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Trump’s viral ‘white farmer genocide’ photo debunked—image is from Congo, not South Africa

President Donald Trump created quite the spectacle during Wednesday’s Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in his attempt to bolster his claim of a white “genocide” happening in the country. However, some of the evidence Trump presented has turned out to be false. Trump displayed numerous printed articles and played a nearly 5-minute-long video montage to reporters at the White House that he claimed proved that white Afrikaner farmers were the victims of a genocide in South […]

todayMay 23, 2025 1

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Lamar Odom faces angry protesters while attending Trump’s ‘corrupt’ crypto dinner

President Donald Trump and attendees of his average of $1.8 million-per-ticket crypto dinner were met with angry protesters outside the D.C. Trump National Golf Club on Thursday night amid accusations of Trump using the Office of the President to enrich himself. Retired NBA star Lamar Odom was among the 220 attendees who invested millions into Trump’s memecoin, a cryptocurrency, to secure a seat at the dinner. The coin earned a total of $148 million. Odom was all smiles as protesters […]

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Why Kamala Harris could run for California governor and bypass another White House bid

Many of Kamala Harris’ supporters and detractors alike think she’d have better odds running for California governor rather than president a third time. There are several reasons for Harris to make a bid to replace term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom. She would immediately become the early front-runner instead of entering a presidential primary with a dozen or more serious contenders. No other candidate in California could match her résumé of having served as San Francisco district attorney, state attorney general, U.S. […]

todayMay 23, 2025

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Black US senators demand Trump admin drop charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver

All Black Democrats in the U.S. Senate have come together to condemn the criminal charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey, demanding that the Trump administration dismiss the case. “We stand with Representative LaMonica McIver in the face of efforts to intimidate her and silence those who seek to hold this administration accountable,” said U.S. Senators Cory Booker of New Jersey, Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Lisa Blunt Rochester of Delaware, and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland in a joint statement. A record […]

todayMay 23, 2025 1

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Cory Booker faces backlash for vote to confirm Ivanka Trump’s father-in-law for ambassador role

U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., is facing political backlash after voting to confirm Charles Kushner, the father-in-law of Ivanka Trump, as the U.S. ambassador to France. Booker was the only Democrat to join a majority of Republicans to confirm Kushner 51-45. Kushner, a real estate billionaire and father of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was convicted of illegal campaign contributions, witness tampering, and tax evasion in 2005. President Trump pardoned Charles Kushner for his crimes at the end of […]

todayMay 23, 2025 17

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Trump accused of unethically enriching himself with Crypto dinner for investors

President Donald Trump is being slammed by critics for hosting a dinner Thursday night for cryptocurrency investors of his personal memecoin. They argue the multi-million dollar dinner crosses ethical lines by providing access to the presidency in exchange for investing his family business. The dinner is being hosted at Trump’s golf club in Virginia for the top 220 buyers of the president’s memecoin, called $TRUMP. The top 25 will get a more personal cocktail reception and a tour of the […]

todayMay 22, 2025

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Judge blocks Trump’s attempt to dismantle Education Department

A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to shut down the Education Department and ordered the agency to reinstate employees who were fired in mass layoffs. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Boston granted a preliminary injunction stopping the Trump administration from carrying out two plans announced in March that sought to work toward Trump’s goal to dismantle the department. It marks a setback to one of the Republican president’s campaign promises. The injunction was requested […]

todayMay 22, 2025 2

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House Republicans pass Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and program cuts after all-night session

House Republicans stayed up all night to pass their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package, with Speaker Mike Johnson defying the skeptics and unifying his ranks to muscle President Donald Trump’s priority bill to approval Thursday. With last-minute concessions and stark warnings from Trump, the Republican holdouts largely dropped their opposition to salvage the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that’s central to the GOP agenda. The House launched debate before midnight and by dawn the vote was called, 215-214, with Democrats staunchly opposed. It next goes to the Senate. “To put it […]

todayMay 22, 2025 2

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Justice Department moves to cancel police reform settlements reached with Minneapolis and Louisville

The Justice Department moved Wednesday to cancel settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville that called for an overhaul of their police departments following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor that became the catalyst for nationwide racial injustice protests in the summer of 2020. Following a scathing report by the Justice Department in 2023, Minneapolis in January approved a consent decree with the federal government in the final days of the Biden administration to overhaul its training and use-of-force policies under court supervision. The […]

todayMay 21, 2025 8