government shutdown
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Mike Epps Says He’s ‘Glad’ SNAP Benefits Were Stopped and Black Twitter’s Reaction is Shocking
Comedian Mike Epps made some controversial comments about SNAP benefits during the government shutdown, and folks have a lot to say!
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Black Twitter Responds to Trump Administration Forcing SNAP Recipients to Reapply For Benefits
Many view the measure as another example of Trump’s lack of empathy for struggling people.
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Republican In-Fighting Risks Another Shutdown, That’s Bad News For Black Americans
Republicans continue to fight over the House Speakers position, as the deadline for another government shutdown inches closer and closer.
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Boeing 737 Max Fixes Delayed Due to Government Shutdown
The Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people is still being investigated, but what is becoming clearer is that there may have been issues with the make of the plane itself, the Boeing 737 Max 8, which also crashed in Indonesia in October of last year. In that flight, investigators determined that a faulty instrument…
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Dealmaker-in-Chief Trump Intends to Sign Border Deal for Pennies on the Dollar
Though Trump may look for a loophole, it seems there will be no wall after all. Despite his unhappiness with the tentative deal reached by Congress earlier this week, CNN reports that Trump will sign a border security deal to avoid another government shutdown, weeks after the longest on record. Congress has until Friday to…
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Trump Says He's Not 'Happy' With Border Deal and Continues to Lie About the Wall Being Built Right Now
On Tuesday, the president of people who buy jogging baby strollers said he’s not “happy” with a bipartisan agreement to prevent a government shutdown that provides $1.375 billion for fencing and other physical barriers along the Southern border, far less than the $5.7 billion the president has demanded in previous negotiations. “I don’t think you’re…
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Deal Reached in Principle to Avoid Second Government Shutdown
House and Senate negotiators have reached an “agreement in principle” to avoid a second government shutdown. Though the four leading bipartisan negotiators declined to provide specifics on the nature of the agreement, Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby told reporters that both sides “got an agreement on all of it” when asked if the deal included…
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Nancy Pelosi on Stacey Abrams, Black Lives Matter and Standing Up to Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is known as the woman who tells Donald Trump “no” and continues to be the backbone of the Democratic Party. Her leadership was long-questioned during the midterms until her chamber enjoyed a record-setting blue wave of progressive, ethnically diverse freshman congresswomen. Pelosi spent a few minutes with The Root sharing her…
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Chuck Schumer: Trump Can't 'Take Hostages' In Negotiations Over Border Security
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was in a relaxed, confident mood when I met him in his office Tuesday afternoon—and for good reason. President Donald Trump had recently been forced to agree to the Democratic position that the government be reopened before any talks about a possible border wall—the reason Trump shut the government down—without…
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Trump Bends the Knee to Pelosi, Temporarily Ends Shutdown He Created
The president of people who support the Covington Catholic crew proved that his dealmaking abilities were limited to threats and intimidation and has effectively bent the knee to Nancy Pelosi and agreed to temporarily reopen the government for three weeks as Congress continues to negotiate border security funding. During a speech from the White House…