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Donald Trump Is the Biggest Loser – BlackPressUSA

By April Ryan The Trump Brand took a significant hit as it was swept up in the Democratic blue wave of the election last night. Chris Jones, Democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives (AR-02), says, “Last night was electric, and it was unquestionably a wave.” Democrats won big in what is widely considered a repudiation of Trump’s 9 months at the White House in his second term. In the state of Virginia, which produced the first big election night […]

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California voters approve new US House map to boost Democrats in 2026

California voters approved new congressional district boundaries Tuesday, delivering a victory for Democrats in the state-by-state redistricting battle that will help determine which party wins control of the U.S. House in 2026 and, with it, the power to thwart or advance President Donald Trump’s agenda. The approval of Proposition 50 gives Democrats a shot at winning as many as five additional seats, just enough to blunt Texas Republicans’ move to redraw their own maps to pick up five GOP seats […]

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Syracuse elects its first Black mayor and second woman, Sharon Owens: ‘This is more than a win’

Syracuse just made history. On Tuesday, Nov. 4, 62-year-old Sharon Owens became the city’s first Black mayor. “We did it, Syracuse,” her campaign wrote on Instagram. “Sharon Owens has been elected our next mayor! This is more than a win — it’s a movement powered by community, love, and a shared vision for a stronger Syracuse. Thank you to everyone who voted, volunteered, and believed.” Owens won with over 13,000 votes, defeating Republican Thomas Babilon and independents Alfonso Davis and […]

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The Government Shutdown Proves We Need Skilled Trades – BlackPressUSA

Our current moment is a powerful case study in where economic value and job stability lie. By Louis J. King II, President and CEO, OIC of America Aging U.S. infrastructure, increasingly frequent natural disasters and booming data centers don’t care that the government is shut down. Real work still needs to get done. While political gridlock blocks funding for federal agencies, furloughs thousands of workers, and delays the collection and analysis of crucial economic data, the underlying physical infrastructure and […]

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Zohran Mamdani wins Black and youth vote to make history as New York City’s next mayor

Democrat Zohran Mamdani was elected the next mayor of New York City, making history as the Big Apple’s first Muslim mayor and the youngest in more than a century. Tuesday marked the highest voter turnout in New York City in more than three decades, with more than two million voters, according to early vote counts. Mamdani’s victory is a strong endorsement of his campaign platform, which aims to raise taxes on the wealthy to address the city’s affordability crisis, including […]

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Jay Jones makes history as Virginia’s first Black attorney general

Democrat Jay Jones was elected Tuesday as Virginia attorney general, riding a wave of voter dissatisfaction with the White House to overcome the revelation that in 2022 he sent widely condemned texts embracing violence against a fellow state lawmaker. The former Virginia delegate defeated Republican incumbent Attorney General Jason Miyares weeks after it emerged that Jones had texted a fellow delegate suggesting the then-House speaker should get “two bullets to the head.” Jones apologized for the private messages both in statements and […]

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Charlamagne urges Democrats to give in on government shutdown as Republicans won’t budge: ‘It seems like you lost’

As the government shutdown continues to affect working families and others, Charlamagne Tha God used “The Breakfast Club” on Monday to suggest that Democrats should meet with their Republican counterparts and end the shutdown to relieve American families. After playing a clip of President Donald Trump’s return to “60 Minutes,” Charlamagne argued that Democrats appear to be fighting in a stalemate over issues that, in his eyes, were already settled earlier this year. “The healthcare is going to go up […]

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Congressman Meeks Chastises President Trump for Possible Invasion of Nigeria – BlackPressUSA

By April Ryan “A complex reality” is being overlooked by President Donald Trump, with his Friday proposal to send the U.S. military into Nigeria over alleged anti-Christian behaviors, believes Congressman Greg Meeks of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The president said last week in a post to social media that if Nigeria does not halt the persecution of Christians, he may send U.S. troops “guns-a-blazing” to “completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.” Trump has […]

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Trump says no SNAP benefits will be provided until government reopens, creating confusion

In what appeared to be a major reversal, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that no SNAP food assistance will be funded until the government reopens. The announcement seemed to violate court rulings from federal judges who ordered the federal government to use emergency funds to keep the program funded. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a court filing, stated that it would disperse $4.65 billion in partial funding from a contingency fund but would not provide an […]

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