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Nicki Minaj visits United Nations to thank Trump after president’s misleading claims about Nigeria

Nicki Minaj quickly accepted the Trump administration’s offer earlier this month to visit the United Nations, appearing at the U.S. Ambassador’s headquarters in New York City on Tuesday. Minaj met with UN Ambassador Mike Waltz, who called the Queens rapper “arguably the greatest female recording artist.” The meeting came after Minaj publicly praised President Donald Trump‘s misleading remarks about the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. Delivering brief remarks at the UN, Minaj told reporters she wanted to put a “spotlight […]

November 19, 2025

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Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents of US history, dies at 84

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84. The quietly forceful Cheney served father and son presidents, leading the armed forces as defense chief during the Persian Gulf War under President George H.W. Bush before returning to public life as vice president under Bush’s son, George W. Bush. Cheney was, in effect, […]

November 4, 2025 1

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Nicki Minaj invited by Trump official for visit after praising president’s claim about Christians in Nigeria

The Trump administration extended an invitation to Nicki Minaj after the rapper praised President Donald Trump for defending against the so-called persecution of Christians in Nigeria. As theGrio previously reported, the 42-year-old hip-hop star expressed her “gratitude” for Trump‘s claims about Christians facing an “existential threat” and that “thousands” have allegedly been killed based on their religion. Following adulation from Minaj, real name Onika Maraj, Mike Waltz, Trump’s U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former national security advisor, invited […]

November 3, 2025 1

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Saquon Barkley ‘shocked’ to hear Trump mention him as part of president’s youth fitness council, clarifies he’s not joining

On July 31, President Donald Trump—through an executive order—reinstated the national fitness test, which anyone who attended public schools in the United States (or in Department of Defense schools for kids of military parents overseas) from 1956 until 2013 is familiar with. According to NBC News, “Students were generally asked to perform some combination of push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, running, and reaching for their toes while seated. Starting in the 1960s, those with the highest fitness scores were eligible to receive […]

August 4, 2025

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Candace Owens slapped with lawsuit for claiming French president’s wife was ‘born a man’

Conservative pundit Candace Owens was hit with a defamation lawsuit filed by French President Emmanuel Macron for her repeated false claims that his wife was born a man. Macron and the first lady of France, Brigitte Macron, accuse Owens of “relentless bullying on a worldwide scale” in the civil suit that seeks an unspecified amount of punitive damages. Since March 2024, Owens has asserted on her podcast and other media platforms that Brigitte Macron was a transgender woman and that […]

July 23, 2025

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Trump amazed by African president’s ‘good English,’ gleefully accepts praise for Nobel Peace Prize

President Donald Trump welcomed five African presidents to the White House on Wednesday for a multilateral mini-summit to discuss areas of mutual interest in trade and other kinds of economic partnerships. “My administration is committed to strengthening our friendships in Africa through economic development efforts that benefit both the United States and our partners,” said Trump, who emphasized that the U.S. government was shifting its approach in Africa away from aid to more trade. Trump also discussed his recent hosting […]

July 9, 2025

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Harris declines to invite JD Vance, who called her ‘trash,’ for tour of vice president’s residence

Vice President Kamala Harris reportedly declined to invite Vice President-elect JD Vance and his wife to a sit-down meeting or tour of the vice president’s official residence, One Observatory Circle. According to a CBS News report, representatives for JD Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, reached out to the staff of Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff seeking details about child-proofing the home for their three young children. The news outlet reports that aides for the Navy, which operates the Naval base […]

January 15, 2025

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‘Politics Explained’: What is the Electoral College? How the way we pick presidents is like a bad family cookout

You might think that in America, whoever wins the majority of votes in an election wins. But when it comes to presidential elections, that isn’t true. Look no further than Al Gore and Hillary Clinton to see how America’s way of picking presidents can leave the majority of voters disappointed. In this week’s episode of theGrio’s “Politics Explained” with Natasha Alford, we’re looking at the Electoral College and why its structure doesn’t mean “winners” actually win. Under the Electoral College, […]

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