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President Joe Biden touted a surprisingly strong U.S. jobs report for January, declaring, “America’s job machine is going stronger than ever.” “Our country is taking everything that Covid has to throw at us and we’ve come back stronger,” Biden said, speaking from the White House. Pres. Biden on expectedly strong …

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, has delivered a letter to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the full investigation of recent threats made against Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). “In less than a month, more than one dozen …

The House of Representatives passed the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act of 2022 (H.R. 4521) on Friday by a vote of 222-210 predominantly along party lines. The bill aims to invest in domestic research and manufacturing to enhance the country’s global …

A bill that is making its way through the Missouri state legislature has sparked outrage for its possible consequences, which, critics say, would all but make murder legal in the state. Missouri Senate Bill 666 is being described by its Republican sponsor as an effort to loosen gun laws in …

Pamela Moses, a Black Lives Matter activist from Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to six years in prison for illegally registering to vote in 2019. Moses, 44, was sentenced earlier this week in Shelby County Criminal Court by Judge Mark Ward. Ward sentenced Moses to six years and one day …

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced additional actions to reduce gun crime and make communities safer. “The plan builds on the steps President Biden has taken since the beginning of his Administration to stop the flow of guns being used in crimes, bolster federal, state, and local law enforcement, invest …

The Pentagon has accused Russia of planning an elaborate hoax as a pretext to invade Ukraine. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Washington has credible intelligence about an elaborate Russian plot amid heightened tensions. “We believe that Russia would produce a very graphic propaganda video, which would include corpses and actors that …

The leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) group killed himself along with his wife and children when he detonated an explosive device during an overnight raid by U.S. special operations forces in northwestern Syria on Wednesday. President Joe Biden first announced on Thursday that U.S. troops had killed Abu Ibrahim …

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Joyce Beatty and HBCU Caucus Founder and Co-Chair Alma Adams issued the following joint statement in response to this week’s bomb threats at over a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). “The continued bomb threats against HBCUs are hate crimes that must …

Each February, National Black History Month serves as both a celebration and a powerful reminder that Black history is American history, Black culture is American culture, and Black stories are essential to the ongoing story of America — our faults, our struggles, our progress, and our aspirations.  Shining a light on …

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a former national security aide who provided key testimony in President Donald Trump’s 2019 impeachment for dealings with Ukraine, has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and two former aides, accusing them of witness intimidation and retaliation. Citing the Ku Klux Klan Act …

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced the relaunch of the government’s “moonshot” program that seeks to cut cancer deaths in the country by 50% over the next few decades. Biden first launched “moonshot” in 2016 while serving as vice-president under President Barack Obama, allocating a total of $1.8 billion to …

Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th With the pending retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, President Joe Biden is poised to make good on his pledge to nominate the first Black woman to the nation’s highest court. There’s a lot we don’t know: who Biden’s choice will be, …

By Andrew Zhang, The Texas Tribune Feb. 1, 2022 U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, called President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court insulting to Americans and the eventual nominee — a comment that sparked anger from those who say Cruz is missing the …

New Mexico’s junior U.S. Senator, Ben Ray Luján, 49, is recovering from surgery at UNM Hospital in Albuquerque after suffering a stroke on Thursday, his office has announced. Luján’s chief of staff, Carlos Sanchez, said the senator felt dizziness and fatigue Thursday morning and was evaluated at Christus St. Vincent …