National News - Page 11

Gov. Sanders stops by Rep. French Hill’s HBCU summit

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders touted what she calls her commitment to supporting Arkansas’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Thursday morning at Rep. French Hill’s (R-Little Rock) second HBCU summit. The summit was held at Arkansas Baptist College, and the theme was “Building Resilient Futures for HBCUs: Infrastructure, Innovation, and Economic Mobility.” During the event, Arkansas HBCU leaders discussed sustainability, private capital, public-private partnerships and connecting HBCU talent to the economy. Speaking to attendees, Sanders praised Arkansas Baptist College students who have gone on to do great things, such as Civil Rights leader Rev. Joseph Crenchaw, musician Louis Jordan and

Powell has ‘no intention of leaving’ the Fed until Trump’s DOJ probe is closed

By Steve Kopack Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he will not step down from the central bank’s board until an investigation launched by President Donald Trump’s Justice Department into Powell’s congressional testimony last year is fully put to rest. “I have no intention of leaving the board until the investigation is well and truly over with transparency and finality,” Powell said Wednesday at a news conference in Washington, D.C. Powell also left the door open to remaining on the board even if the probe ends and Trump’s nominee to succeed him as chair, economist Kevin Warsh, is confirmed by the

US airports scramble with TSA staffing shortages amid partial government shutdown

By Alexandra Skores More than a third of the security screeners at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport didn’t show up to work Tuesday, the airport’s general manager said, causing passengers to have to wait in line for up to two hours. Long lines have stretched through different airports this week as Transportation Security Administration officers worked without pay during the busy spring break travel season. On Friday, more than half of TSA employees called out at Houston’s William P. Hobby International Airport. They are among the 61,000 government employees in the Department of Homeland Security caught in the middle as Congress

CEOs of top airlines demand Congress restore funding to Homeland Security and pay airport workers

By Anne D’innocenzio The CEOs of the nation’s top airline companies, including American, Delta, Southwest and JetBlue, are imploring Congress to restore funding to the Department of Homeland Security and embrace a bipartisan solution to pay federal aviation workers including airport security officers during the partial government shutdown. “Once again, air travel is the political football amid another government shutdown,” the executives wrote in an open letter to Congress that was published Sunday online and in The Washington Post. The letter, which was also signed by the CEOs of the cargo companies UPS, FedEx and Atlas Air, said that Congress should pass the Aviation

Rebuffed by allies, Trump now says U.S. doesn’t need help defending the Strait of Hormuz

By Peter Nicholas, Andrea Mitchell, Dan De Luce and Abigail Williams WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump dropped his push Tuesday for U.S. allies to join in protecting the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian threats — an about-face that came just one day after he called upon nations to “get involved” so oil tankers can safely navigate the crucial shipping lane. First on social media and later in an Oval Office meeting, Trump said the outside military support he has been working to muster is no longer necessary in the war, which the U.S. and Israel launched against Iran on Feb. 28. “We don’t need any help, actually,” Trump

Tulsi Gabbard in spotlight after top official resigns in protest over Iran war

By Dan De Luce and Katherine Doyle WASHINGTON — A top counterterrorism official’s resignation over the Iran war has put the spotlight on his boss and political ally, National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard, who built her political career as an outspoken critic of “regime change” wars. Gabbard will be in the hot seat Wednesday when she testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee, a day after Joe Kent, the head of the National Center for Counterterrorism, announced he was stepping down because he could not in “good conscience” support the war and because “Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation.” Kent was among the officials

Energy secretary says Americans could feel relief on gas prices ‘in a few more weeks’

By Alexandra Marquez Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that there’s “a very good chance” gas prices could drop below $3 per gallon by summer, predicting that in “a few more weeks” the U.S. will have “removed the risk” of Iran’s continued threat to global energy supplies. “Americans are feeling it right now. Americans will feel it for a few more weeks,” Wright told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” about rising gas prices amid the joint U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Wright added that once the war is over, “we’ll go to a world more abundant in energy, more affordable in energy,

KiKi Shepard, Showtime At The Apollo star, passes away

KiKi Shepard, the longtime to-host of Showtime at the Apollo, has died at 74. She suffered a massive heart attack in Los Angeles on Monday, according to her representative, LaShirl Smith. Her death was reported as sudden and unexpected. (TMZ) Born Chiquita Renee Shepard in Tyler, Texas, Shepard built a career that stretched across television, film, theater and dance. But for many Black households, she will be remembered most as the stylish, poised and unmistakable presence who helped welcome generations of performers to the Apollo stage from 1987 to 2002. Her work on that show made her a familiar face to

Trump demands allies help secure Strait of Hormuz

By Agence France-Presse TEHRAN — President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that US allies help secure the Strait of Hormuz, but European powers pushed back on a possible mission to reopen the vital waterway shut by Iran in response to US-Israeli attacks. Trump criticized the lukewarm response to his call for world powers to send warships to escort tankers through the strait, which normally carries a fifth of global crude oil, demanding a more enthusiastic response. Global oil prices have surged by 40 to 50 percent as Iran attacks shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and launches waves of missile

Long security lines form at airports as TSA agents miss first full paychecks amid DHS standoff

By Aaron Gilchrist, Dan Gallo and Doha Madani ATLANTA — Long security lines snaked through the domestic terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Sunday, frustrating some weary travelers as they waited to reach their checkpoints. The crowds formed just days after TSA agents missed their first full paycheck as the Department of Homeland Security continues to go without funding. At Atlanta’s airport, travelers formed parallel lines as they moved through security at the domestic terminal. A digital sign showed wait times ranging from four minutes for TSA PreCheck passengers to more than an hour at the main checkpoint. Despite the long lines and

1 … 9 10 11 12 13 … 221
Close

Never Miss A Story

Covering HBCUS
and The African American Community