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Obama Surprises Biden With Presidential Medal of Freedom
The greatest bromance ever told got even sweeter Thursday when President Barack Obama shocked Vice President Joe Biden by awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Biden and the president had gathered with others for what was described as a final tribute to the vice president, the Washington Post reports. Obama began by delivering a…
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#Flint: Government, Independent Experts Say Water System Improving; Residents Skeptical
At a town hall meeting Tuesday night meant to update the public on the status of Flint, Mich.’s water system, government and independent experts told the gathered crowd that the city’s lead-contaminated water system is improving. But after a year of being told one thing and later finding out another, the people were unmoved. Flint’s…
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President Obama Ends ‘Wet-Foot, Dry-Foot’ Policy for Cuban Migrants Seeking Residency
President Barack Obama announced Thursday that he has ended the “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy that allowed Cubans reaching U.S. soil to stay and become automatically eligible for American residency, while those found at sea were sent back home to Cuba. “Effective immediately, Cuban nationals who attempt to enter the United States illegally and do not qualify…
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Miss. Newspaper Announces Plans for ‘Gangbangers’ Rodeo’: ‘Bang, Bang, You’re Dead’
Peter Rinaldi, owner and publisher of Miss-Lou Magazine and the Natchez Sun XPress, has caused widespread anger with a racist column calling for black youths in Natchez, Miss., who may be involved in gang activity to go to a local park and murder one another for the amusement of observers. In Miss-Lou Magazine’s Jan. 11-24…
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Fla. High School Students Protest to Make African-American History a Full-Year Course
Students at Terry Parker High School in Jacksonville, Fla., staged a sit-in earlier this week demanding a change in the way African-American history is taught in Duval County Public Schools, Action News Jax reports. The organizer of the sit-in, Angelina Roque, said that she and her other classmates wanted to protest because they believed that…
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Trump Logic: Ben Carson Grew Up Poor, so He Understands Poverty
Updated Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, 12:48 p.m. EST: Ben Carson sat before a Senate committee Thursday morning to make the case that he should be confirmed to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Carson leaned on his upbringing growing up in inner-city Detroit and his family’s need for public assistance, although they never…
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2 Women Arrested for Helping Man Wanted in Orlando, Fla., Police Shooting
Two women were arrested in Florida on Wednesday for helping a man wanted in the fatal shooting of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and an Orlando, Fla., police officer, officials announced, according to Reuters. The women reportedly helped the man on separate occasions over the last month. Jameis Slaughter, 25, an ex-girlfriend of murder suspect Markeith Loyd,…
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Spy Chief Tries to Make Peace With Trump Over Russian Dossier
President-elect Donald Trump held his first press conference since winning the presidency, to less-than-stellar reviews. Trump was combative and elusive when questioned about Russia’s involvement in his bid to become president and compared the U.S. intelligence agencies to Nazis after unclassified information was leaked to the press. On Wednesday evening, James R. Clapper Jr., the…
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Sen. Chuck Schumer Will Oppose Jeff Sessions’ Nomination for Attorney General
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has come out against President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general pick, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), noting that he doesn’t believe Sessions will be willing to go against Trump should the law require he do so. Schumer released a strongly worded statement noting that the role of attorney general must ensure the rights…