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Protests Escalating In Tanzania As President Reportedly Takes Early Election Lead

Protests Escalating In Tanzania As President Reportedly...

By Semafor Africa Photos: YouTube\Wikimedia Commons Provisional results showed Tanzania’s...

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Ugandan Authorities Ban Nation Media Group From Parliamentary, Presidential Coverage

Ugandan Authorities Ban Nation Media Group From Parliamentary,...

By Committee to Protect Journalists Kampala, October 30, 2025—The Committee to Protect...

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Trump Is Calling for the ‘Nuclear Option’ to Kill the Filibuster. What’s that Mean?

Trump Is Calling for the ‘Nuclear Option’ to Kill the Filibuster....

The peculiar US political phenomenon known as the filibuster is once again in focus....

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Analysis: What’s a filibuster? And why does Trump want to kill it?

Analysis: What’s a filibuster? And why does Trump want...

It was completely predictable that President Donald Trump would call on Senate Republicans...

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The One Thing Republicans Will Deny Trump

The One Thing Republicans Will Deny Trump

He wants the filibuster gone to end the government shutdown.

November 2025 Books By Black Authors We Can’t Wait to Read

November 2025 Books By Black Authors We Can’t Wait to Read

November is full of great reads, including a coffee table book from Michelle Obama...

JD Vance Says It’s Okay to Avoid Living Next to Folks Who Speak Another Language, So Black Internet Destroys Him

JD Vance Says It’s Okay to Avoid Living Next to Folks Who...

Black Americans are upset after JD Vance had choice words for immigrants not speaking...

Cardi B Says She Hasn’t Washed Her Hair in Three Months, and Black Twitter is Surprisingly Divided

Cardi B Says She Hasn’t Washed Her Hair in Three Months,...

Cardi B has been open about her hair journey for years, but this latest reveal isn't...

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Trump just kneecapped the GOP’s shutdown strategy

Trump just kneecapped the GOP’s shutdown strategy

After the government had been shut down for nearly a month, a conspicuously quiet...

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Candace Owens Criticizes Trump Over Investigation into Charlie Kirk's Death

Candace Owens Criticizes Trump Over Investigation into...

Nationwide — Candace Owens criticized Donald Trump for staying silent about the...

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US expects more flight disruptions as government shutdown enters Day 31

US expects more flight disruptions as government shutdown...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday he expects more flight delays...

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ICE Will ‘Increase’ Activity On Halloween Despite Governor’s Request

ICE Will ‘Increase’ Activity On Halloween Despite Governor’s...

Homeland Security has declined Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s request to reduce...

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Opinion: A moment that demands action from all of us

Opinion: A moment that demands action from all of us

The loss of SNAP benefits will have immediate and devastating consequences for thousands...

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NFL Player Called His Coach a Father Figure. Turns Out, He Really Was His Father

NFL Player Called His Coach a Father Figure. Turns Out,...

Nationwide — Deland McCullough spent years searching for his biological parents...

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Gayle King is Reportedly Leaving "CBS Mornings" When Her Contract Ends

Gayle King is Reportedly Leaving "CBS Mornings" When Her...

Nationwide — Gayle King is reportedly preparing to leave CBS Mornings when her contract...

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Trump urges Republicans to eliminate filibuster as shutdown drags on

Trump urges Republicans to eliminate filibuster as shutdown...

Senate Republicans have not indicated significant openness to such a move.

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9-Year-Old Black Boy Suffers Severe Burns After Tablet Charger Sparks Fire on His Necklace

9-Year-Old Black Boy Suffers Severe Burns After Tablet...

Nationwide — Ashtyn Pitts, a 9-year-old African American boy from Jena, Louisiana,...

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Man Who "Threatened" to Harm Trump Released from Jail, All Charges Dropped

Man Who "Threatened" to Harm Trump Released from Jail,...

Nationwide — Larry Bushart, a 61-year-old Tennessee man accused of threatening mass...

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Man Jailed After Allegedly "Threatening" Trump Online Released and Cleared of Charges

Man Jailed After Allegedly "Threatening" Trump Online Released...

Nationwide — Larry Bushart, a 61-year-old Tennessee man accused of threatening mass...

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GOP senator ‘firm no’ on Trump’s call to eliminate filibuster

GOP senator ‘firm no’ on Trump’s call to eliminate filibuster

Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) says he is a “firm no” on eliminating the Senate filibuster,...

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Ethiopia: The Unbearable Cost Of War For The Women Of Tigray

Ethiopia: The Unbearable Cost Of War For The Women Of Tigray

By Mohammed Nurhussein Photos: YouTube Screenshots The people of Tigray have endured...

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Trump calls on Republicans to scrap filibuster rule over shutdown fight

Trump calls on Republicans to scrap filibuster rule over...

Ending the long-standing rule would allow Republicans in the Senate to pass a funding...

