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‘I am not afraid of you!’: Senator Booker clashes with FBI Director Kash Patel over Trump’s MAGA agenda

Sparks were flying during a hearing for the Senate Judiciary Committee between U.S. Senator Cory Booker, D-N.J., and FBI Director Kash Patel, which resulted in a testy shouting match. “I am not afraid of you!” Booker yelled as he and Patel clashed during a Tuesday hearing on the FBI director’s leadership since being confirmed by the U.S. Senate in February. Patel accused Booker of spreading “falsehoods” after the New Jersey senator pressed the FBI director over the terminations of top […]

September 16, 2025

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Jamal Bryant says we must ‘have an agenda for the diaspora’ in the fight against Trump’s immigration policies

Jamal Bryant is advocating for more than just the rehabilitation of DEI initiatives at Target. During a recent panel discussion with Symone Sanders at the NAACP’s 116th national convention, Pastor Bryant stressed to audiences that the Trump administration’s rapid changes to immigration policies impact Black communities just as much as they can impact Hispanic communities. “We have been deluded into believing that immigration is a Latino and Mexican issue,” he said. “There are 500,000 Haitians [who] are unprotected, 250,000 Jamaicans […]

July 17, 2025

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Maxine Waters warns Trump’s military deployment in LA is part of a more sinister agenda

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is sounding the alarm after President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops and 700 U.S. Marines to her city of Los Angeles, warning that this is only the beginning if there isn’t enough public pushback. The 17-term congresswoman accused Trump of playing politics with his executive action that is currently being legally challenged by California Governor Gavin Newsom. Waters said the convicted felon turned second-term president is using the chaos of the moment to […]

June 11, 2025

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Trump accused of expanding global ‘white supremacist’ agenda with South Africa refugee program

President Donald Trump is being accused by critics of escalating a global white supremacist agenda after his administration launched a new refugee program for white South Africans under the guise of racial discrimination. “This is an incredibly aggressive and bold declaration of the administration’s priorities, and their priority is to essentially re-establish the idea of white supremacy as not only acceptable, but necessary,” Joseph Tolton, a Pan-African activist and founder of Interconnected Justice, told theGrio. Tolton is among many advocates […]

May 12, 2025

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‘People will die’: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries warns of Trump agenda as president marks 100 days in office

On the heels of a hours-long sit-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building on Sunday, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic House minority leader, warned of what is come if President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda–aided by Republicans in Congress–is implemented. “People will die,” said Jeffries during a Monday press conference where he slammed the Republican Party’s budget framework that intends to expand tax cuts for high income earners, increase spending for the military and border security, and implement massive […]

April 28, 2025

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Black women descend on Capitol Hill to ‘Save Democracy’ from Trump’s MAGA agenda

A coalition of Black women leaders and activists descended on Capitol Hill to rally against the Trump administration and the Republican Party’s string of actions that include budget cuts, elimination of critical departments and programs, and the firing of thousands of federal workers. The group of Black women leaders from across the country — joined by newly elected Black women U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks — rallied outside the Capitol building Thursday morning before meeting with members […]

March 13, 2025

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Control of the U.S. House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump’s agenda

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House majority hung in the balance Wednesday, teetering between Republican control that would usher in a new era of unified GOP governance in Washington or a flip to Democrats as a last line of resistance to a Trump second-term White House agenda. A few individual seats, or even a single one, will determine the outcome. Final tallies will take a while, likely pushing the decision into next week — or beyond. After Republicans swept into the majority in the U.S. Senate […]

November 8, 2024

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Watch: Biden reflects on his Black agenda and what he wished he did differently

In an exclusive interview with theGrio’s “The Hill with April Ryan” in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, President Joe Biden reflected on his Black agenda over the past nearly four years and more. “I wish we could have gotten more work done quicker in terms of the Black agenda,” Biden admitted. However, the 46th president of the United States listed off a number of achievements during his administration, including reducing Black poverty and unemployment. “We increase the participation of the number of small […]

October 13, 2024

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Critics warn Black voters about Trump’s ‘anti-white racism’ agenda if elected back into office

Democratic strategists are sounding the alarm for Black voters after a report indicated that if Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump returns to the White House, his allies and longtime aides will prioritize policies concerning “anti-white racism.” According to Axios, a potential second Trump administration will seek to undo equity programs aimed at addressing generations of discrimination against Black and brown Americans, including decades-old federal programs and recent programs established by President Joe Biden. “I wish I could say this report […]

April 9, 2024