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Yvette D Clarke WASHINGTON, CMC – The United States Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has elected two Caribbean American Congressional Representatives to top positions in the 118th US Congress. The CBC elected Trinidadian American, Steven Horsford, who represents Nevada’s 4th Congressional District as chair, and Jamaican American Yvette D Clarke, who represents New York’s 9th Congressional […]
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Kroger (KR.N) CEO Rodney McMullen and Albertsons’ (ACI.N) top executive, Vivek Sankaran, will face questions this week on plans for the two giant grocery companies to merge . . .
Nov 13 (Reuters) – Congressional Democratic leaders on Sunday vowed to tackle the nation’s debt ceiling in coming weeks, saying their party’s election victories offer them leverage even as Republicans have promised a potentially explosive fight. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said they would act while President Joe […]
Be wary of ‘mirages’ on election night Because of the order in which different types of ballots are counted, early returns can be misleading. In 2020, Virginia’s early vote for president favored Republicans, while Pennsylvania’s skewed toward Democrats. These “mirages” show that vote margins early in the night can change significantly. — Lazaro Gamio 59m […]
SPRINGFIELD — One candidate for Western Massachusetts’ 1st Congressional District seat — Republican Dean J. Martilli, of West Springfield — cannot bring himself to say Joe Biden fairly and squarely won the presidency. “Look at where he is,” said Martilli, a Trump supporter who decried the FBI investigation into the former president’s cache of documents. […]
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call; Insider Rep. Steve Horsford is running against Republican Sam Peters in Nevada’s 4th Congressional District. The 4th District covers most of northern Clark County and southern Lyon County. More than 80% of its population resides in Clark County, which is heavily Democratic. Democratic Nevada Rep. Steve Horsford faces Republican Sam Peters […]
The Congressional Black Caucus PAC donated to white incumbent Rep. Frank Mrvan (D-IN) over his black Republican opponent, Jennifer Ruth Green. Mrvan received
For the first time in decades, Detroit is staring down the possibility of having no Black representation at the federal level. The city is a part of two congressional seats, the 12th and 13th U.S. House districts, with the former currently held by U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit. With her reelection looking incredibly likely, that […]
The Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference returned with the usual corporate sponsorships and obedience to the democratic party oligarchy. Joe Biden received a warm welcome from a group which does little except live off of a progressive reputation which it has not deserved in a very long time. “You know me, and I know you.” […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — When Press Robinson registered to vote in South Carolina in 1963, he was handed a copy of the U.S. Constitution and told to read it aloud and interpret it. Robinson, then a college sophomore, wasn’t surprised. He heard stories from others in the South’s Black community who faced Jim Crow-era […]