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Ilhan Omar Vows That She ‘Will Not Be Silenced’ After U.S. Agents Raid Her Home

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, D.C.-area home was raided by federal agents in a predawn search Monday. Homeland Security Investigations, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security that conducts criminal probes, “executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice,” a DOJ spokesperson said in a statement to multiple media outlets. “This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation.” The statement did not specify whether the warrant was related to Omar and did not provide further information about the nature of the investigation, according to the Associated Press. Omar criticized the raid

Students sue Missouri, claiming decades of unequal funding at HBCU

Seven current and ex-students at Lincoln University of Missouri sued the state alleging it violated the Constitution and federal civil rights law by underfunding the Historically Black College and University (HBCU) for years. Lincoln University is in Jefferson City, Missouri and is the state’s first historically Black land-grant institution, and the University of Missouri is the state’s predominantly white land-grant institution, according to Reuters. Plaintiffs in the case include alumni who attended Lincoln University in the 1980s and 1990s, a former student who left without a degree in 2024, and four current students. The group details conditions at the university,

Advocates Warn DOJ Lawsuits Threaten In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students

By Jamaal Abdul-Alim A “coordinated assault” on in-state tuition for undocumented students is threatening to undermine the nation’s workforce needs and derail the dreams of thousands of students who grew up in the U.S., advocates charged in a new report released Wednesday. With the Trump Department of Justice seeking to cancel state laws that allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates, the students are being asked to “in the middle of their education find thousands of dollars to pay for their education,” said Gaby Pacheco, president and CEO of TheDream.US, an organization that provides scholarships to undocumented students. “And

Cornell defendant is fighting AG Letitia James’ appointment as special prosecutor

By Shayna Jacobs and Marlene Lenthang One of the seven men named in the lawsuit filed by a former Cornell University student who alleges that she was sexually assaulted at an on-campus fraternity house has filed a petition to block New York Attorney General Letitia James’ appointment as special prosecutor in the case. The attorney for Gillio Lopes, who has denied that he sexually assaulted the woman, filed a petition in Albany County Supreme Court on Wednesday. His filing says James should not be the prosecutor in the case because she has “unequivocally demonstrated a bias and presumption of guilt

DNC sues administration over taxpayer-funded pro-Trump TV ads

By Julia Ainsley, Gary Grumbach and Raquel Coronell Uribe The Democratic National Committee sued the Trump administration Wednesday over its taxpayer-funded advertisements that portray President Donald Trump in a favorable light, alleging the ads violate federal laws on government spending and propaganda. The DNC cited a measure Trump signed into law this year that says funds appropriated by Congress can’t be used “for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by Congress.” The lawsuit also cites the Anti-Deficiency Act, which bars spending government money that hasn’t been appropriated by Congress, and the Purpose Statute, which says

HBCU students march to demand justice for Nolan Wells: “No water in his lungs!”

These were the chants of Atlanta University Center (AUC) students as they marched through the school campus on Thursday night. It was also the findings of the Mississippi State Medical Examiner’s autopsy of Nolan Wells that the family released on September 26. Wells was an 18-year-old Black Mississippi teenager who went missing and was later found dead on a boating trip on July 4. Investigators initially ruled Wells’ death a drowning. However, due to a combination of the autopsy, Wells’ parents’ skepticism of the local police, and the lengthy history of Black lynching in Mississippi, concerned Americans around the country

Schools banned a record 12,000 books in a year, according to annual report

By The Associated Press Nearly 12,000 bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to a new study from PEN America, the highest total since the free expression organization began tracking removals five years ago. For the second straight year, Stephen King was the author most likely to have his work withdrawn. Many of the bans took place in Florida and Texas, where restrictive laws have been passed and both politicians and conservative activists have pushed for removals. PEN has also found that school district administrators rely increasingly on AI to determine which books should be pulled.

Alabama HBCU to be part of Department of War’s ‘Corps of Cadets’

By Patrick Darrington Tuskegee University has been selected to be a part of a new Department of War program, the only historically Black college and university to receive the designation. The department stated Tuesday that Tuskegee would be one of five colleges given the title of a Distinguished Military College as the agency creates America’s Corps of Cadets. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the program during a “State of the Force” speech. Louisiana State University, Liberty University, Mississippi State University, and Hillsdale College will also take part in the program. “The program addresses the need for more officers grounded

New legislation aims to block renaming aircraft carrier after Trump

By Courtney Kube WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., plans to introduce three bills Thursday to block the Trump administration from scrapping plans to name an aircraft carrier in honor of a Black war hero and instead naming it after President Donald Trump. Two U.S. officials said that Navy leadership has been discussing changing the proposed name of the aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller. The ship is still under construction but is set to be named in honor of Miller, an enlisted sailor who famously staffed an antiaircraft gun during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941. Miller,

Governor replaces DA with New York AG Letitia James as special prosecutor in Cornell case

By Marlene Lenthang and Joe Kottke New York Attorney General Letitia James has been appointed as special prosecutor in the Cornell University sexual assault investigation, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday, following increasing scrutiny and uproar over how university police and the local district attorney’s office handled the matter two years ago. Hochul said in a statement that “newly released information continues to raise serious questions about the investigation,” which has in turn “undercut my faith, and the public’s faith.” She said James, who has been attorney general since 2019, will take over the case of a former Cornell University student

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