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US Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida indicted on charges of stealing $5M in disaster funds

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida has been indicted on charges accusing her of stealing $5 million in federal disaster funds and using some of the money to aid her 2021 campaign, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The Democrat is accused of stealing Federal Emergency Management Agency overpayments that her family health care company had received through a federally funded COVID-19 vaccination staffing contract, federal prosecutors said. A portion of the money was then funneled to support her campaign through […]

todayNovember 20, 2025

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Trump calls Obama’s presidency a ‘disaster’ as he attempts to resurrect ‘Trumpcare’

President Donald Trump soft-launched a new policy proposal to overhaul America’s health care system, while slamming his predecessor, former President Barack Obama, as a “disaster” as he and Congress confront rising costs for millions of insured Americans under Obamacare. Tentatively naming the health care plan “Trumpcare,” Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday, “Instead of going to the insurance companies, I want the money to go into an account for people where the people buy their own health […]

todayNovember 12, 2025

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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 5

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Azealia Banks regrets her vote for Donald Trump’s 2nd term: ‘This is an absolute disaster’ 

Azealia Banks is no longer singing the praises of her once “f— hero,” Donald Trump. On Wednesday, the ever-controversial 33-year-old rapper stirred the pot online once again by getting candid in posts on X about feeling remorseful for voting for him for a second time.  “Ok I think it’s time everyone who voted for Trump admit that we made a f— mess,” she wrote on X. “Like this is an absolute disaster.” She added that Trump was “petty” and “vindictive,” […]

todayApril 17, 2025 1