‘Exonerated Five’ Raymond Santana Says There’s A ‘Solid Case Against Trump’ After Judge Blocks Lawsuit Dismissal Attempts

New York attorney general Letitia James launched an inquiry into possible insider trading within the Trump administration. New York Attorney General Letitia James is keeping her foot on Donald Trump’s neck with an inquiry into potential insider trading. Building on the 15 ongoing legal actions her office is pursuing...

While the document did not list how much funding would be cut, ACH was responsible for $154 million in grants and contracts last year. According to an email mistakenly made public, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) plans to end more than a dozen university grants to improve Head Start and childcare policy.

The IRS is sending a stern message to its staff that working weekends and overtime during May is mandatory despite another round of layoffs. The IRS is sending a stern message to its staff that working weekends and overtime during May is mandatory despite another round of layoffs. The memo was sent to employees in the IRS Input Correction Operation (ICO) department, responsible for resolving tax return errors flagged by the IRS’s Error Resolution System (ERS).

A judge has denied convicted recording artist Sean Kingston’s request to perform he faces a possible jail sentence. According to AllHipHop , Kingston was invited to perform in Milwaukee for Summerfest 2025 and wanted permission to attend even though Judge David Leibowitz has Kingston on home confinement until his sentencing. The “Beautiful Girls” artist, along with his mother, Janice Turner, was found guilty after the government charged the pair with conducting an organized scheme to defraud, grand theft, identity theft, and related crimes. The jury found that they stole money, jewelry, a Cadillac Escalade, and furniture, amounting to more...

Pete Buttigieg is speaking candidly on how much he's learning from his experience raising Black adopted children. Pete Buttigieg shares his experience raising adopted Black children with his husband, Chasten. While the couple works to make their home rooted in love, the former U.S. Secretary of Transportation admitted that he’s still learning and growing within their unique family dynamic.

Jimmy Osmond, the youngest sibling in the famed Osmond family musical group, is now 62 years old. Like his talented siblings, Marie and Donny Osmond, and other famous siblings, Jimmy Osmond has always utilized his creative abilities to the delight of millions of fans around the world.

WASHINGTON — Millions of immigrants in the country without legal authorization are required as of Friday to register with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after a federal judge rejected advocacy groups’ request to pause the requirement.

Ending the life-saving program comes as sleep-related deaths increased by 12% between 2020 and 2020. Researchers believe infant deaths could be on the rise again because of the challenges from the pandemic, including access to information on safe sleep. For 30 years, the Safe to Sleep campaign has prevented babies...

Jay-Z's Roc Nation School of Music at LIU-Brooklyn is under investigation after students were left burdened by unexpected debt. Jay-Z’s Roc Nation School of Music at LIU-Brooklyn is under investigation after students were left burdened by unexpected debt. On May 5, the New York City Department of Consumer and...

Actress Tina Louise, now 91, is best known as Ginger Grant, the ‘Movie Star’ on TV’s beloved sitcom, Gilligan’s Island (CBS, 1964–1967). But she refused to reprise the role for a series of TV-reunion movies.

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CBS News reports that during an Oval Office meeting with Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney, President Dona ld Trump mocked former President Barack Obama’s new Presidential Center in Chicago, blaming “woke” construction workers . The discussion targeted the growing tariff war and mending the relationship between the neighboring countries, with Carney telling Trump to his face that Canada is “not for sale” and “won’t be for sale, ever.” Then, during the meeting, Trump pivoted to attack the presidential center being built in the Windy City’s Jackson Park, claiming construction delays due to DEI and “woke” construction workers. “I...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the country after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, federal officials said Friday.

Federal authorities have taken down what they call "one of the largest and most dangerous drug trafficking organizations in U.S. history." The operation targeted the Sinaloa Cartel through the seizure of a record-breaking 400 Kilograms of Fentanyl - the largest in the history of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) - which was the lead agency in the multi-state effort.

As a journalist, governmental chaos keeps me busy. As an expert on poverty and homelessness – who spent a third of her career in homeless shelters – comments from the oval office are jaw-droppingly clueless and beg to be challenged.

