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White House targets Somali migrants after Trump attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar

The White House is targeting Somali immigrants following a report of a fraud scandal committed by dozens of Somali nationals in Minnesota. During Monday’s press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called out the New York Times report in the Trump administration’s latest effort to justify its crackdown on immigration enforcement policies. “Somalian migrants in Minnesota have defrauded nearly $1 billion in taxpayer funded benefits under Democrat Governor Walz leadership,” said Leavitt. “In the wake of last week’s atrocity, it is […]

todayDecember 2, 2025 1

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In emotional speech, Zohran Mamdani defends Muslim identity against ‘racist and baseless’ attacks

NEW YORK (AP) — Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, pledged Friday to further embrace his Muslim identity in response to growing attacks by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his surrogates that he characterized as “racist and baseless.” Encircled by faith leaders outside a Bronx mosque, Mamdani spoke in emotional terms about the “indignities” long faced by the city’s Muslim population, choking back tears as he described his aunt’s decision not to ride the subway after the Sept. […]

todayOctober 26, 2025

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A timeline of US attacks in the Caribbean and what Congress has had to say

WASHINGTON (AP) — In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 34 people in eight strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States. He has asserted the U.S. is engaged in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels, relying on the same legal authority used by the Bush administration when it declared a […]

todayOctober 22, 2025

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Trump ally, Laura Loomer, attacks Rep. Jasmine Crockett in racist, sexist rant: ‘Should be working at KFC’

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) has once again found herself in the crosshairs of Republican attacks; this time targeted by far-right activist and Trump Ally, Laura Loomer, whose recent string of social media posts leaned heavily on racist stereotypes. Earlier this week, Loomer responded to a clip of Congresswoman Crockett on CNN posting on X, “It hurts my heart that we have ghetto black b*****s who hate America serving in Congress.” The crass attack came after Crockett questioned why so many […]

todaySeptember 23, 2025

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‘Untrue attacks’: Kamala Harris gets candid about Biden staff not defending her in new memoir

Former Vice President Kamala Harris‘s upcoming book, “107 Days,” is sure to ignite chatter in political circles if a new excerpt from the memoir is any indication. In an excerpt published in “The Atlantic” on Wednesday, America’s first Black female major-party presidential nominee opens up about the inner conflicts of the Biden White House between President Joe Biden‘s staff and Harris’ office, and defends her former boss against speculation about his health and advanced age. “They had a huge comms […]

todaySeptember 10, 2025

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Trump’s ‘second-rate’ tirade against Yamiche Alcindor recalls history of attacks on Black female journalists

President Donald Trump personally attacked NBC News reporter Yamiche Alcindor at the White House as she questioned him about a jarring social media post in which he appeared to threaten “war” in Chicago. The blistering tirade recalled previous clashes with Alcindor and other Black female journalists during his first term, and drew swift criticisms from Black leaders, including the president of the nation’s largest association for Black journalists. “Are you trying to go to war with Chicago?” Alcindor asked Trump […]

todaySeptember 9, 2025

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Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson condemns Trump’s attacks on judges

In a rare rebuke on Thursday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson pointedly condemned incessant attacks on federal judges. While she didn’t explicitly name the attackers, a range of attacks have come from President Donald Trump and Republican allies in recent months and over the past year. “The attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity,” Jackson said at a conference for judges in Puerto Rico, Politico reports. “The […]

todayMay 2, 2025

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Candace Owens speaks out against Trump and his attacks on universities: ‘I don’t recognize this administration’

If you can believe it, you can add Candace Owens to the growing list of fervent Donald Trump supporters who are less than enthused about the 47th President of the United States. Picking a fight with Harvard may be a bridge too far, even for her.  In a clip from a recent episode of her podcast “Candace,” going viral online, the often controversial far-right-wing 35-year-old media personality is calling out Trump’s attacks on colleges and universities and what she sees […]

todayApril 26, 2025

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Fani Willis calls out Trump and Republicans as ‘scared little boys,’ slams attacks on DEI

Fani Willis, Atlanta’s high-profile district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, isn’t keeping quiet amid continued attempts to investigate her in the aftermath of her now stalled criminal prosecution of President Donald Trump. “They picked the right lady at the right time,” Willis said of Republicans in recently published remarks at the Atlanta NAACP’s first annual women’s brunch last week. “I plan to continue to follow my oath. And I don’t really care how many times you threaten me…you can investigate […]

todayApril 7, 2025