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Trump weaponization czar urged New York Attorney General James to resign over mortgage probe

President Donald Trump’s political weaponization czar sent a letter urging New York Attorney General Letitia James to resign from office “as an act of good faith” four days after starting his mortgage fraud investigation of her. Then he showed up outside her house. Ed Martin, the director of the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group, told James’ lawyer on Aug. 12 the Democrat would best serve the “good of the state and nation” by resigning and ending his probe into alleged paperwork discrepancies on her […]

todayAugust 20, 2025 1

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Alice Johnson, Trump’s pardon czar, seen by some as Black political ‘token’ amid controversial pardons

As President Donald Trump announced his pardons for reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley during an Oval Office call on Tuesday, his newly minted “pardon czar,” Alice Johnson, stood proudly beside him. Trump pardoned Johnson in 2018 after she served more than 20 years of her life sentence in prison for a 1996 drug trafficking conviction. The Mississippi grandmother became the face of Trump’s First Step Act, a bipartisan law that made several reforms to the criminal justice system, […]

todayMay 29, 2025 5

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New York City mayor meets with Trump’s ‘border czar’ to discuss how to go after ‘violent’ criminals

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams met with President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar” on Thursday, with the Democratic mayor expressing an enthusiasm to work with the incoming administration to pursue violent criminals in the city while Trump promises mass deportations. The mayor’s meeting with Tom Homan, who will oversee the southern and northern borders and be responsible for deportation efforts in the Trump administration, came as Adams has welcomed parts of the president-elect’s hardline immigration platform. Adams told reporters at […]

todayDecember 14, 2024 1

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Watch: Biden’s infrastructure czar explains how president is bringing jobs to Black communities

On the latest episode of “The Hill with April Ryan,” host and theGrio’s Washington Bureau Chief and White House correspondent April Ryan, talks to White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about Biden’s Black agenda as we commemorate the 95th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ryan also chatted with Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of Dr. King. Additionally, Mitch Landrieu, President Biden’s former infrastructure czar, discusses the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan that created jobs, improved roadways and […]

todayJanuary 15, 2024