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Atlanta Leaders Declare Food Emergency, Halts Water Shutoffs Amid Federal SNAP Threat

Atlanta Leaders Declare Food Emergency, Halts Water Shutoffs...

The orders remain in effect through January 31, 2026, or until the federal shutdown...

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FBI says "potential terrorist attack" thwarted in Michigan, multiple people arrested

FBI says "potential terrorist attack" thwarted in Michigan,...

In a social media post​, FBI Director Kash Patel said multiple suspects who were...

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Ghana Mandates Use Of Local ‘Mother-Tongue’ Languages in Schools

Ghana Mandates Use Of Local ‘Mother-Tongue’ Languages in...

Ghana is shifting away from English-dominated education, mandating the use of “mother-tongue”...

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Just the Threat of US Nuclear Testing Is Bad Enough

Just the Threat of US Nuclear Testing Is Bad Enough

Just as nuclear war, in all its sheer insanity, has returned to Hollywood and public...

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Trump muddles nuke-testing message

Trump muddles nuke-testing message

The U.S. could spend $946 billion on nuclear weapons between 2025 and 2034.

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Death toll from Hurricane Melissa climbs to 49, with many still missing

Death toll from Hurricane Melissa climbs to 49, with many...

Haiti reported the highest number of deaths following catastrophic flooding from...

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Iran condemns Trump’s call to resume US nuclear testing

Iran condemns Trump’s call to resume US nuclear testing

Tehran rebukes US plans for nuclear tests, citing hypocrisy over peaceful nuclear...

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Trump calls for U.S. Senate to scrap filibuster rule

Trump calls for U.S. Senate to scrap filibuster rule

The filibuster is the Senate rule for agreement by 60 of its 100 members to pass...

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Trump calls for end of Senate filibuster to break funding stalemate

Trump calls for end of Senate filibuster to break funding...

President Donald Trump on Thursday urged congressional Republicans to unilaterally...

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Hurricane Melissa Shows Why Travel Insurance Is A Must For Caribbean Trips

Hurricane Melissa Shows Why Travel Insurance Is A Must...

When disaster hits a dream destination, the devastating consequences reveals hard...

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Black Tax Industry Leader Launches Trainings to Help Tax Professionals Save Thousands in IRS Fines and Build Compliant Businesses

Black Tax Industry Leader Launches Trainings to Help Tax...

After Two Decades and Eight Audits Without Penalties, She’s Redefining What True...

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 30, 2025

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 30, 2025

President Trump called to resume tests of its nuclear weapons, likely in response...

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The Prince Andrew problem: 'It is never-ending'

The Prince Andrew problem: 'It is never-ending'

The Morning Edition podcast host Samantha Selinger-Morris and senior columnist Jacqueline...

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Andrew stripped of ‘prince’ title and evicted from Royal Lodge

Andrew stripped of ‘prince’ title and evicted from Royal...

Disgraced royal will live as a commoner on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk

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SNAP disruptions could halt benefits for Miami households

SNAP disruptions could halt benefits for Miami households

With federal shutdown, nearly 3 million Florida SNAP users face interruptions in...

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Buckingham Palace statement on Prince Andrew in full

Buckingham Palace statement on Prince Andrew in full

The King's brother will no longer be a prince and will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten...

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Live: King Charles III removes Prince Andrew's royal titles and evicts him

Live: King Charles III removes Prince Andrew's royal titles...

Prince Andrew will have his royal titles stripped by King Charles III. Follow Live.

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Millions Suffer as Trump’s Economy Crumbles

Millions Suffer as Trump’s Economy Crumbles

By Stacy M. BrownBlack Press USA Senior National Correspondent America’s economy...

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Trump's deja vu China deal

Trump's deja vu China deal

We've been here before.

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Meet the Black American Entrepreneur Who Owns a Luxury 4-Star Hotel in Ghana Near the "Door of No Return"

Meet the Black American Entrepreneur Who Owns a Luxury...

Nationwide — Mona Boyd, an African American woman who has called Ghana home for...

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African Oil And Gas Industry Pivoting Into Favorable Financing Options

African Oil And Gas Industry Pivoting Into Favorable Financing...

By Semafor Africa Photos: YouTube\Wikimedia Commons Companies operating in Africa’s...

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Nigerian Nobel Prize Winner Wole Soyinka Says U.S. Revoked His Visa After Trump Criticism

Nigerian Nobel Prize Winner Wole Soyinka Says U.S. Revoked...

By Associated Press\NPR Photos: YouTube\Wikimedia Commons Nobel Prize-winning author...

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A judge is set to decide whether SNAP benefits can be cut off on Saturday

A judge is set to decide whether SNAP benefits can be cut...

A Boston federal judge suggested she was not persuaded by the Trump administration's...

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Prince Andrew to Be Stripped of His Royal Title

Prince Andrew to Be Stripped of His Royal Title

The extraordinary move caps his fall from grace over his ties to the convicted sexual...

