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HBCUs Receive Second Round of Federal Funding

At the White House Initiative on HBCUs Summit at the White House complex, Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced a second round of funding for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs)—which exceeds the congressionally approved amount. This year, for fiscal year (FY) 2026, $174 million was added to HBCUs by President Trump and his administration. The newly announced funding, which comes through the mandatory mechanism, is in addition to the $406 million passed by Congress and signed by the President.  Last year, the Trump Administration added $439 million to the previous year’s $406 million.  When combining FY 2025 to FY

National Park Service to rehabilitate Mary McLeod Bethune Council House national historic site

The National Park Service has temporarily closed the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site beginning Sept. 9, 2026, for rehabilitation of the historic home. The House is expected to reopen to visitors in early 2027, following improvements to the interior and exterior and cleaning of its historic artifacts. Located at 1318 Vermont Ave. NW in Washington, D.C., the house served as the first national headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) and was Mary McLeod Bethune’s last home in the city. Mrs. Bethune established a school for African American girls, known today as Bethune-Cookman University in

University presidents champion HBCU excellence at 111th ASALH Conference in Norfolk

By Janet Roach As historians, educators, and community leaders gathered downtown at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott for the 111th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), the foundational institutions of American social, economic, and political history have taken center stage. Among the week’s featured sessions was a panel on Thursday dedicated to HBCU excellence, bringing together university leadership to reflect on the legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. For the presidents on the panel moderated by Norfolk State University’s (NSU) Dr. Cassandra Newby-Alexander, HBCU history provides an essential operational blueprint for the country’s collective future. NSU’s

CNN, MS NOW and Politico allowed back at the White House after judge blocked Trump’s ban

By Gary Grumbach, Dareh Gregorian, Rudy Chinchilla and Rebecca Shabad WASHINGTON — CNN, MS NOW and Politico journalists were allowed back at the White House on Thursday, nearly a week after President Donald Trump banned them. They were reinstated after a judge ruled that the administration had to temporarily restore their access. White House reporters Betsy Klein of CNN and Laura Barrón-López of MS NOW immediately began reporting live on the air after they were allowed onto the White House grounds Thursday afternoon. Both media outlets pointed to the on-air reporting when they were asked for comment. Politico wrote shortly

Trump administration cuts ACA coverage for 750,000 people it says were ‘fraudulently’ enrolled

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr. The Trump administration is removing hundreds of thousands of enrollees from Affordable Care Act plans, claiming that many were receiving subsidies they didn’t qualify for and that some did not even exist. The announcement is the latest effort by the administration to argue that fraud has inflated ACA enrollment, even as experts question the scale of the alleged fraud. Vice President JD Vance and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz — who have teamed up on a broader push to root out fraud in government health programs — said Tuesday that roughly 750,000

Trump Administration Announces $174M Commitment To HBCUs

Trump Administration Announces $174M Commitment To HBCUs The Trump administration is reinvesting in HBCUs. The administration will distribute $174 million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities(HBCUs), according to a press release. The commitment will be added to the $406 million approved by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced it during the White House Initiative on HBCUs Summit. The initiative targets research, innovation, campus modernization, and private-sector partnerships and is designed to equip students for careers in growing sectors, according to a White House press release. It also notes that with this, HBCUs will

Nolan Wells’ family vows to ‘never stop’ seeking the truth after grand jury report

By Rebecca Cohen Nolan Wells’ parents and their attorneys called on Mississippi to continue pursuing a fuller picture of the “truth” in the teenager’s death at a news conference Tuesday. The news conference was held a day after the Jackson County district attorney said a state grand jury will not pursue charges in the teenager’s July Fourth death. “Jackson County District Attorney Angel Myers McArthur will have you accept that Nolan Wells’ death can be summarized in three words: ‘We’ll never know,’” attorney Ben Crump said. “But Nolan’s family offers three other words: ‘We’ll never stop.’” Crump, in his remarks,

HBCU Leaders, Corporate Partners Convene in D.C. to Strengthen Support for Black Colleges’ Athletic Programs

By Marc H. Morial National Urban League President & CEO New York City’s troubling decline in reading scores, despite one of the most ambitious literacy reform efforts in the nation, is a wakeup call for the entire nation. Across the country, reading achievement continues to decline. Nearly 40 percent of fourth graders read below the basic level and roughly a third of eighth graders are reading below basic, the highest share ever recorded. Taken together, these numbers reveal a national literacy crisis that threatens economic opportunity, educational equity, and our nation’s future competitiveness. Reading is not merely another subject in

US Court Rules Unconstitutional Trump Ban On Media Outlets

By Team StratNews A federal judge ordered US President Donald Trump on Thursday to restore White House access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying his ban on the three media outlets was likely unconstitutional. In a major setback for Trump in one of his biggest battles with the media, US District Judge Tim Kelly issued his order in a lawsuit that the news organizations filed contesting the ban that the Republican president announced on September 18. Kelly ordered the Trump administration to immediately return the outlets’ press passes and blocked officials from enforcing the ban for 14

Flights resume after air traffic equipment failure snarls traffic in Newark, Philadelphia

By Jay Blackman, Joe Kottke and Corky Siemaszko A major circuit blew at the Philadelphia facility that controls air traffic to Newark Liberty International, Teterboro and Philadelphia airports Monday — causing widespread delays and cancellations to thousands of flyers on the East Coast. Dozens of planes were left idling for hours on runways across the region while the FAA scrambled to repair the issue affecting Philadelphia’s Terminal Radar Approach Control, or TRACON, facility that houses both a radar approach control room and an air traffic control tower. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said shortly after 5 p.m., some seven hours after

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