Shaun White

“House GOP Women Push Back Amid Speaker Mike Johnson Tensions”

By Melanie Zanona and Bridget Bowman Speaker Mike Johnson is staring down a revolt from House Republican women. Several female lawmakers have been increasingly defying Johnson, R-La., on legislative matters and lobbing public broadsides at him — including a member of Johnson’s own leadership team. This week alone, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., launched a discharge petition to

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Holiday Shoppers Face Surprise Tariffs on Imported Goods”

By Kayla Steinberg If you order products from abroad this holiday season, you could end up with an unwanted surprise: a pricey tariff bill. This is the first holiday shopping season since the Trump administration made a major change to customs rules, extending tariffs and customs fees to low-value packages that had long been exempt. Since

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Tennessee 7th District Special Election Signals Democratic Gains”

By Steve Kornacki Republican Matt Van Epps held off a challenge from Democrat Aftyn Behn on Tuesday in the special election in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, with voters delivering both a result and a broader message. The result preserves a House seat that the GOP badly needs, given how slim its majority is. But the margin

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Trump Administration Launches Immigration Operations in U.S

By Suzanne Gamboa, Julia Ainsley and Priscilla Thompson The Trump administration launched immigration enforcement operations in New Orleans and Minneapolis on Wednesday, a day after President Donald Trump said he would be sending National Guard troops to Louisiana. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement about the New Orleans operation that it is “targeting criminal aliens roaming free thanks to

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Langston University Spring Enrollment at Urban Sites

Throw those L’s up! Langston University is opening spring enrollment for their Tulsa and OKC campuses! Students can now join the HBCU (Historically Black college and university) experience while achieving their degrees! In 2026, the university will extend their cooperative extension and outreach program to now 48 Oklahoma counties. With the additions of Woodward and

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AKA Returns to Morris Brown College After 20-Year Hiatus

Morris Brown College has welcomed Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. back to campus after a hiatus of over 20 years. The Gamma Gamma Chapter officially returned to the HBCU on Sunday night with a ceremony held for the occasion. Alpha Kappa Alpha closed its chapter at Morris Brown College after the HBCU lost its accreditation in 2002. Although

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Airbus Cuts 2025 Jet Deliveries but Keeps Profit Outlook

By Dimitri Rhodes and Tim Hepher  Airbus cut its full-year commercial delivery target by 4% to around 790 jets on Wednesday but maintained its financial goals, sending its shares bouncing higher as the European planemaker cleared the air over its latest industrial setback.  The decision to act came a day after CEO Guillaume Faury confirmed

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Trump Criticizes Ilhan Omar and Somalia in Heated Remarks

By Dareh Gregorian President Donald Trump on Tuesday ripped Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., as “garbage” and said Somalis should “go back to where they came from.” “I don’t want them in our country. I’ll be honest with you, OK. Somebody will say, ‘Oh, that’s not politically correct.’ I don’t care. I don’t want them in our country. Their country

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Westlake vs. New Manchester in BOTY High School Finals

The road to Atlanta has officially narrowed, and the field for ESPN’s Red Lobster Band of the Year High School division now features two powerhouse programs representing metro Atlanta. Westlake High School of Fulton County and New Manchester High School of Douglas County have emerged as the final two competitors following the withdrawal of Jonesboro

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KhaDarel Hodge Backs HBCU Elite in My Cause My Cleats

It took exactly one game in college for Atlanta Falcons receiver KhaDarel Hodge to realize the difference between HBCUs and then-Power 5 football programs. In Week 2 of the 2016 season, Prairie View A&M, a historically Black university in southeast Texas, was playing a “money game” against Texas A&M. The Aggies were far from the toast of

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