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Trump claims DC is now ‘safe’ and more people are dining out since his crackdown. The numbers tell a different story

President Donald Trump on Monday declared Washington, D.C., safe again, a week after he announced a federal crackdown amid claims about crime in the nation’s capital. “It’s safe,” Trump said inside the Oval Office during a White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. As evidence of his claims, the president told reporters he received several calls from others, including Democrats, who shared that they were dining out in D.C. after previously avoiding doing so due to crime in the […]

todayAugust 18, 2025 2

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Fox News host compares reclaiming ‘Nazi’ to Black people reclaiming the ‘N-word’

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld doesn’t care about being called a Nazi. In fact, he plans on incorporating it into his daily vocabulary. During a segment on “The Five,” Gutfeld dismissed criticism likening Trump-era politics and GOP rhetoric to Nazi behavior. Rather than engage with the substance of those comparisons, he leaned into them. “This is why the criticism doesn’t matter to us when you call us Nazis,” he said. “Nazi this, Nazi that. I’m beginning to think they don’t […]

todayJuly 17, 2025 1

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Stacey Abrams warns people of the ‘autocracy happening right now’

Georgia’s former House Minority Leader and candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams, is warning Americans of the threats to democracy. During an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Weekend Primetime,” Abrams warned viewers of the ongoing shift towards autocracy.  “I want people to understand [the 10 steps to autocracy] at a visceral level. We think of autocracy as something that happens to other people. It happens in other countries, but it’s happening here, right now, under our noses,” Abrams explained, reflecting on her […]

todayJuly 15, 2025 4

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D.L. Hughley unapologetically shares his opinions on Donald Trump: ‘I despise him as much as he despises Black people’

D.L. Hughley is NOT a fan of President Donald Trump, and he’s not afraid to voice that. During an appearance on TMZ Live, Hughley got into a heated exchange with one of the outlet’s reporters about the current administration.  The conversation started when the outlet asked the comedian about his thoughts on Trump’s ceasefire deal and if he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.  “He’s an arsonist who starts a fire and then puts it out…We’re where we are right now […]

todayJune 26, 2025

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White House and Hakeem Jeffries clash over claim people will ‘literally die’ from proposed Medicaid cuts

In a war of words, the White House on Monday called out House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries for his claim that President Donald Trump‘s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” will result in deaths. In response, the minority leader’s office tells theGrio the facts speak for themselves. This week, the U.S. Senate is considering passage of the Republican Party’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which includes key items of Trump’s agenda, like permanent tax cuts and increased spending for immigration enforcement. To pay […]

todayJune 2, 2025 11

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People gather to protest arrest of Mayor Baraka of Newark by ICE

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested Friday at a federal immigration detention center where he has been protesting its opening this week, a federal prosecutor said. Alina Habba, interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, said on the social platform X that Baraka committed trespass and ignored warnings from Homeland Security personnel to leave Delaney Hall, a detention facility run by private prison operator GEO Group. Habba said Baraka had “chosen to disregard the law” and added that he was taken into custody. […]

todayMay 9, 2025

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‘People will die’: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries warns of Trump agenda as president marks 100 days in office

On the heels of a hours-long sit-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building on Sunday, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic House minority leader, warned of what is come if President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda–aided by Republicans in Congress–is implemented. “People will die,” said Jeffries during a Monday press conference where he slammed the Republican Party’s budget framework that intends to expand tax cuts for high income earners, increase spending for the military and border security, and implement massive […]

todayApril 28, 2025 1

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Democrats say Trump’s tariffs could harm medical supply chains, warn people could die

Democrats are continuing to sound the alarm about President Donald Trump’s retaliatory global tariffs, warning Trump administration officials that they will severely impact the medical supply chain industry and potentially cost lives. In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, 26 Democrats in the House of Representatives said the tariffs, which have already sparked a trade war with ally and adversary countries alike, are “reckless” and will have “devastating consequences” for Americans who rely […]

todayApril 10, 2025

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Tens of millions of dead people aren’t getting Social Security checks, despite Trump and Musk claims

The Trump administration is falsely claiming that tens of millions of dead people over 100 years old are receiving Social Security payments. Over the past few days, President Donald Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk have said on social media and in press briefings that people who are 100, 200 and even 300 years old are improperly getting benefits — a “HUGE problem,” Musk wrote, as his Department of Government Efficiency digs into federal agencies to root out waste, fraud and abuse. It is true that […]

todayFebruary 20, 2025 1