Republican posts video defending law that declared slaves 'three-fifths' of a person

The U.S. Supreme Court has in some instances failed to issue negative orders against Donald Trump, but that could happen very soon, a legal expert said on Sunday. Legal expert Norm Eisen, who worked in the White House as special counsel and special assistant to the president for ethics and government reform, is also known for being a thorn in the president's side. On Sunday, he appeared on MSNBC, where he highlighted some evidence that the Supreme Court is ready to rein Trump in. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. EXCLUSIVE: Breastfeeding mom of US ...

Donald Trump recently went all out in an effort to reverse a Joe Biden-era program, only to hurt his own voters in the process, according to a report. Greg Sargent, staff writer at the New Republic, wrote over the weekend that the president "grew angry over a Biden-era program with the word 'equity' in its name, so he ended it." "But a key part of the program was sending money to red states to expand internet access in rural/MAGA country. Now they might not get it," Sargent wrote on social media. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. EXCLUSIVE: Breastf...

A public opinion survey shows U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds leading Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis, 44%-25, in the race for the Republican nomination for governor in 2026. That’s from a new poll conducted for the James Madison Institute (JMI) in the middle of May among 516 Republican voters. That’s...

During an appearance on CNN Saturday morning where she was tasked with defendingthe questionable arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka by a mob of armed ICE agents outside of an DHS facility, a spokesperson for the agency stated there are plans to arrest more lawmakers in the coming days. Speaking with host Victor Blackwell, Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at DHS and former advisor to failed GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, kept insisting that Mayor Baraka was arrested for "storming" the facility despite video showing him being taken into custody outside the ch...

The new pope is a balanced papal leader with a biblical message, but that hasn't stopped MAGA allies from being enraged about him being elected, a conservative political consultant said on Friday. Rick Wilson, a consistent thorn in the side of Donald Trump, wrote leading up to the weekend that "MAGA hates the woke pope." "And by 'woke,' I mean a Bergolian cardinal influenced by Pope Francis whose opening remarks were full of a rich warmth, and an overt emphasis on mercy, humility, justice, and a more pastoral message that was almost universally well received, even by Donald Trump and J.D. Vanc...

America stands at a moral precipice, and we’re about to tumble over the edge. The Trump administration is now planning to transport immigrants on U.S. military planes to detention centers in a warlord-controlled part of Libya, a decision that reveals how far we’ve strayed from our foundational values and basic human decency.

Fox News host Jimmy Failla compared a 12-foot-tall statue of a Black woman to a "dream" of King Kong. On his Saturday night Fox News program, Failla noted that artist Thomas J. Price had placed the statue in Times Square to change "the narrative of who we put on statues." "But if you really wanted to do a fitting tribute to the women in Times Square, you'd have a hooker with an Adams apple, would you not?" he joked. "Now, some critics have called out the sculptor for refusing to use an actual Black woman instead of going with an imaginary woman he created from scratch." Want more breaking poli...

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Sacramento residents and Social Security recipients nationwide can expect changes to their payments this May. Nearly 74 million Americans will receive benefits electronically, with payment dates based on birth dates. For those born between the 1st and 10th, payments will arrive on May 14. Beneficiaries born from the 11th to 20th will see payments on May 21, while those born after the 20th will be paid on May 28.

Former GOP campaign consultant and current full-time Donald Trump critic Rick Wilson appeared on MSNBC on Sunday morning and pounced all over a report that the government of Qatar is gifting the president with a $400 million jet that he will be allowed to keep when he leaves office. Late Saturday ABC reported, "The royal family of Qatar is prepared to gift a 747-8 jumbo jet for Trump's use as Air Force One until the end of his term, when the aircraft will be transferred to his presidential library." With the jet being dubbed a "flying palace," Wilson had another suggestion when speaking with h...

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.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is moving to fire an administrative judge who publicly challenged a Trump administration directive that paused discrimination investigations involving transgender people, The New York Times reported Thursday. Karen Ortiz, who has served as a judge with the EEOC for over six years, was placed on administrative paid leave Wednesday and told that the agency is seeking her removal for “conduct unbecoming of a federal employee,” and for violating its email policy, according to letters reviewed by the Times. Ortiz has 15 days to respond to the accusations ...

An analysis by the National Alliance to End Homelessness shows that as many as 9 million people could become homeless if the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ends rental assistance.

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.

Actor Ron Palillo, a heavy smoker who died of a heart attack in 2012, was devastated by the demise of his father decades before. But that tragic loss ultimately led to Pallilo’s success with his portrayal of Arnold Horshack, on the 1970s classic TV school-com, Welcome Back, Kotter.

President Trump’s budget proposal “is bad for the work to end homelessness,” according to Ann Oliva, chief executive officer of the National Alliance to End Homelessness. “From zeroing out the Continuum of Care and (Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS) programs in favor of an inadequate Emergency Solutions Grants increase, to eliminating the Community Development Block Grant and HOME programs, to major changes and cuts in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s rental assistance programs, to cuts in other critical supports — this budget would (if passed) be disastrous for already-marginalized people, especially those experiencing homelessness and housing instability.”

