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Trump says he will offer ‘gold cards’ for $5 million path to citizenship, replacing investor visas

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to offer a “gold card” visa with a path to citizenship for $5 million, replacing a 35-year-old visa for investors. “They’ll be wealthy and they’ll be successful, and they’ll be spending a lot of money and paying a lot of taxes and employing a lot of people, and we think it’s going to be extremely successful,” Trump said in the Oval Office. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the “Trump Gold Card” would replace EB-5 visas in […]

todayFebruary 26, 2025 1

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VP Kamala Harris honors Shirley Chisholm with historic Congressional Gold Medal bill signing

Vice President Kamala Harris signed a bill bestowing the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm with a Congressional Gold Medal, a symbolic and historic moment in Washington for America’s first Black female vice president.  Harris’ signature instructed the United States Congress to posthumously award Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress and first African American to run for president in a major party, with Congress’s highest civilian honor. Vice President Harris said she “proudly” and “humbly” signed the Shirley Chisholm Congressional […]

todayDecember 10, 2024 2

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Vice President Harris stops by US Olympic basketball practice. Her message: ‘Bring back the gold’

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was a surprise guest at the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team’s practice Tuesday, and her message was clear. “Bring back the gold,” Harris said. Harris — who flew to Las Vegas on Tuesday for campaign appearances — addressed the team briefly at the end of its fourth and final training camp practice session. She has long said that she’s a Golden State Warriors fan; the U.S. team is coached by the Warriors’ […]

todayJuly 10, 2024 2

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Lawmakers push Rev. James Lawson for posthumous Congressional Gold Medal award

Following the recent death of civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson, lawmakers hope to finally achieve a years-long effort to award him a Congressional Gold Medal.  “There’s not enough knowledge about how profound a role James Lawson played in the civil rights movement in this country,” U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., told theGrio in an exclusive about re-introducing a bill to honor Lawson with one of the United States’ oldest and highest civilian awards.  Khanna, who developed a personal relationship […]

todayJune 17, 2024 1

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Rep. Ivey introduces bill to posthumously award Congressional Gold Medal to Frederick Douglass

U.S. Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., has introduced a resolution that would award abolitionist Frederick Douglass with a Congressional Gold Medal for his “contributions to the cause of freedom, human rights and the abolition of slavery.” Ivey told theGrio that Douglass “was one of the giants of the 19th century – not just in U.S. history, but around the world.” In 1818, Douglass was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. At a young age, he taught himself how to read […]

todayFebruary 17, 2024 1