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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 cuts millions in grants for predominantly Black institutions, diverts funds to HBCUs

The Trump administration has diverted hundreds of millions of dollars away from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), which include predominantly Black institutions (PBIs) of higher learning, to increase funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). While the move is seemingly great for HBCUs, MSI-designated colleges and universities that educate millions of Black, Hispanic, Asian and Native Americans will lose critical funding. Last week, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced that the Department of Education was cutting $350 million in grants to MSIs, […]

todaySeptember 16, 2025

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signs bill to tap unused ACA insurance funds for abortion grant program

Maryland will become the first state to use money collected from a surcharge on insurance plans sold under the Affordable Care Act to fund a program to pay for abortions, regardless of a patient’s insurance coverage, under a measure signed into law Tuesday by Democratic Gov. Wes Moore. The law will make about $25 million available when it takes effect July 1, because a $1 surcharge has been unused and growing over the last 15 years since the ACA took effect in […]

todayMay 15, 2025

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GOP candidate for NC governor blasts public spending as his family nonprofit rakes in taxpayer funds

WASHINGTON (AP) — In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood” that has mired generations of Black people in “dependency” and poverty. But the lieutenant governor’s political rise wouldn’t have been possible without it. Over the past decade, Robinson’s household has relied on income from Balanced Nutrition Inc., a nonprofit founded by his wife, Yolanda Hill, that administered a free lunch program for […]

todayMay 23, 2024

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House Republicans oppose funds to rebuild Baltimore bridge; Rep. Kweisi Mfume says that’s ‘counterproductive’

House Democrats plan to put pressure on House Republicans to approve funding to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, D-Md., told theGrio “When I’m back on the floor on Tuesday I will speak passionately about funding the bridge” and about why the actions of GOP members “are so counterproductive.” On March 26, the bridge collapsed after a massive cargo ship rammed into one of the bridge’s support beams and plunged the bridge into the Patapsco […]

todayApril 5, 2024

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14 GOP-led states have rejected funds to feed kids in the summer

Lower-income families with school-age kids can get help from the federal government paying for groceries this summer, unless they live in one of the 14 states that have said no to joining the program this year. The reasons for the rejections, all from states with Republican governors, include philosophical objections to welfare programs, technical challenges due to aging computer systems and satisfaction with other summer nutrition programs reaching far fewer children. The impact falls on people like Otibehia Allen, a […]

todayFebruary 17, 2024

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Rep. Cori Bush under investigation over alleged misuse of campaign funds

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri misused campaign funds for her own personal security, the progressive lawmaker confirmed in a statement Tuesday. Bush, a second-term lawmaker, denied any wrongdoing and said she is “fully cooperating” with federal prosecutors. “As a rank-and-file member of Congress I am not entitled to personal protection by the House, and instead have used campaign funds as permissible to retain security services,” Bush said. “I have not used any […]

todayFebruary 7, 2024