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Trump flips on Bowser, threatens new D.C. takeover after she rejects ICE partnership

President Donald Trump on Monday railed against D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and threatened to declare another federal takeover in the nation’s capital. In a late-night post on Truth Social, Trump called out Bowser for informing his administration that D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department would no longer cooperate with ICE on immigration enforcement. “It has been a beautiful thing to watch but, now, under pressure from the Radical Left Democrats, Mayor Muriel Bowser, who has presided over this violent criminal takeover of […]

todaySeptember 15, 2025

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Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton fires back at ‘wannabe dictator’ Trump’s Chicago takeover threat: ‘We don’t want your circus here’

As President Donald Trump continues to threaten military deployment to Chicago, Illinois’ Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton says Trump’s MAGA plot is not welcome in the Windy City. “We do not want your circus here,” Stratton told theGrio during a phone interview on Wednesday. “We do not want federalized troops here, marching up and down the streets…he needs to do his job and keep his chaos out of the city of Chicago.” Despite Trump’s claim that Chicagoans support his plan to […]

todaySeptember 5, 2025

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Baltimore mayor shares racist voicemail from man who called him n-word amid Trump’s crime takeover

As Black mayors push back against right-wing claims about crime in their cities following President Donald Trump‘s federal takeover of Washington, D.C., neighboring Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has become a target. Mayor Scott shared a racist voicemail he received from an anonymous man to underscore longstanding bigoted attitudes about majority Black communities. “I really think it’s timely for folks to hear the kind of hatred and vitriol…that still exists in the world today,” Mayor Scott said in a video posted […]

todayAugust 19, 2025

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Baltimore Mayor Scott slams ‘racist’ views of Black-led cities after Trump’s DC takeover

As Washington, D.C., grapples with President Donald Trump‘s federal takeover, the U.S. capital’s neighboring Baltimore City mayor is calling out what he sees as a clear racial lens in how the White House and the Republican Party view predominantly Black and brown cities. “It’s very notable that each and every one of the cities called out by the president has a Black mayor,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott told CNN’s Laura Coates Monday night. Earlier that day, Trump held a press […]

todayAugust 12, 2025

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Trump’s federal takeover of DC dismissed as hypocritical, not based on facts and a threat to Black residents

In a crowded White House press briefing room, President Donald Trump announced an unprecedented federal takeover of Washington, D.C., including the deployment of the D.C. National Guard, federalizing control of the local police department, and declaring a public safety emergency. Black elected officials and activists quickly pushed back against the Trump administration’s narrative on crime in the nation’s capital, asserting that the justification of the federal takeover is hypocritical, not based on facts, and a potential threat to D.C.’s majority […]

todayAugust 11, 2025

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Critics say Trump’s military takeover in LA is a ‘major distraction’ from his unpopular bill

In the days preceding President Donald Trump‘s decision to send the National Guard and U.S. Marines to Los Angeles amid mass protests against his administration’s immigration raids, much of the national political conversation focused on Trump’s very nasty “breakup” with billionaire Elon Musk and his “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which threatens to cut more than $1 trillion in health care, food assistance and education. Some critics of the president believe the chaos in Los Angeles, inflamed by the presence of […]

todayJune 13, 2025

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‘Ethnic cleansing’: Trump’s proposal to takeover Gaza sparks bipartisan outrage, call for impeachment

President Donald Trump‘s shocking proposal for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip, displace nearly two million Palestinians, and turn the territory into an “economic development” has been met with bipartisan outrage and pushback. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., the only Palestinian-American serving in Congress, quickly slammed Trump’s plan and called on her colleagues to publicly call out the president. “Palestinians aren’t going anywhere. This president can only spew this fanatical bullshit because of bipartisan support in Congress for funding […]

todayFebruary 5, 2025