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Riding a blue wave on election night, Keisha Lance Bottoms became the nation’s first Black woman elected as state governor, defeating billionaire health care...
Florida voters made history by electing Republican Byron Donalds as the state’s first Black governor, while Democrat Angie Nixon narrowly missed becoming its first...
This summer, LeBron James announced he was leaving the Los Angeles Lakers after eight years with the team. Fans and sports experts scrambled to predict which team he...
President Donald Trump ’s administration launched a new round of limited strikes on Iranian targets on the eve of today’s midterm elections. The military action comes...
President Donald Trump loves seeing his name in lights. From towering skyscrapers to luxury hotels, the president has spent decades making sure his five-letter...
A group of Atlanta pastors is warning about fake election signs in city neighborhoods that could confuse Black voters on Election Day. A sign spotted in northwest...
Georgia Rep. John Lewis encouraged society to get into “good trouble” throughout his civil rights career, and his words remain an inspiring call to action. Lewis is...
President Donald Trump is saying outright that if Republicans lose control of Congress in the midterms, he’s taking a my-way-or-the-highway approach to governing. The...
In 2017, roughly 23,000 Virginians cast ballots in what they expected to be a routine election. But when the race ended in a tie, officials resorted to an...
Kash Patel , President Donald Trump’s handpicked selection to run the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has become one of the most lambasted officials in the federal...
La La Anthony has kept her romantic life private ever since her marriage to NBA star Carmelo Anthony blew up in 2021. The couple were married for 11 years with a son...
Four Black women are Senate nominees this year. Their wins could change the chamber’s makeup—and expand the voices shaping policy on pay, health care, and caregiving....
Donald Trump claims to be confident that Republicans have the 2026 midterm elections in the bag. He spent weeks popping up at rallies supporting candidates in...
President Donald Trump has suffered a double blow in court, with a federal judge throwing out his $10 billion lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and the U.S....
Spike Lee is making it clear he does not want his beloved New York Knicks anywhere near Donald Trump’s White House. The legendary filmmaker has criticized the real...
H&M Group has apologized after its investment arm hosted an event using the name of a sustainable fashion conference founded by entrepreneur Brittany Sierra,...
King Charles III is accustomed to having every detail of his public appearances carefully planned. But during a recent royal engagement, something went terribly...
President Donald Trump is still fuming over his archenemy, former President Barack Obama ’s recent jab , and uses a racist trope as a comeback. Trump revealed just...
Police arrested a white Florida man for calling 911 during a domestic dispute with his mother, only to call 911 a second time after one of the responding deputies was...
Will Smith wore the grin of a man who had just crossed something big off his list. After months of work far from home, the “Bad Boys” star has finally wrapped his...
After record-breaking early voting across the country, Election Day has arrived, and polls have closed as Americans cast their final ballots in the midterm elections....
Donald Trump has spent the final stretch of the midterm campaign acting like the rally grind doesn’t faze him one bit . He’s hopped from state to state to stump for...
A Mississippi police department already under scrutiny now has another hurdle to endure after someone set their station on fire. The Senatobia Police Department has...
Donald Trump has another idea for his controversial Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool makeover, but his latest pitch is opening a new can of worms. What was supposed...
A plan to memorialize Donald Trump by taking over the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is becoming clearer to a staunch opponent. The president has been...
One year after Richard Norton died, fans continue to celebrate his decades-long film career. He starred alongside Chuck Norris in the 1980s film “The Octagon” and in...
President Donald Trump returned to Iowa in a desperate attempt to shore up support for Republican candidates who shouldn’t need any help at all in a state as ruby red...
Donald Trump does not have much of a filter left, nor does he subscribe to respectability politics. The president would say he calls it like he sees it, especially...
A Florida police sergeant has lost his job after using a Taser on a Black man who said he was having a seizure while receiving medical care at home. The sergeant also...
T.I. isn’t someone people immediately run to for relationship advice, but he still knows how to make people stop and listen to what he has to say. The Atlanta rapper...
Rapper 2 Chainz has social media in an uproar after confronting TikTok food reviewer Keith Lee . Lee has built a following by spotlighting Black-owned restaurants...
Burger King has issued a statement following a viral video showing a white employee in blackface at a drive-thru. On Oct. 31, a Black customer confronted the employee...
House Speaker Mike Johnson went too far bragging about President Donald Trump ’s work ethic. Instead, he created another moment that contrasts with the president’s...
President Donald Trump was looking for a little love in Iowa. Instead, the president found himself dealing with protesters calling for his impeachment, repeated...
As the countdown to tomorrow’s midterm elections winds down, President Donald Trump seems to have his eyes on anything but the ballot box. Since returning to the...
Footage of Donald Trump ’s late-night return to Washington has people hitting pause, rewinding and squinting at their screens. The president stepped into the doorway...
The daughter of a 66-year-old Black woman who died days after a confrontation with a Sacramento police officer is seeking damages in federal court. Nyota Koya, of...
Sen. Chris Murphy warned Thursday that President Donald Trump’ s reported plans to launch another round of attacks on Iran were “insane,” predicting they could...
A television host apparently mistook his studio for a soccer field. A viral clip circulating online shows one woman completely distraught as the world can replay one...
A federal judge in Texas is facing a judicial misconduct investigation after a Latino civil rights attorney accused her of repeatedly directing racially charged...
