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President Trump commutes sentence of Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover

President Donald Trump has commuted the federal sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, as part of a series of pardons and clemencies issued this week. Hoover, 74, was convicted of federal charges in 1997 and sentenced to six life terms. He was already serving a 200-year sentence on state charges in Illinois for the 1973 murder of 19-year-old drug dealer William “Pooky” Young. Federal prosecutors accused Hoover of leading a criminal enterprise while in prison as he continued […]

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Vice President JD Vance says universities are racially discriminating against whites and Asians

Vice President JD Vance accused American universities of racially discriminating against whites and Asians and echoed calls from the Trump administration for campuses to eliminate DEI policies and so-called liberal bias. “Our universities could see the policies of the Trump administration as a necessary corrective to these problems, change their policies, and work with the administration to reform,” Vance wrote in a post on X on Saturday, adding, “Or, they could yell ‘fascism’ at basic democratic accountability and drift further […]

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President Trump shares post calling Biden ‘decrepit corpse’ days after cancer diagnosis

President Donald Trump regularly insults his predecessor and former 2024 presidential opponent, former President Joe Biden. However, Trump’s latest jab against the 46th president of the United States was rather personal and maybe not well-timed. On Memorial Day, President Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to re-share a post from right-wing political commentator Rogan O’Handley that made a personal swipe at 82-year-old Biden. “They stole the 2020 election and hijacked the country using a decrepit corpse as […]

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Trump leans into white grievance politics in tense meeting with South Africa’s president

President Donald Trump and White House officials were accused of engaging in political theater after clashing with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a Wednesday Oval Office meeting over what he has repeatedly called a “genocide” against white South African farmers. Trump displayed printed articles about the alleged deaths of white farmers and had his White House aides play a nearly 5-minute-long video of members of the South African Parliament calling for Black South Africans to reclaim land and, in […]

todayMay 21, 2025

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Former President Joe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggresive form’ of prostate cancer

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his office said Sunday. Biden was seen last week by doctors after urinary symptoms and a prostate nodule was found. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, with the cancer cells having spread to the bone. His office said he has stage 9 cancer. “While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management,” his office said. “The […]

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Kamala Harris reacts to former President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis

Former Vice President Kamala Harris quickly reacted to the news of former President Joe Biden’s shocking cancer diagnosis. Harris, who worked alongside the 46th president of the United States for four years (and got his glowing endorsement for president in the 2024 election), released a statement on social media with a picture of her and her former boss smiling as they embraced in the Oval Office. “Doug and I are saddened to learn of President Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis. We […]

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Wes Moore explains why he will not run for president in 2028

Despite calls for him to seek the presidency in 2028, Maryland Governor Wes Moore says he isn’t running. The rising Democratic star left no ambiguity when asked if he would enter the race, as his party desperately searches for its standard bearer after devastating losses in the 2024 election. “I am not running,” Moore said repeatedly when pressed by “The View” host Joy Behar on Thursday. The 46-year-old first-term governor explained that he is instead focused on reelection in 2026 […]

todayMay 2, 2025

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Trump aide Stephen Miller says America is ‘blessed’ Kamala Harris isn’t president, rails against DEI

White House advisor Stephen Miller hit back at Kamala Harris after the former vice president slammed President Donald Trump‘s first 100 days in office during a recent speech in California. Miller, Trump’s deputy chief of staff for policy, reacted to Harris’ scathing remarks about the president on Thursday during a White House press briefing, telling reporters the only thing the American public should hear from the former presidential candidate is an “apology.” “I think it was a great reminder to […]

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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 […]

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