The new head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency greeted his staff Friday with an aggressive promise to "run right over" anyone who doesn't get with his program, according to a new report by Reuters. "Obfuscation, delay, undermining. If...you think those tactics and techniques are going to help you, they will not, because I will run right over you," David Richardson said during an all-hands call. "Don't get in my way... I know all the tricks." Richardson, a combat veteran who previously served with DHS's office for countering weapons of mass destruction, was appointed to replace acting ...

According to a report from NOTUS, Donald Trump's replacement hire to serve as the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., has hundreds of thousands of dollars dating back to 2006 that have reportedly never been paid. As Dave Levinthal of NOTUS wrote, Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro's unsuccessful run for the U.S. Senate resulted in vendors left hanging according to FEC reports to the tune of $600,000. As he wrote, "Pirro’s 2006 U.S. Senate campaign failed for years to file mandatory financial reports with the Federal Election Commission, despite repeated warnings from regulators," with ...

Donald Trump senior advisor Stephen Miller said Friday that the White House is “actively looking at” suspending the ability of migrants to challenge their detention in court, according to Bloomberg. “The Constitution is clear,” Miller said, citing the clause allowing for suspension of habeas corpus during times of invasion. “So it’s an option we’re actually looking at, but a lot of it depends on whether the court will do the right thing or not.” The eyebrow-raising comments came Friday as Miller addressed reporters, where he floated the possibility of the move, which would essentially halt hab...

President Donald Trump is expected to accept the most valuable gift ever given to a U.S. president. ABC News reported that the royal family of Qatar is prepared to gift a 747-8 jumbo jet for Trump's use as Air Force One until the end of his term, when the aircraft will be transferred to his presidential library. Trump was said to have toured the "flying palace" when it visited Palm Beach in February. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. Attorneys for the White House counsel's office and the Department of Justice were said to have drafted an analysis f...

House Republicans passed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the "Gulf of America," but CNN's Harry Enten said the name change first advanced by president Donald Trump isn't breaking through with the public. If passed by the Senate, the bill would codify the executive order Trump signed on his first day in office, although other countries would not be obligated to go along with the change, and Enten presented polling data that showed Americans don't see the point of the move. "Let's just put it this way," Enten said. "It has bounced, it's like I'm wearing waterpr...

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.

Gail Slater, President Donald Trump’s selection for assistant attorney general for antitrust, “is expected to be combating the scourge of ‘Big-Tech censorship,’” and Democrats couldn't be happier, according to Politico. Former Yelp official Luther Lowe is one of those Democrats thrilled to see her appointment “because of what he sees as her early openness to constraining Google.” “I’m a Democrat,” Lowe told Politico, “but I could not be happier in terms of somebody who was on the right side of history now [being] in a place of power.” Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest hea...

On May 23, 2025, Father Knows Best former child star Lauren Chapin will be 80 years old. A triumphant survivor, Chapin has faced several personal and professional challenges. This is her story.

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.

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.

Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed the "fact" that the Defense Department will be receiving a free aircraft from a nation with ties to Iran. It was reported that Trump's administration would be gifted a $400 million plane from Qatar, and that the plane would be used as Air Force One until Trump leaves office, when he would use it for his own personal travel. Qatar poured cold water on the reports, saying the plan was not yet finalized. Trump, on the other hand, confirmed them as "fact." Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines at Raw Story. EXCLUSIVE: Breastfeeding mom o...

MSNBC has caught the ire of President Donald Trump as he’s criticized the outlet multiple times, Friday morning. “I just watched an exhausted, highly neurotic Stephanie Ruhle spew LIES about Tariffs, as do many others, in order not to give me the Victory that they all see coming. Few people know Stephanie Ruhle, but I do, and she doesn’t have what it takes,” the president said in a lengthy post. “Our Deal with the United Kingdom yesterday was AMAZING for both Countries and, in addition to everything else, British Airways just ordered $10 Billion Dollars worth of new Boeing planes. We’re going ...

An American pope who values right over wrong has appeared on the world stage just when he's needed most, according to a former Republican strategist. Steve Schmidt, who worked on Republican political campaigns for George W. Bush, wrote on his Substack that Pope Leo XIV is a force for good that will take on "fascist" Donald Trump. "Morality vs. immorality and right vs. wrong are fully engaged in America," Schmidt wrote. "Donald Trump has already lost his war of aggression against American values and the Constitution — even if he doesn’t know it yet." Want more breaking political news? Click for...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) told Clay Cane and Reecie Colbert on SiriusXM's Urban View that after Democrats' failure in 2024, party donors will seek "the safest white boy" they can find to back to avoid rocking the boat in 2028. “It is this fear that the people within the party, within the primary system, will have about voting for a woman because every time we voted for a woman, we've lost so far," said Crockett, who has recently become a target for racially-charged invective from President Donald Trump. "And I think that that's a natural fear because we just want to win. So there's a lot of...