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Texas election map for 2026 are racially biased, voting-rights advocates say in lawsuit

Voting-rights advocates sued Tuesday to overturn a redistricting map drawn by Texas Republicans meant to favor the party in the 2026 midterm elections, saying it weakens the electoral influence of Black voters. The NAACP and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law filed the lawsuit in Texas. They accuse Texas legislative leaders of engaging in gerrymandering to prevent Black voters from electing candidates of their choice. “The state of Texas is only 40 percent white, but white voters control over 73 […]

todayAugust 27, 2025 2

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Trump Admin Accuses Obama Admin of ‘Knowingly Lying’ in Intelligence Assessment of 2017 Russian Collusion in U.S. Election – BlackPressUSA

By April RyanBlack Press USA Washington, DC Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent To the dismay of the children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders, President Donald Trump has ordered the release of more than 240,000 pages of FBI documents related to the assassination of Dr. King in 1968. “The emphasis here is to give Americans the truth,” said Trump Deputy Press Secretary Harrison Fields. In late January of this year, President Trump signed Executive […]

todayJuly 30, 2025 3

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Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach

A federal judge on Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s attempt to overhaul elections in the U.S., siding with a group of Democratic state attorneys general who challenged the effort as unconstitutional. The Republican president’s March 25 executive order sought to compel officials to require documentary proof of citizenship for everyone registering to vote for federal elections, accept only mailed ballots received by Election Day and condition federal election grant funding on states adhering to the new ballot deadline. The attorneys general had argued the […]

todayJune 14, 2025

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President Trump calls out ‘Radical Left Lunatics’ and resurrects 2020 election grievances in Easter message

President Donald Trump delivered an unusual Easter message to his perceived political enemies, expressing his greatest hits of grievances, including U.S. immigration policy and lies about the 2020 presidential election being stolen. After initially posting a brief Easter message on behalf of himself and First Lady Melania Trump on his social media platform, Truth Social, minutes later, Trump posted another message to Democrats. “Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting and scheming so hard to […]

todayApril 21, 2025 2

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Senator Angela Alsobrooks explains why Black women did *not* lose the 2024 election

Despite the loss of Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential contest being met with much disappointment from Black women — 92% of whom voted for the former vice president over Donald Trump — her friend and mentee U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks says contrary to what some believe, Black women did not lose the 2024 election. “I want to set the record straight,” said the Maryland Democrat on Thursday during a rally, where theGrio was on the ground, with Black women […]

todayMarch 15, 2025 1

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Trump would’ve been convicted if he lost 2024 election, says special counsel in new report

Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released Tuesday that he stands fully behind his decision to bring criminal charges he believes would have resulted in a conviction had voters not returned Trump to the White House. “The throughline of all of Mr. Trump’s criminal efforts was deceit — knowingly false claims of election fraud — […]

todayJanuary 14, 2025 1

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Harris returns love to ‘extraordinary’ Jimmy Carter with eulogy after winning his vote in 2024 election

Vice President Kamala Harris paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter as his casket was laid inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda on Tuesday, remembering the 39th commander-in-chief for his humility, commitment to diversity, and revolutionary actions to advance environmental policies. America’s first female, first Black woman, and first South Asian vice president said the works of President Carter, who died at 100 years old on Dec. 29, will “echo for generations to come.” “Jimmy Carter established a new model for […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025 1

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Rudy Giuliani is in contempt of court in $148 million case defaming Black election workers

Rudy Giuliani was found in contempt of court Monday for failing to properly respond to requests for information as he turned over assets to satisfy a $148 million defamation judgment granted to two Georgia election workers. Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled after hearing Giuliani testify for a second day at a contempt hearing called after lawyers for the election workers said the former New York City mayor had failed to properly comply with requests for evidence over the last few months. Liman said […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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Vice President Kamala Harris certifies her own election loss on Jan. 6: ‘A sacred obligation’

Kamala Harris on Monday performed her constitutional role as vice president to preside over the Jan. 6 proceedings to certify her 2024 presidential election loss to President-elect Donald Trump. In a video posted on social media prior to the congressional proceeding, Vice President Harris called the peaceful transfer of power “one of the most fundamental principles of American democracy.” She added, “As much as any other principle, it is what distinguishes our system of government from monarchy or tyranny.”  Harris […]

todayJanuary 6, 2025 1