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The government shutdown is less than a week from breaking the record as the longest in US history. As economic pain points begin to mount, President Trump has called for Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster to force an end to the shutdown. “THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — INITIATE THE ‘NUCLEAR OPTION,’” Trump posted on […]
CNN — About 4,000 people have summited Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. And only eight of them have been Black. That is one of the reasons that Full Circle, a group of Black climbers and mountaineers, was formed. “It is an expedition that is certainly about climbing. It is about spending time in the […]
Email Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter The U.S. homeownership rate for Black households dropped to 43.9% in the second quarter, its lowest level since late 2021, according to new data from Redfin. That’s down from 45.3% a year earlier, marking the steepest annual decline since the third quarter of 2021. By contrast, Hispanic […]
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrapped up his second and final day at a Southeast Asian security conference in a high-stakes meeting with his Chinese counterpart as tensions grow between Washington and Beijing over issues from trade to security and China’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine. After discussions […]
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British photographer Nick Stern said he was hit with a 14mm high-velocity “sponge bullet” in his thigh while he was covering a stand-off between protestors and law enforcement in Los Angeles on Saturday evening. The 60-year-old photographer told The Times of London he was “making a point of making myself visible as media” with a […]
As traders opened on Saturday, the exchange rate fell to 1,043,000 rials to the dollar. Iran’s rial currency has hit a record low against the US dollar amid growing tensions between Tehran and Washington over Iran’s nuclear programme. The exchange rate had plunged to more than 1 million rials during festivities for Persian New Year, […]
Fears are mounting that Kash Patel, an outspoken Maga disciple and newly appointed director of the FBI, will make good on past comments about crackdowns on anti-fascists and Black Lives Matter protesters. For years, Donald Trump has also called for designating “Antifa” or more broadly, all anti-fascist activists – as an official domestic terrorist organization. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it. The labor market remains healthy with a 4.1% unemployment rate and 151,000 jobs added in February, and Trump likes to point to […]
Google Maps users in the United States can expect to see the body of water known for centuries as the Gulf of Mexico renamed the Gulf of America, aligning with the terms of President Trump’s controversial executive order. Google also said Denali, a mountain in southern Alaska and North America’s tallest peak, is going to […]