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Uniting The United People Of The United States Of America

Uniting The United People Of The United States Of America

By Jim Hightower Photos: Jim Hightower\Wikimedia Commons A headline on a recent...

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LAUSD to support families with SNAP funding set to end amid government shutdown

LAUSD to support families with SNAP funding set to end...

SNAP benefits are not expected to go out in November due to the ongoing government...

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Recent Black College Grad Launches First-Ever Animated Series About the Life of Music Producers

Recent Black College Grad Launches First-Ever Animated...

Nationwide — Recent University of Cincinnati graduate Tierre Hummons is rewriting...

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Kremlin: We will test nuclear weapons if Trump does

Kremlin: We will test nuclear weapons if Trump does

Global ban on trials has largely been upheld since 1996

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What Trump and Xi Did—and Didn’t—Agree To

What Trump and Xi Did—and Didn’t—Agree To

From soybeans to semiconductors, here’s everything you need to know about what came...

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Senate rejects Trump's global tariffs, the final vote in a series of rebukes

Senate rejects Trump's global tariffs, the final vote in...

Once again, four Republicans joined with Democrats to approve a resolution condemning...

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In Historic Agreement, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Restores Pottery by Enslaved Artist David Drake (“Dave the Potter”) to His Descendants

In Historic Agreement, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Restores...

Drake’s descendants say the first-of-its-kind return acknowledges broken title for...

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Two Black Men Who Couldn’t Read Until Adulthood Lead a National Conversation on Literacy and Freedom

Two Black Men Who Couldn’t Read Until Adulthood Lead a...

Nationwide — This Dyslexia Awareness Month, two nationally recognized literacy advocates...

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Denzel Washington Confronts Fan Who Accused Him Of Lying About Sobriety

Denzel Washington Confronts Fan Who Accused Him Of Lying...

Denzel Washington was caught on camera in a tense exchange with a New York City-based...

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Trump says he wants to resume nuclear testing. Here's what that would mean

Trump says he wants to resume nuclear testing. Here's what...

The U.S. has not conducted a nuclear test in over 30 years. Experts say doing one...

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Attorney Zulu Ali Recognized by Leading Legal Publication for Carrying the Spirit of Iconic Black Legal Pioneers

Attorney Zulu Ali Recognized by Leading Legal Publication...

Nationwide — Attorney Zulu Ali has been recognized by The Lawyer Herald as carrying...

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‘Assata: An Autobiography’ sees resurgence in wake of revolutionary’s passing

‘Assata: An Autobiography’ sees resurgence in wake of revolutionary’s...

Assata Shakur’s powerful autobiography is a moving and deeply personal account of...

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What to Make of Trump’s Wild Nuclear Threat

What to Make of Trump’s Wild Nuclear Threat

Let's break this down, sentence by sentence.

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Former Senate Candidate Lawrence Hamm Endorses Sherrill For Governor And Caldwell For Lieutenant Governor In New Jersey

Former Senate Candidate Lawrence Hamm Endorses Sherrill...

Photos: Facebook\YouTube Screenshots Lawrence Hamm, a former U.S. Senate candidate...

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Trump’s Vagueness Over Nuclear Testing Could Fuel an Arms Race

Trump’s Vagueness Over Nuclear Testing Could Fuel an Arms...

It’s unclear whether his statement refers to warhead detonations.

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A Trump-Xi trade deal won’t fix either country’s economy

A Trump-Xi trade deal won’t fix either country’s economy

The extraordinary trade war President Donald Trump unleashed has been taking a toll...

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Committee To Protect Journalists Calling For “Radical Reform” In Investigating Killings Of Journalists

Committee To Protect Journalists Calling For “Radical Reform”...

By Committee to Protect Journalists Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons...

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White Man Pulls Out Gun on Black Family With Kids Stuck in a Ditch While Off-Roading

White Man Pulls Out Gun on Black Family With Kids Stuck...

Nationwide — A Black family’s off-roading trip in rural Georgia took a frightening...

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At Least 30 Dead As Hurricane Melissa Tears Through Caribbean

At Least 30 Dead As Hurricane Melissa Tears Through Caribbean

At least 30 people have been confirmed dead across the Caribbean after Hurricane...

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The Stars of New York Dance are champions for children

The Stars of New York Dance are champions for children

During The Stars of New York Dance competition, Cheryl Todmann hopes you will be...

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A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi meeting

A trade truce, a nuclear threat: What to make of the Trump-Xi...

Trump isn’t interested in war with China. But it might be interested in him.

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Black Cafeteria Worker Wins $60K Settlement After White Teachers Complained About Her ‘Black Voice’

Black Cafeteria Worker Wins $60K Settlement After White...

Nationwide — Vanessa Bowie-Middleton, an African American cafeteria worker from...

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