Wesley Eggleston II was sitting in his car doing nothing illegal when four white Pennsylvania cops opened his doors and attacked him, pointing a gun at his chest before pulling him out onto the street, then choking, punching, kneeing and tasering the 42-year-old Black man without explanation. It was only after Eggleston was battered, bruised,…
Amanda Gorman speaks onstage during The UNICEF Gala at Cipriani 25 Broadway on December 02, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for UNICEF USA) “If we cannot find the words, may we find the will,” Amanda Gorman wrote in a new poem honoring Alex Pretti amidst ICE protests. Throughout history, the…
Source: trekandshoot / Getty The likelihood of a partial U.S. government shutdown increased on Jan. 25 as outrage grew over the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minnesota on Jan. 24, the second deadly incident involving immigration enforcement this month. Democrat Angus King says he won’t support the funding package due…
A painter shared his latest portrait of Donald Trump on X, and the way he depicted him is unusual, to say the least. The artist’s name is Jon McNaughton, and he’s known for his unflattering art of former President Barack Obama titled “Obamanation.” The painting shows the former president smiling as Osama bin Laden appears…
As federal agents shot and killed another American citizen in Minneapolis and a punishing winter storm locked down much of the country, President Donald Trump spent Sunday morning focused on a very different emergency: a lawsuit threatening construction of his White House ballroom. As questions mounted over the killing of 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti…
Spice attends the special screening of “Maxine’s Baby: A Tyler Perry Story” presented by Amazon Studios at the Rialto Center for the Arts on November 08, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Carol Lee Rose/Getty Images for Amazon Studios) Spice reveals the medical journey that led to her new gospel inspired era and song “God…
Karoline Leavitt likely didn’t expect a campaign moment to come back with such force, but the internet has a way of finding what people like to keep buried. A snapshot captures the now-28-year-old candidate still finding her footing, prompting side-by-side comparisons of how much the White House Press Secretary’s look has changed from her early…
Source: Radio One / General TikTok’s U.S. operations have undergone a major shift. No longer owned solely by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, TikTok in the United States is now run by a new entity, TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, according to a press release. Established on Jan. 22, 2026, this joint venture is majority-owned by…
Source: Stephen Maturen / Getty It’s quite possible that the Trump administration has finally flown too close to the sun, regarding its latest narrative of observably false propaganda against the latest victim of a killing by immigration cops in Minnesota. When 37-year-old Alex Pretti was gunned down by ICE agents while trying to protect a…
Andrea Preti and Venus Williams attend the front row at the Dsquared2 F/W 2025 – 2026 runway during the Milan Fashion Week – Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025/2026 at on February 25, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Levati/Getty Images for Dsquared2) Venus Williams and Andrea Preti tied the knot in December across multi-day events after…
