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Former Detroit Congresswoman and CBC Chair Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Dies at 80 – BlackPressUSA

By Lauren Burke Carolyn Jean Cheeks Kilpatrick, an assertive advocate for Detroit and Black owned businesses, died on October 7 in Atlanta. She was 80. The former Congressman first won election to the U.S. Congress in 1996 and served until 2011 after losing a primary election in 2010 to former Congressman Hansen Clarke. Kilpatrick was elected Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus in 2006 and served as Chair from 2007-2009. Kilpatrick was an outspoken and assertive member of the CBC. […]

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Trump’s trend of targeting prominent Black women, like Letitia James, explained

President Donald Trump‘s vow to go after his political enemies came to a head on Thursday when his Justice Department announced the indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James. James, who was charged with mortgage fraud, maintains that she did not commit any crime and slammed the president for his “desperate weaponization of our justice system” and “grave violation of our constitutional order.” While the targeting of James is being condemned as part of a growing trend of political […]

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WIC Receives $300M To Stay Running During Shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — A food aid program that supports millions of low-income mothers and their young children received a $300 million infusion from the Trump administration this week, alleviating some anxiety that it would run out of money during the government shutdown. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children helps more than 6 million low-income mothers, young children and expectant parents to purchase nutritious staples like fruits and vegetables, low-fat milk and infant formula. The program, known as WIC, was […]

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Democratic Leader Hakeem Has Words for Republican Lawler in Shutdown Confrontation – BlackPressUSA

By Lauren Burke As House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries departed a press conference with several other Democrats on Capitol Hill, Republican Congressman Michael Lawler was waiting. The federal government has been shut down because Congress has not agreed to fund the federal government since midnight on October 1. Lawler serves in a New York congressional district that will be tough for him to win re-election in. He declined to run for Governor of New York, a move that would not […]

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Government shutdown is having an outsized impact on Black Americans

The federal government shutdown has lasted for more than a week with no end in sight–and Black Americans across the country are suffering as a result. Civil rights leaders and the president of the largest federal workers’ union, who spoke with theGrio, warn that if a deal is not struck between Democrats and Republicans soon, the damage would further devastate Black communities, who are already experiencing disproportionate economic harm. “The ongoing government shutdown is causing real harm to communities across […]

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Turning Point USA To Counterpogram Super Bowl LIX

Turning Point USA, the conservative advocacy group founded by the late Charlie Kirk, confirms it will host a counterprogram halftime show to Bad Bunny’s performance during next year’s Super Bowl LX halftime show. The nonprofit organization founded by Kirk, who was killed during a public speaking event on Sept. 10, teased earlier this week that its program would be called “The All American Halftime Show” with performers and details to be announced at a later date. According to TPUSA, the […]

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Jobs Are Disappearing – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent With the federal government shutdown grinding on, the nation’s economic picture is collapsing into silence and uncertainty. For the first time in decades, there is no official monthly employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — the same agency many now say can no longer be trusted after the White House moved to control its data release following a weak jobs report earlier this year. In the vacuum, private […]

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Trump Officials Won’t Give Up On Deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia

GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing again to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was mistakenly sent to El Salvador, and hasn’t given up on moving him to Eswatini or Ghana even though both have rejected the idea, an immigration official told a judge Friday. Abrego Garcia has challenged efforts to re-deport him to a third country after the government admitted that a previous order prevents his deportation to his home country of El Salvador. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said […]

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Trump railed against Obama before he was passed over for Nobel Peace Prize

After months of public campaigning, President Donald Trump did not receive a Nobel Peace Prize as he had hoped hours after railing against his predecessor and longtime political foe, former President Barack Obama, who received the international honor while in office. The Norwegian Nobel Institute announced on Friday that it was awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machada, which was seen as a snub to the U.S. president among his MAGA faithful. “The Nobel Committee […]

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