with Eli Lilly and Company and Novo Nordisk inside the Oval Office. The White House is touting the deals as the “most significant actions ever taken by our federal government to lower prescription drug […]

todayNovember 6, 2025 2

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A Quiet Rebellion Against the Rigged Game – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent In a political season defined by distrust, Californians did something rare on Tuesday night. They stood up for democracy. Proposition 50, approved by a wide margin, was more than a ballot measure. It was a statement of intent. Voters sent a message that when the system begins to fracture, citizens still have the power to restore it. The initiative gives California’s Democratic-controlled legislature the authority to draw new congressional maps, replacing […]

todayNovember 6, 2025 1

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Black leaders, from Barack Obama to Kamala Harris, react to retirement of Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi

Black leaders in politics and the civil rights community are reacting to the announcement of U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi‘s retirement from Congress, marking the end of a nearly 40-year historic career. “Over nearly 40 years in the House, she advanced legislation that improved the lives of everyday Americans and served as inarguably the fiercest check on presidents from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump,” Rev. Al Sharpton said of 85-year-old Pelosi, who was the first woman to be elected Speaker of […]

todayNovember 6, 2025 1

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Black women have something to say a year after Kamala Harris’ loss

It’s officially been one year since Kamala Harris lost her bid to become America’s first female and first Black and South Asian woman president. The former vice president’s stunning loss to Donald Trump left many Democratic voters devastated, most especially Black women who campaigned and organized in droves to put her in the White House. “I was so sad…I wanted Vice President Kamala Harris to win, but I also knew what was at stake,” said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black […]

todayNovember 6, 2025 5

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Democrats Sweep Virginia as Speaker Don Scott and Jay Jones Make History – BlackPressUSA

By Lauren Burke In a clear rejection of the policies of President Donald Trump, history repeated itself in Virginia. Democrats once again swept all three statewide offices as they did in 2017 during Trump’s first term. Abigail Spanberger easily won the office of Governor, and State Senator Ghazala Hashmi won her race over John Reid to be the next Lieutenant Governor. The victories occurred against the backdrop of a historic win in Virginia by Spanberger that will give Virginia its […]

todayNovember 6, 2025 5

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President Donald Trump brags about the US economy despite growing concerns: “We have the greatest”

President Donald Trump took a victory lap on the economy on the one-year anniversary of his successful election, boasting of cheaper prices and saying the U.S. is the envy of the globe even as the Republican Party faced a rebuke from voters anxious about their own finances in Tuesday’s off-year elections. Trump, speaking Wednesday at the America Business Forum, said he thinks that communication was the problem, insisting that “we have the greatest economy right now” and that “a lot of people […]

todayNovember 6, 2025 3

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‘I’m really not supposed to be here’: Winsome Earle-Sears touts unlikely rise in concession speech despite no Trump endorsement

Despite losing the race for Governor of Virginia on Tuesday night, Lt. Gov Winsome Earle-Sears hoped that Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger would be a successful leader as she thanked supporters in her concession speech. Election experts called the race for Spanberger less than an hour after polls had closed. As the votes were tallied, the former U.S. Representative had secured nearly 500,000 more votes than Earle-Sears, the state’s first Black woman lieutenant governor. “You know, I’m really not supposed to be […]

todayNovember 6, 2025 1

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Here’s how much SNAP recipients can expect this November amid government shutdown

Amid the government shutdown and the Trump administration announcing this week that the SNAP program will only be partially funded, more details have emerged in terms of how much recipients can expect to see in their accounts this month. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which oversees the SNAP food assistance program, those who are enrolled can expect about 50% of their usual monthly benefits. Following court orders to use emergency funds to cover the cost of SNAP, the […]

todayNovember 5, 2025 1