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Black Georgia Republican Party leader resigns after video surfaces of alleged meeting with 14-year-old boy

A young Black Georgia Republican state party leader resigned from his post after just months on the job amid online allegations of being a child predator. Ja’Quon Stembridge stepped down from his new role as the GOP’s state party assistant secretary this past weekend after a video of him being confronted for an alleged meet-up with a 14-year-old boy began circulating on social media. In the video, Stembridge frantically pleads with a man who is recording the young Republican leader […]

December 7, 2025

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Trump’s Republican Party insists there’s no affordability crisis and dismisses election losses

NEW YORK (AP) — Almost two weeks after Republicans lost badly in elections in Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, many GOP leaders insist there is no problem with the party’s policies, its message or President Donald Trump’s leadership. Trump says Democrats and the media are misleading voters who are concerned about high costs and the economy. Republican officials aiming to avoid another defeat in next fall’s midterms are encouraging candidates to embrace the president fully and talk more about his accomplishments. Those are the major takeaways from a […]

November 16, 2025

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Republican Winsome Earle-Sears struggles to answer why Trump didn’t endorse her for VA governor

Despite securing the Republican nomination in Virginia’s gubernatorial race, Winsome Earle-Sears failed to land an endorsement from the leader of her party, President Donald Trump. Earle-Sears, one of the few Black female Republican elected officials in the country, struggled to explain the perceived snub from Trump when asked about it by CBS News reporter Nikole Killion just hours before polls closed on Election Day. “Why haven’t you been able to secure the president’s endorsement, and at this point, does it […]

November 9, 2025

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Senator Tim Scott scolds fellow Republican Nancy Mace for airport meltdown

U.S. Senator Tim Scott, R-S.C., called out fellow South Carolina Republican, U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, after the controversial congresswoman’s meltdown at Charleston International Airport. Mace blew up on airport police with expletives during an encounter last week, resulting in an incident report being filed with the Charleston county aviation authority police department. Mace is accused of berating airport staff, calling them “f–king incompetent,” reports The Guardian. The 47-year-old lawmaker, who claims airport security put her safety at risk, reportedly said […]

November 7, 2025

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Texas Republican Wesley Hunt accuses Gavin Newsom of ‘code-switching’ with ex-NBA players

Texas Republican Congressman Wesley Hunt slammed California Gov. Gavin Newsom, accusing the rumored 2028 presidential hopeful of “code-switching” in an attempt to attract Black Americans. “We call this code-switching,” said Hunt, a Black conservative who represents the 38th Congressional District in Texas. Newsom, who recently appeared on the “All the Smoke” podcast hosted by former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, faced criticisms from conservatives online for his dialect while discussing his childhood. Newsom reflected on being raised by […]

October 29, 2025

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Jeffries says not one Republican reached out after death threat from Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., the Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, said that not one Republican in leadership in Congress or the White House has reached out to him after a man pardoned by President Donald Trump threatened to kill him. “Not a single Republican has reached out either from the House, the Senate, or the White House, in connection with the death threat and the arrest,” Jeffries told reporters Thursday on Capitol Hill. “But that does […]

October 23, 2025

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Black leaders say racist texts from Young Republican group is a reflection of Trump’s MAGA party

The Republican Party is being called out after leaked text messages from leaders of several young Republican groups revealed several racist remarks and jokes about things like slavery and rape. “It’s extremely disturbing to know how the next generation of Republican leaders behaves when they believe no one is watching,” U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said in a statement to theGrio. “The climate that has been unleashed since Donald Trump first came onto […]

October 15, 2025

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Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law. In arguments Wednesday, lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices to wipe away the state’s second majority Black congressional district and make it much harder, if not impossible, to take account of race in redistricting. “Race-based redistricting is fundamentally […]

October 13, 2025

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‘Why you playing yourself?’: Hakeem Jeffries clashes with Republican in explosive hallway confrontation over government shutdown

Things got testy at the U.S. Capitol after Republican Rep. Mike Lawler approached Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, resulting in an explosive hallway confrontation. The exchange between Lawler and Jeffries, both congressmen from New York, highlighted the continued political divide—and the high emotions attached to it—as the government shutdown lingers with no deal in sight between Republicans and Democrats. As Leader Jeffries walked out of an office on Capitol Hill, Lawler, who is facing a tough re-election in next […]

October 9, 2025