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Hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions are in limbo as a DC court awaits Trump’s White House return

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the largest prosecution in Justice Department history — with reams of evidence, harrowing videos and hundreds of convictions of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now Donald Trump’s return to power has thrown into question the future of the more than 1,500 federal cases brought over the last four years. Jan. 6 trials, guilty pleas and sentencings have continued chugging along in Washington’s federal court despite Trump’s promise to pardon rioters, whom he has called “political prisoners” and “hostages” […]

todayJanuary 6, 2025

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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s beef with white mediocrity, explained

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. It was America’s first rap beef. More than two centuries before Kendrick Lamar even met Drake, a certified pedophile who hid his secret child had fired subliminal shots at his West Coast rival. French naturalist George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon had just released a 36-volume “Historie Naturelle “on the new system of human classification known as “race.” Thomas Jefferson […]

todayJanuary 3, 2025 1

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Black American and African faith leaders band together to take on Trump and White Christian nationalism

The bracing for President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House and its implications extends beyond Black, Brown, and marginalized communities within America’s borders. A second Trump term and its hostility toward racial justice, LGBTQ+ equality, and its embrace of White Christian nationalism are also concerning on the continent of Africa.  Faith and religious leaders in Africa are banding together with Black American allies to fight back against what they see as a political movement driving Trumpism, global authoritarianism, and an international […]

todayDecember 27, 2024 2

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The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees

The Biden administration has finalized a rule limiting overdraft fees banks can charge, as part of the White House’s campaign to reduce junk fees that hit consumers on everyday purchases, including banking services. President Joe Biden had called the fees, which can be as high as $35, “exploitative,” while the banking industry has lobbied extensively to keep the existing fee structures in place. Under the finalized rule announced Thursday, banks will be able to choose from three options: they may […]

todayDecember 24, 2024 2

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White House starts scrapping pending regulations on student debt

President Joe Biden is abandoning his efforts to provide some protections for transgender student athletes and cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans, the first steps in an administration-wide plan to jettison pending regulations to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from retooling them to achieve his own aims. The White House expects to pull back unfinished rules across several agencies if there isn’t enough time to finalize them before Trump takes office. If the proposed regulations were left in their current state, the […]

todayDecember 20, 2024 1

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The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration has finalized a rule limiting overdraft fees banks can charge, as part of the White House’s campaign to reduce junk fees that hit consumers on everyday purchases, including banking services. President Joe Biden had called the fees, which can be as high as $35, “exploitative,” while the banking industry has lobbied extensively to keep the existing fee structures in place. Under the finalized rule announced Thursday, banks will be able to choose from […]

todayDecember 13, 2024 1

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Biden White House poised to announce historic preemptive pardons as pressure mounts

Some pardon announcements are expected in the coming days from the Biden White House.  Sources told theGrio the Biden administration is working around the clock on a two-pronged pardon issuance before President Joe Biden leaves office at noon Eastern on Jan. 20, 2025, when Donald Trump is sworn in as the next president of the United States. The two-pronged pardon announcement will consist of the regular pardon process that typically happens at the end of a presidential term. However, Biden […]

todayDecember 11, 2024 1

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Jasmine Crockett rebukes Republicans on so-called white ‘oppression’ amid anti-DEI bill

During a passionate committee hearing speech on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, scolded her Republican colleagues over the markup of an anti-DEI bill that calls for eliminating all programs and offices related to diversity, equity and inclusion in the federal government.  Crockett, a 43-year-old freshman congresswoman who has become a Democratic star from her many viral committee moments, decried the Dismantle DEI Act of 2024. The bill, H.R. 8706 — first introduced by Republican Vice President-elect JD Vance — […]

todayNovember 21, 2024

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Trump Pentagon pick flagged as possible ‘Insider Threat’ over tattoo associated with white supremacist groups

Pete Hegseth, the Army National Guard veteran and Fox News host nominated by Donald Trump to lead the Department of Defense, was flagged as a possible “Insider Threat” by a fellow service member due to a tattoo on his bicep that’s associated with white supremacist groups. Hegseth, who has downplayed the role of military members and veterans in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and railed against the Pentagon’s subsequent efforts to address extremism in the ranks, has said he was pulled by his […]

todayNovember 18, 2024 2