Jasmine Crockett, a member of the Oversight Committee, responded to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal attack with a witty retort, prompting Chairman Comer to rule that Greene’s remarks were not in violation of the rules.
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Lock Him Up: Trump Is Now a Convicted Felon
Trump was unhinged his first time in office. With a criminal conviction under his belt and nothing to lose, there will be no constraints.
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Biden-Harris Administration Approves $7.7 Billion in Additional Student Loan Debt Relief
By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA The Biden-Harris Administration announced the approval of $7.7 billion in student loan debt relief for 160,500 borrowers. This measure targets three categories […]
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Families of Uvalde shooting victims sue Texas DPS officers for waiting to confront gunman
By Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune “Families of Uvalde shooting victims sue Texas DPS officers for waiting to confront gunman” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan […]
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Biden Administration Unveils New Initiatives to Combat School Segregation on Brown v. Board Anniversary
The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling declared racially segregated schools unconstitutional, but recent data reveals persistent inequities in U.S. education. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia On […]
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Queen City neighbors ask City of Dallas to preserve their history
By Michaela Rush The latest: At the most recent City of Dallas Landmark Commission meeting, South Dallas neighbors presented a request: approval to move forward with a historical designation overlay for the […]
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Investigation Reveals More than 1,000 Unnecessary Deaths from Police Use of Non-Lethal Tactics
The investigation underscored the potential lethality of these tactics when misused, echoing the outcry sparked by the death of George Floyd in 2020. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior […]
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Medgar Evers, Rep. Clyburn, Among Nineteen Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom
By Stacy M. Brown Originally appeared in NNPA President Joe Biden will award 19 individuals the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Civil rights icon Medgar Wiley […]
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Biden Hails 175,000 New Jobs, Urges Continued Economic Resilience
The US economy added 175,000 jobs in April, with the unemployment rate remaining at historically low levels of 3.9%, and wages have consistently outpaced inflation since May of the previous year.
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UTD Calls in 5 Different Policing Bodies to Dismantle ‘Gaza Liberation Plaza’Â
The University of Texas at Dallas and five policing bodies violently arrested 21 people, including three faculty members, for protesting the ongoing genocide in Palestine and demanding divestment from Israel.