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‘The girls are fighting’: Trump vs. Musk feud may entertain but Dems say these policies are at stake for Black America

The very public and nasty feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump has garnered major reactions and elicited much fodder—and jokes—on television and social media timelines. “The girls are fighting, aren’t they?” said U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in a now-viral reaction to Musk and Trump trading barbs online. While Democrats say they are hardly surprised by the crash and burn of Trump’s bromance with Musk, they make clear nobody wins when the world’s most powerful man and the […]

todayJune 7, 2025

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On National Girls & Women in Sports Day, Trump moves to ban trans athletes

While marking the 39th annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day, President Donald Trump chose a controversial way to recognize it. Since returning to office, Trump has signed a series of executive orders, his latest one taking direct aim at the transgender community and women’s sports. On Wednesday afternoon at the White House, Trump signed an executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.” “The radical left has waged an all-out campaign to erase the very concept of […]

todayFebruary 5, 2025

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Congress reintroduces ‘Protect Black Women and Girls Act’ after push from Black sororities

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives re-introduced legislation that would ensure the federal government implements measures to protect Black women and girls from racial inequities in healthcare, housing, education, and employment, among other areas. In a bipartisan move, U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly, D-Ill.., Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., Jennifer McClellan, D-Va., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and other Congressional members held a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to discuss the “Protect Black Women and Girls Act,” […]

todayFebruary 16, 2024

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Ohio governor vetoes ban on transgender athletes in girls’ sports

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed a measure Friday that would have banned gender-affirming care for minors, casting the action out of step with many in his own party as thoughtful, limited and “pro-life.” He simultaneously announced plans to move to administratively ban transgender surgeries until a person is 18, and to position the state to better regulate and track gender-affirming treatments in both children and adults. At a news conference, DeWine said he hoped the hybrid approach […]

todayDecember 31, 2023 1