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25 States Suing Trump USDA for Gutting Food Aid to 40 million Americans – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent Twenty-five attorneys general across the country and three governors have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its Secretary, Brooke Rollins, after the agency moved to suspend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP, which helps more than 40 million Americans buy food each month. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, argues that Rollins and the USDA unlawfully halted the program despite having billions […]

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A Confederate statue is restored as part of Trump’s efforts to reshape how history is told

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has restored a memorial to a Confederate general in Washington, D.C. that demonstrators took down during racial justice protests in the summer of 2020, part of a broader effort by the president to reshape the way the country’s history is told. The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and diplomat who later served on the Arkansas Supreme Court, is the only outdoor statue of a Confederate leader in the nation’s capital. It has been contentious since it […]

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What shutdown? Trump isn’t canceling travel, golf or his ballroom even with the government shuttered

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump isn’t curtailing travel. He’s not avoiding golf or making do with a skeleton staff in the West Wing. Even hamburgers served at the White House aren’t from McDonalds, this time. In shutdowns past — including during Trump’s first term — presidents normally scaled back their schedules. With staffers deemed “non-essential” sent home, the White House often sought to appear sympathetic to Americans affected by disruptions to health care, veterans benefits and other key services. The current one […]

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Inside the Mind of Russell Vought: Trump’s Enforcer – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownSenior National Correspondent, Black Press of America Russell Vought wakes each morning with the cold precision of a man who has learned to confuse faith with power. His pen is a weapon, and his calculations are not about progress or prosperity. They are about punishment. He has taken the language of government and turned it into a vocabulary of cruelty. Each budget cut is an act of vengeance. Each withheld dollar is a message to the poor, […]

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Here’s how much Obamacare will increase if Trump and Congress don’t strike a deal

Americans who buy private health insurance through the Obamacare marketplace are officially receiving notices about how much their premiums will increase next year. The Trump administration previewed the new plans sold under the Affordable Care Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law in 2010. According to a new analysis of the plans published by the health policy nonprofit KFF, the average Obamacare enrollees will see an average 30% increase in states (30) where the federal government manages marketplaces. For […]

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Ex-Trump White House official calls Karine Jean-Pierre ‘incompetent’ and proof ‘DEI doesn’t work’

Karine Jean-Pierre was personally attacked on CNN by former White House official Katie Miller, who called the former White House press secretary “incompetent” and proof that “DEI doesn’t work.” Jean-Pierre has been in the news a lot lately due to several interviews promoting her new post-White House book, “Independent: A Look Inside a Broken White House, Outside the Party Lines.” The book details Jean-Pierre’s historic run as the first Black and LGBTQ+ White House press secretary, and what she describes […]

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Texas Republican Wesley Hunt accuses Gavin Newsom of ‘code-switching’ with ex-NBA players

Texas Republican Congressman Wesley Hunt slammed California Gov. Gavin Newsom, accusing the rumored 2028 presidential hopeful of “code-switching” in an attempt to attract Black Americans.  “We call this code-switching,” said Hunt, a Black conservative who represents the 38th Congressional District in Texas. Newsom, who recently appeared on the “All the Smoke” podcast hosted by former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, faced criticisms from conservatives online for his dialect while discussing his childhood. Newsom reflected on being raised by […]

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Museum Advocates vs. the Smithsonian Board of Regents – BlackPressUSA

By April Ryan Today is an all-day board meeting for the Smithsonian Regents. Advocates and lawyers are advocating for this quarterly meeting to save over a million artifacts and specimens, particularly at the National Museum of African American History and Culture. A group forming a broad-based coalition called America’s History SOS is presenting over 70,000 signatures to members of Congress who serve on the Smithsonian Board of Regents, to save artifacts at what is affectionately called the Blacksonian (NMAAHC), which […]

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Trump threatens to send ‘more than the National Guard’ into US cities: ‘He desperately wants to seem strong’

President Donald Trump escalated his threats to send troops to U.S. cities, telling thousands of military service members on Tuesday that he is prepared to send “more than the National Guard.” “We have cities that are troubled; we can’t have cities that are troubled,” Trump told military troops stationed at a Naval base in Japan. “And we’re sending in our National Guard, and if we need more than the National Guard, we’ll send more than the National Guard, because we’re […]

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