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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 3

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The District of Columbia sues over Trump’s deployment of the National Guard

On Thursday, the District of Columbia sued to stop President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard during law enforcement intervention in Washington. The city’s attorney general, Brian Schwalb, said the hundreds of troops are essentially an “involuntary military occupation.” He argued in the federal lawsuit that the deployment is an illegal use of the military for domestic law enforcement. A federal judge in California recently ruled that Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles after days of protests over immigration raids in June was […]

todaySeptember 4, 2025 2

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DC mayor signs order to continue Trump’s crime emergency operations after praising its success

In a nod to continuing collaboration, the mayor of Washington, D.C., issued an order Tuesday to continue the work of an emergency operations center the city set up in response to the federal law enforcement surge ordered by President Donald Trump to battle what he insisted was out-of-control crime. The order from Mayor Muriel Bowser, who is walking a tightrope between portions of her constituency and her relationship with Trump’s White House, allows the center to continue managing the city’s response and coordinate communications with federal […]

todaySeptember 2, 2025 1

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Trump’s health becomes major focus, sparking online conspiracy theories. Some point out the Biden irony

After a week of limited public sightings and interaction with the press, conspiracy theories about President Donald Trump‘s health—and potential demise—permeated online, particularly among liberal corners of the internet. The chatter about the president’s rumored declining health got so loud that Trump, who appeared before the press in the Oval Office on Tuesday to announce a new U.S. Space Command headquarters in Alabama, responded to the hearsay on Truth Social over the Labor Day weekend, writing, “NEVER FELT BETTER IN […]

todaySeptember 2, 2025 2

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Chicago mayor defies Trump’s immigration crackdown plan for the city

The mayor of Chicago pushed back Saturday against what he called the “out-of-control” Trump administration’s plan to surge federal officers into the nation’s third-largest city, which could take place within days. The Chicago Police Department will be barred from helping federal authorities with civil immigration enforcement or any related patrols, traffic stops and checkpoints during the surge, according to an executive order signed by Mayor Brandon Johnson. The mayor directed all city departments to guard the constitutional rights of Chicago residents “amidst […]

todayAugust 31, 2025 3

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Barack Obama warns against Trump’s militarization of American police and cities

Former President Barack Obama is continuing his criticisms of President Donald Trump’s actions, this time warning against the 47th president of the United States’ recent takeover of the D.C. local police and the deployment of troops in U.S. cities, and what it could signal for the country’s future. Obama, who has previously spoken out against Trump’s political threats against corporations, law firms, and college campuses, among other actions, shared an interview that details the dangers of militarizing state and local […]

todayAugust 29, 2025

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‘Racist, misogynistic, and unlawful attack’: Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook draws accusations of authoritarianism

Donald Trump became the first president to attempt to remove a member from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in the central bank’s 111-year history. In a letter on Monday, President Trump announced that Lisa Cook, the first Black woman and woman of color to serve on the Fed board, was “removed” from her Senate-confirmed, 14-year-long role “effective immediately.” The presidential act sets up an unprecedented legal battle. It challenges the independence of the Federal Reserve, which Trump has pressured […]

todayAugust 26, 2025 1

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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 3

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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 1