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Trump’s travel ban disrupts critical treatment for sick Haiti children in need of surgery

The ramifications of the Trump administration’s travel ban on 12 Black and brown countries have been swift, including in Haiti, where the lives of sick children hang in the balance. The International Cardiac Alliance, which has sent more than 100 Haitian children with serious cardiac conditions to the United States for heart surgery, tells NBC News that Trump’s ban, which went into effect on Monday, will stall or cancel lifesaving procedures for at least a dozen children or young adults. […]

todayJune 9, 2025 2

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After deploying national guard in LA, Trump slammed for ‘provoking chaos’ and ‘stoking fear’

On Sunday, President Donald Trump did something no U.S. president has done since the Civil Rights Movement: he used his executive powers to deploy the national guard, overruling the authority of a state governor. Hundreds of California National Guard troops entered Los Angeles amid protests and tensions between the community and law enforcement over the Trump administration’s escalation of ICE raids and detainments. The decision quickly drew condemnations from California leadership, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, who vowed to sue the […]

todayJune 9, 2025 1

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Musk says his money elected Trump. Where would things stand if Kamala Harris was president instead?

During the public and nasty breakup between billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, Musk made a shocking claim—in addition to the claim that Trump is mentioned in the sealed FBI files on Jeffrey Epstein—that Trump would not be president if it weren’t for his money. Referring to last year’s presidential election, Musk wrote on X, “Without me, Trump would have lost the election, Dems would control the House, and the Republicans would be 51-49 in the Senate.” By public […]

todayJune 8, 2025 2

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Call For Reparations To Illegal Alien Immigrants Amid Los Angeles ICE Raids & Protests

As a Black Californian I am infuriated by these protesters (carrying flags of other countries) and activists who would dare say they deserve reparations. Reparations, historically, are tied to systemic wrongs committed against specific groups, like descendants of enslaved people or victims of government-sanctioned injustices. Illegal immigrants, by contrast, have chosen to enter or remain in the United States in violation of federal law.Watch activist calling for compensation for illegals:In Los Angeles, a city already strained by overpopulation, homelessness, and […]

todayJune 8, 2025

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‘The girls are fighting’: Trump vs. Musk feud may entertain but Dems say these policies are at stake for Black America

The very public and nasty feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has garnered major reactions and elicited much fodder—and jokes—on television and social media timelines. “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?” said U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in a now-viral reaction to Musk and Trump trading barbs online. While Democrats say they are hardly surprised by the crash and burn of Trump’s bromance with Musk, they make clear nobody wins when the world’s most powerful man and the […]

todayJune 7, 2025 1

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‘Insatiable hate’: Advocates warn of deaths amid Trump’s ‘bigoted’ travel ban against Black and brown countries

Advocates and elected officials forcefully condemned President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting a dozen Black and brown nations. Citing national security concerns, Trump’s Wednesday proclamation fully restricts or limits entry into the United States for nationals from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.  U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., co-chairs of the House Haiti Caucus, slammed the administration’s “bigoted” travel ban as an “unambiguously xenophobic […]

todayJune 6, 2025 3

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Carla Hayden, historic former Librarian of Congress, breaks silence after White House abruptly fired her

Dr. Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress, is breaking her silence about her unceremonious firing by the Trump administration after serving on the job for nearly a decade. In an upcoming interview on “CBS Sunday,” Hayden, the first woman and Black woman to hold the position, reveals that she received no heads-up from the White House before her abrupt termination on May 8. “I’ve received no communication directly, except for that one email,” said Hayden of the communication she […]

todayJune 6, 2025 2

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Trump threatens to cut Musk’s government contracts as their public feud escalates

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to cut Elon Musk’s government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated into a public feud with Trump suggesting he would use the U.S. government to hurt his fellow billionaire financially. The spectacular blow-up between the president of the United States and the world’s richest man played out on their respective social media platforms after Trump first broached the topic in a White House meeting with Germany’s new leader. The rancorous breakup happened less than a week […]

todayJune 6, 2025 18

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FEMA ‘joke’ from chief raises concerns about disaster preparedness in Black communities

When David Richardson, the acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, commonly known as FEMA, told staffers on Monday that he was unaware that there was a hurricane season, it ignited a wave of concern about the leadership of the U.S.’s disaster agency and its preparedness to administer natural disaster relief. Though a FEMA spokesperson and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Richardson was “joking” at the time of his reported remarks, former FEMA officials who spoke to […]

todayJune 5, 2025 17