The approximate 1000-word letter from McMahon was an attempt to scathe Harvard for its admissions policies, staffing protocols, and leadership as a whole. US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has been dragged by social media and editors for apparent grammatical errors in a letter sent to Harvard University outlining criteria for the school to receive federal grants, Economic Times reported.

As illegal crossings have dropped to 15-year lows along once-busy historic crossing points between Texas and Mexico along the Rio Grande, law enforcement officers are encountering large groups of illegal aliens in more remote areas of the Texas border.

The clip received praise for its storytelling and direction by Obama. Malia Obama continues to make her mark in entertainment. The former president’s daughter directed two visuals for A’ja Wilson’s Nike sneaker commercial. The first daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama has sat in the director’s chair...

In a stunning decision that reverberated nationwide, a Tennessee jury on Wednesday acquitted three former Memphis police officers of all state charges , including second-degree murder, in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who fled a traffic stop. After deliberating for roughly 8 1/2 hours over two days following a nine-day trial in Memphis, the jury found Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith not guilty on all counts. The courtroom erupted with emotion as the verdict was read; the former officers embraced their attorneys while relatives wept, with one exclaiming, “Thank you, Jesus!” MEMPHIS,...

Other than those indigenous to this vast and blessed land, we are all immigrants here in the United States of America, with rights enshrined in the constitution, no matter our status. The frantic mass deportations pushed by the current administration have affected visa holders, asylum seekers, tourists, and legal citizens. Sweeping reforms have eliminated due process in a web of reinterpreting archaic laws like the Alien Enemies Act and have revoked Temporary Protection Statuses (TPS) , affecting hundreds of thousands of innocent people.

Former child star Ricky Schroder, best known for his big-screen debut in the critically acclaimed box office hit, The Champ(1979), and the classic TV sitcom, Silver Spoons (NBC, 1982-1987), is now officially a senior citizen. He turned 55 years old on April 13, 2025.

It's been nearly forty years since the tragic death of actor/comedian Dick Shawn, whose stage, movie and TV career spanned over three decades. He died on April 17, 1987, during a live stage performance in front of approximately 500 people, mere seconds after delivering a punchline. At first, everyone thought his death was a joke. But it wasn't. He was gone, at only 57 years old.

Janette Gantt Palmer, a 76-year-old retired postal worker from Miami, cannot renew her driver’s license. Palmer is not in possession of an official birth certificate or U.S. passport–– both required to obtain a Real ID license, now mandated by federal law, CBS News reported. Born at home in Aiken County, South Carolina, in February 1949, during segregation, Gantt Palmer never received a birth certificate. It was a common reality for many African Americans at the time, who were often d enied access to hospitals due to Jim Crow laws. “Back in those days, we were born at home. Nobody...

The city of Decatur in Metro Atlanta has unanimously approved the creation of a reparations task force. According to Fox 5 , the Decatur City Commission adopted the resolution on May 5. The 11-member task force will release a report in three years, including policy recommendations to benefit the city’s Black residents. The news comes a year after city leaders signed off on a contract with the Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights to “uncover the legacy of racial harm” in Decatur. The alliance spearheaded the research work into reparations, holding community gatherings and listening sessions on how...

'...We believe complying with the law is the best way to protect our people and our continued capacity to support them'. University of Kentucky (UK) President Eli Capilouto said the school’s decision to cancel LGBTQ+, Black, and first-generation graduation ceremonies is the best way to “protect our people,” the Lexington Herald Leader reports.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union in his home state when things quickly devolved.

The Social Security Administration is backing off a plan it announced in March to withhold 100% of many beneficiaries’ monthly payments to claw back money the government had allegedly overpaid them.

Former OSC Investigator Tim Parker called cases like Foxworth-Roberts’ rare. A report from the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) shows a recommendation to remove Louisiana’s 19th Judicial District Judge Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts from the bench over claims she was dishonest about her military ranking and a burglary, WAFB 9 reports.

Ahwar Sultan, a second-year graduate student in comparative studies, speaks at a Thursday press conference organized by Students for Justice in Palestine, alongside other Ohio State student organizations. Credit: Sandra Fu | Photo Editor.