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Alabama State University receives Wall Street firm’s historic endowment assistance
Courtesy of Kayleigh Dunn (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Alabama State University is partnering with private equity firm Neuberger Berman to manage the school’s $125 million endowment – making it the largest such partnership between a Wall [Read More…]
Democrats look to band together after Maryland’s bruising Senate primary
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Angela Alsobrooks emerged as the victor in a bruising Democratic Senate primary in Maryland — and now the state’s Democratic Party faces the challenge of reuniting to take on a [Read More…]
Trump attends son Barron’s high school graduation on day off from court
FILE, Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump attended his son Barron’s high school graduation at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach on Friday, after the judge overseeing his hush [Read More…]
Biden announces new grants to further desegregate schools on Brown v. Board anniversary
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday announced new grants aimed at further desegregating magnet schools, as he marked the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling [Read More…]
Johnson disappointed that House committee meeting devolved into chaos over Greene’s ‘fake eyelash’ comments
ABC (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday said he is disappointed in the chaos and name-calling that happened during a raucous House Oversight Committee markup on Thursday night when Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and [Read More…]
Pentagon’s temporary pier off Gaza is ready to begin delivering aid
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, and Israel Defense Forces emplace the Trident Pier on the Gaza coast, May 16, 2024. — [Read More…]
Biden asserts executive privilege over audio of interview with special counsel Hur
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday informed House Republicans that President Joe Biden has formally asserted executive privilege over the audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden’s [Read More…]
Harris accepts CBS News’ VP debate offer for the summer
Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted an offer from CBS News to participate in a vice-presidential debate this summer, the Biden campaign said Thursday. Harris accepted CBS News’ [Read More…]
Biden asserts executive privilege over audio of interview with special counsel Hur
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday informed House Republicans that President Joe Biden has formally asserted executive privilege over the audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, a move that [Read More…]
Pentagon report to show significant drop in unwanted sexual contact in military
In this 2011 file photo, female U.S. Marines are shown marching. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Soon to be released Pentagon figures will show a significant almost 19% reduction in the number of service members [Read More…]
After trying week, RFK Jr. brings Nicole Shanahan on campaign trail for rare appearance
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a week dogged by self-damaging rhetoric, leaving him to defend the state of his health and scramble to rework his position [Read More…]
Senators unveil ‘roadmap’ for government-funded AI research, regulation
Drnadig via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan group of senators, led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, on Wednesday unveiled a “roadmap” for lawmakers aimed at guiding Congress on regulating artificial intelligence. They said the [Read More…]
Jury sworn in for bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A jury was selected and sworn in Wednesday for the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez. Federal prosecutors in New York have alleged that the New Jersey Democrat accepted [Read More…]
House GOP pushes bill to force Biden to continue transfer of weapons to Israel
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are pushing ahead with a bill to condemn President Joe Biden’s approach to Israel and force him to send arms shipments, even after the administration [Read More…]
Biden, Trump agree to ABC News and CNN debates
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, are set to face off in an ABC News presidential debate in September. Trump and Biden [Read More…]
Senate considers making Black Wall Street a national monument
Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than 100 years after the nation’s deadliest race massacre, the Senate is considering a bipartisan bill to grant national monument status to Greenwood, Oklahoma, [Read More…]
House GOP pushes bill to force Biden to continue transfer of weapons to Israel
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Fallout continues on Capitol Hill over President Joe Biden’s pause of a bomb shipment to Israel, and his warning the U.S. won’t supply weapons that could be [Read More…]
Biden challenges Trump to two presidential debates: ‘Make my day, pal’
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday challenged Donald Trump to participate in two 2024 presidential debates. “Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, [Read More…]
House GOP pushes bill to force Biden to continue transfer of weapons to Israel
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Fallout continues on Capitol Hill over President Joe Biden’s pause of a bomb shipment to Israel, and his warning the U.S. won’t supply weapons that could be [Read More…]
Five takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries: Alsobrooks, Hogan to face off in Maryland Senate race
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Voters headed to the polls in Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia on Tuesday to set up several key down-ballot races. Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks won the Democratic nomination [Read More…]