Source: JOHN FALCHETTO / Getty The war in Iran is having a global impact beyond the Middle East and the United States, as gas prices are dramatically increasing everywhere. As a result of the Iran war and the potential of growing anti-American sentiment, the State Department issued a warning on Sunday telling Americans to exercise…
Source: Albany Times Union/Hearst Newspapers / Getty The Trump administration is facing yet another lawsuit, accusing it of efforts to remove or defund Black history. Because when this (alleged) white nationalist regime isn’t purging Black history exhibits from national parks and federally-controlled museums, it’s pulling grant money from institutions that promote what it’s trying so…
Miss Mary Hamilton (Screenshot: NPR Podcast/YouTube) In 1963, Miss Mary Hamilton was held in contempt when officials failed to call her Miss. In 1964, the US Supreme Court ruled in her favor. Miss. In 1963, Mary Hamilton went all the way to the Supreme Court to make sure people used this one four-letter word. A…
When it comes to President Donald Trump, Scott Bessent has a habit of sidestepping questions and answering them in the way most people wouldn’t expect. Sitting across from Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, he was given a clean chance to say whether it was wrong for Donald Trump to celebrate the…
Jeff Bezos doesn’t usually miss, but he did with the first lady “Melania” documentary, which recently premiered on his own platform. The tech entrepreneur has built an empire on instincts that turn bets into billion-dollar wins, but Bezos’ latest move — backing a Melania Trump documentary with a staggering $75 million total commitment — has…
(Photo: Gerren Keith Gaynor for theGrio/Getty Images) President Trump’s move to honor Columbus is in direct contrast to the cultural shift away from honoring the controversial explorer. Nearly six years after Black Lives Matter protesters toppled a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, President Donald Trump has erected a replica…
President Donald Trump said Monday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was the first senior official to support U.S. military strikes against Iran, highlighting his role as the Pentagon faces renewed scrutiny over press restrictions during the conflict. Trump made the remarks during a Memphis Safe Task Force roundtable in Tennessee, where Hegseth was seated beside…
Getty Images After the Dipset rapper filed suit over a 2022 guest verse, the North Carolina rapper’s legal team argued that his appearance was “voluntarily and without condition,” a claim Cam’s team denied. Cam’ron and J. Cole might have won weirdest hip-hop headline of 2025 when the Dipset rapper announced he had filed a lawsuit…
A former Jamaican politician who pleaded guilty to charges in connection with his wife’s shooting death will spend more than 20 years in prison for the crime. Jolyan Silvera, an ex-People’s National Party Member of Parliament, was initially charged with murder following the death of his wife, 42-year-old Melissa Silvera. After her death, it was…
Source: Connecticut Public Broadcasting / Getty A new wave of nationwide demonstrations is set to take place this weekend, as organizers behind the “No Kings” movement prepare what they say could become the largest protest in American history. Read and find out more information about the protest inside. With thousands of events already planned across…
