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By Drew Hawkins NEW ORLEANS – James Davis had the best year in his entire farming career this year. The third-generation Black row crop farmer estimated picking almost 1,300 pounds of cotton, an average of 50 bushels of soybeans, and an average of around 155 bushels of corn on 2,500 acres of his farmland in […]
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By Dareh Gregorian, Julie Tsirkin and Sarah Dean President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to fast-track the reclassification of cannabis, which would pave the way for the Food and Drug Administration to study its medicinal uses. “It is the policy of my Administration to increase medical marijuana and CBD research to better inform patients and doctors. It is
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By Scott Wong, Sahil Kapur, Melanie Zanona and Kyle Stewart WASHINGTON — Rebelling against their leaders, four House Republicans on Wednesday signed onto a “discharge petition,” giving Democrats the 218 signatures needed to force a vote on a three-year extension of the Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire for millions of people on Dec. 31. If the enhanced premium tax credits
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today launched an agency-wide initiative to strengthen engagement with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), following President Trump’s Executive Order establishing the White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. HHS is launching the Roy Wilkins Fellowship for HBCU students interested in public
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By Peter Nicholas Amid slumping approval ratings, President Donald Trump used a prime-time speech Wednesday to deride his predecessor, assert that his economic plan is working and suggest that Americans need to be patient as his policies start to kick in. Trump, in an 18-minute address from the White House, rolled out no new proposals apart from what he called
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By Sarah Dean, Garrett Haake, Alexandra Bacallao and Rebecca Shabad WASHINGTON — The White House has installed plaques on the exterior of the building bashing President Donald Trump’s predecessors, including Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, and promoting disinformation about their administrations. The plaques were hung up below presidential portraits that have been on display on Trump’s recently added “Presidential Walk of Fame”
White House installs plaques mocking former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden Read More »
By Sahil Kapur, Julie Tsirkin and Brennan Leach WASHINGTON — It’s official: House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won’t call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month. That means higher insurance premiums will go into effect for millions of Americans who get coverage through Obamacare next year. The
House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise Read More »
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices. The 33-page lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump,”
Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over Jan. 6 speech edit Read More »
By Lexx Thornton Hollywood is reeling from the devastating news that acclaimed director and actor Rob Reiner (78) and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner (68), were found dead in their Los Angeles home on Sunday in what police are investigating as an “apparent homicide.” Sources close to the family have identified the couple, though official
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By Fiona Glisson Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said her adult son was pulled over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents Saturday in Minnesota and asked to provide proof of citizenship. “Yesterday, after he made a stop at Target, he did get pulled over by ICE agents,” Omar, who said her son was born in the U.S., told WCCO-TV of the Twin
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