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“Scares the hell out of me”: Chicagoans react and push back as Trump sends troops into Black-led city

President Donald Trump‘s deployment of the military in Chicago has resulted in clashes in court and on the streets as local leaders and activists fight to end what they say is an “invasion” of the majority Black and brown city. On the heels of what Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker described as a “military-style” ICE raid of an apartment building in a majority-Black neighborhood in Chicago that resulted in women and children being zip-tied, the state and city of Chicago filed […]

todayOctober 6, 2025 1

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Trump Sends Food to Gaza, But Ignores Haiti and African Nations That Need Food Too

Nationwide — Former President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States will increase its efforts to deliver food aid to Gaza, promising to help establish “food centers” to address the growing humanitarian crisis in the region. While the move has been welcomed by many as a necessary step to address widespread hunger in the war-torn area, critics point out the glaring silence from Trump on equally dire famines in Haiti, which is being called a “UN-declared famine hotspot” and […]

todayJuly 30, 2025

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The House gives final approval to Trump’s big tax bill and sends it to him to sign

House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a Fourth of July deadline. The tight roll call, 218-214, came at a potentially high political cost, with two Republicans joining all Democrats opposed. GOP leaders worked overnight and the president himself leaned on a handful of skeptics to drop their opposition and send the bill to him to sign into law. […]

todayJuly 3, 2025 1

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Trump sends message to Black America, vows to make MLK’s dream a ‘reality’ despite anti-DEI orders

During his inaugural speech following his swearing-in as the 47th president of the United States, President Donald Trump sent a direct message to Black and Latino Americans and vowed to make Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream “a reality.” “To the Black and Hispanic communities, I want to thank you for the tremendous outpouring of love and trust that you have shown me with your vote,” Trump said inside the Capitol Rotunda before hundreds, including former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack […]

todayJanuary 20, 2025 1