North Carolina A&T State University has recently purchased nearly 90 acres of land to expand the HBCU’s farm to the largest size in its 124-year history. Thanks to Title III education grant funding, three new land purchases worth over $4.2 million have expanded the NCA&T farm from its current 492 acres to nearly 581 acres.
More
The Howard University Office of External Affairs collaborated with the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA) to facilitate a critical conversation, “Shaping the Future: AI, Tech Innovation, and the Next-Generation Workforce,” to highlight national priorities and regional initiatives that are designed to expand opportunities for HBCU students to shape the future. A conversation led by Talitha
More
By Steve Kopack, Shannon Pettypiece and Garrett Haake Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Sunday that the Justice Department subpoenaed the central bank Friday with the threat of a criminal indictment, the latest move in a yearlong pressure campaign from the Trump administration. Powell said the threatened indictment related to his testimony before the Senate in June about the renovation of
More
By Raquel Coronell Uribe The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has replaced a photo of President Donald Trump and reportedly a caption that accompanied it — erasing mentions of Trump’s two impeachments and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. The new portrait, displayed in the gallery’s “America’s Presidents” exhibit, was posted on X by the White House on Saturday. The
More
By David Ingram and Tyler Kingkade On Wednesday morning, the Department of Homeland Security posted on X, “GOOD MORNING MINNEAPOLIS!” Rep. Tom Emmer, a House Republican leader who represents Minneapolis suburbs, commented with encouragement: “Go out there and get ‘em.” The Trump administration has surged thousands of immigration agents into the Twin Cities in what it has called the largest DHS operation
More
