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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 2

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DC Mayor Bowser pushes back against Trump’s narrative on crime in the nation’s capital

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser defended the city’s handling of crime amid an escalation of threats from President Donald Trump to federalize the nation’s capital. “We have spent over the last two years driving down violent crime in this city–driving it down to a 30-year low, in fact, over the past year,” Bowser told MSNBC on Saturday. “We have decreased violent crime by 26% [and] the year before that, by 35%.” Trump railed against D.C.’s crime after a top employee of […]

todayAugust 11, 2025

Economy

Black Workers Being ‘Played’ by Trump’s Economic Games – BlackPressUSA

By Stacy M. Brown  Black Press USA Newswire Senior National Correspondent   Fred Redmond, the highest-ranking African American in the history of the American labor movement, is sounding the alarm on what he calls a full-scale assault on Black workers under President Donald Trump’s second term. “Black unemployment has now surged—more than double the national average,” Redmond told Black Press USA. “For Black women in particular, it’s reached its highest level since 2021, and that’s likely to grow.” Today, Redmond’s […]

todayAugust 9, 2025 3

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NY Attorney General Letitia James subpoenaed by DOJ to investigate whether she violated Trump’s civil rights

The Trump administration is continuing to fulfill President Donald Trump‘s campaign promise to seek retribution against his political enemies. The U.S. Department of Justice opened up federal investigations into the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James. The nation’s top law enforcement agency said it is seeking to determine whether James violated the civil rights of Trump or others. According to The New York Times, James’s office was sent two subpoenas related to two cases she prosecuted: her civil […]

todayAugust 8, 2025

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Texas Democrats plea for donations to extend their walkout and block Trump’s redistricting plan

After leaving Texas for Illinois to prevent a legislative vote on a Republican redistricting plan, state House Democratic leader Gene Wu needed a means to project his voice — and viewpoints — to a national audience. So he tapped his campaign account to buy a microphone for news conferences. When it came to covering the hefty hotel bill for Wu and his roughly 50 colleagues, the lawmaker said he relied on money from his chamber’s Democratic Caucus. Now Texas Democrats are pleading […]

todayAugust 7, 2025 2

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Trump’s first surgeon general blasts RFK Jr. for canceling mRNA vaccine contracts: ‘It’s dangerous’

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s decision to cancel $500 million worth of federal contracts for developing mRNA vaccines swiftly drew condemnation, including from a former Trump surgeon general. “I’ve tried to be objective & non-alarmist in response to current HHS actions – but quite frankly this move is going to cost lives,” said Jerome Adams, who served as U.S. surgeon general during President Donald Trump‘s first term in office. He added, “mRNA technology has […]

todayAugust 6, 2025 1

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Trump’s claim that undocumented workers are ‘naturally’ fit for farm labor harkens to racist theory about enslaved Blacks

President Donald Trump on Tuesday remarked that undocumented workers are “naturally” suited for farm labor, sparking outrage and evoking long-debunked racist theories about Black and Brown people being better at outdoor labor because of their physiological makeup. “You can’t replace them very easily,” Trump said of undocumented immigrants working on farms during an interview with CNBC. “You know, people that live in the inner city are not doing that work. They’re just not doing that work. And they’ve tried, we’ve […]

todayAugust 5, 2025

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Black unemployment is rising—critics say Trump’s ‘Black jobs’ promise was a lie

While campaigning for his return to the White House during the 2024 election, Donald Trump warned Black voters that undocumented immigrants were taking their so-called “Black jobs.” “They’re taking Black jobs now, and it could be 18, it could be 19, and even 20 million people. They’re taking Black jobs,” Trump said during his June 27, 2024, presidential debate against former President Joe Biden. The remark was quickly slammed by advocates and Democrats as both false and racially divisive. Trump […]

todayAugust 5, 2025 2

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‘Don’t be complicit!’: Booker clashes with fellow Dems over police funding amid Trump’s ‘violation’ of constitution

Emotions were high on the U.S. Senate floor on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as Democratic senators clashed in a war of words over a dispute while trying to pass proposals that would boost funding for police departments nationwide. U.S. Cory Booker, D-N.J., objected to the bills containing federal police grants introduced by fellow Democratic Sens. Amy Klobuchar of New Mexico, and Catherine Cortez Masto of New Mexico, arguing that the funding would not reach Democratic-controlled states like his in New […]

todayJuly 30, 2025 1