(Photo: White House) “I’m happy that she got the mercy that she deserved, but to provide cover for this racist administration…is appalling and unconscionable,” says political expert Reecie Colbert. As President Donald Trump announced his pardons for Todd and Julie Chrisley during an Oval Office call on Tuesday, his newly minted “pardon czar,” Alice Johnson,…
Source: The Washington Post / Getty On Tuesday (May 27), Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that COVID-19 vaccines would no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. He did so in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, alongside National Institute of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattarchaya and…
Allana Gray was out running errands on May 21 when she got the phone call every parent dreads. Her 2-year-old daughter, Egypt, had been seriously injured. Gray rushed home to find a chaotic scene. People surrounded the home, drawn by the commotion. At one point, one of Gray’s family members confronted the crowd with a…
Quinta Brunson arrives at City Year Los Angeles’ 14th Annual Spring Break Gala on May 10, 2025, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, file) Quinta Brunson receives a key to the city and mural in a ceremony at the Philadelphia school that inspired her hit show “Abbott Elementary.” Philadelphia’s mayor honored actor and producer…
Elon Musk looks on as President Donald Trump meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Elon Musk’s departure marks the end of a turbulent chapter of his spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. Elon Musk is leaving…
Karoline Leavitt, 27, made history by becoming the youngest White House press secretary in January 2025, but her age continues to make headlines for other reasons as well. The official spokesperson for President Donald Trump’s second administration is married to real estate developer Nicholas Riccio, a man who is more than 32 years Leavitt’s senior….
Tamara Lanier attends a news conference near the Harvard Club, on March 20, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) Harvard turns over 175-year-old photos believed to be the earliest photos of enslaved people to an African American museum in South Carolina. Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of…
For many, Beyoncé is arguably the greatest artist alive. But with that grandiose title comes a lot of criticism and hate. It’s something Mrs. Carter has probably learned to look past, but that doesn’t stop disparaging comments from coming her way. Her loyal fanbase known as the Beyhive is always ready to defend or shut…
(Photo: CBS Chicago) The push to grant Hoover clemency has been decades in the making. President Donald Trump has commuted the federal sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, as part of a series of pardons and clemencies issued this week. Hoover, 74, was convicted of federal charges in 1997 and sentenced to six…
NBA Youngboy (Credit: East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office) NBA YoungBoy also thanked Alice Johnson, Trump’s pardon czar, for “fighting for second chances for so many people.” President Donald Trump issued a full pardon for rapper NBA YoungBoy on Wednesday as part of a marathon of presidential pardons and clemencies announced this week. “I want to…
