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HHS Creates Fellowship and Career Fairs for Historically Black Colleges and Universities

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today launched an agency-wide initiative to strengthen engagement with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), following President Trump’s Executive Order establishing the White House Initiative to Promote Excellence and Innovation at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. HHS is launching the Roy Wilkins Fellowship for HBCU students interested in public service. Named for longtime National Association for the Advancement of Colored People leader and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Roy Wilkins (1901–1981), the fellowship recognizes his achievements in advancing equality and strengthening democratic institutions. Wilkins worked closely with Senator Robert F. Kennedy during the pivotal

U.S. government admits errors in deadly midair collision near D.C.

By Phil Helsel, Gary Grumbach and Jay Blackman The U.S. government admitted in court documents to failures that led to the January midair collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter that killed 67 people in all. The government made the admission in a court filing Wednesday about liability for the Jan. 29 crash between American Eagle Flight 5342, which was on approach to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and an Army Black Hawk helicopter. “The United States admits that it owed a duty of care to Plaintiffs, which it breached, thereby proximately causing the tragic accident,” attorneys for the government said in the filing. The

Former top vaccine official sues Trump administration over her firing

By Michael Kaplan A former top official at the National Institutes of Health sued the Trump administration Tuesday, alleging she was illegally fired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after she blew the whistle on internal clashes over vaccine research at the agency. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo ran the NIH division responsible for vaccine research until late March, when she was placed on indefinite leave. In a formal whistleblower complaint, she said she was sidelined because she pushed back against NIH officials appointed by President Trump who questioned the importance of childhood flu vaccines and canceled long-running clinical trials. She was terminated in

Trump seeks to defend his economy in prime-time speech to the nation

By Peter Nicholas Amid slumping approval ratings, President Donald Trump used a prime-time speech Wednesday to deride his predecessor, assert that his economic plan is working and suggest that Americans need to be patient as his policies start to kick in. Trump, in an 18-minute address from the White House, rolled out no new proposals apart from what he called a $1,776 “warrior dividend” that will go to nearly 1.5 million military service members in honor of the nation’s founding almost 250 years ago. “And the checks are already on the way,” he said. “No one understood that one until about 30 minutes ago; we

White House installs plaques mocking former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden

By Sarah Dean, Garrett Haake, Alexandra Bacallao and Rebecca Shabad WASHINGTON — The White House has installed plaques on the exterior of the building bashing President Donald Trump’s predecessors, including Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, and promoting disinformation about their administrations. The plaques were hung up below presidential portraits that have been on display on Trump’s recently added “Presidential Walk of Fame” in the White House colonnade. The one placed under the portrait of the “Autopen,” which stands in for President Joe Biden’s portrait, refers to him as “Sleepy Joe Biden” and calls him “the worst President in American History.” The plaque contains a number of derisive statements

House Republican leaders ditch vote on ACA funding, all but ensuring premiums will rise

By Sahil Kapur, Julie Tsirkin and Brennan Leach WASHINGTON — It’s official: House Speaker Mike Johnson says he won’t call a vote to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month. That means higher insurance premiums will go into effect for millions of Americans who get coverage through Obamacare next year. The speaker made the announcement Tuesday after a closed-door Republican caucus meeting, saying that leadership failed to reach a deal with centrist members to bring up an ACA amendment on a health care bill set for a vote on Wednesday. “There’s about a dozen members in the conference

Trump expands travel ban and restrictions to include an additional 20 countries

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Tuesday it was expanding travel restrictions to an additional 20 countries and the Palestinian Authority, doubling the number of nations affected by sweeping limits announced earlier this year on who can travel and emigrate to the U.S. The Trump administration included five more countries as well as people traveling on documents issued by the Palestinian Authority to the list of countries facing a full ban on travel to the U.S. and imposed new limits on 15 other countries. The move is part of ongoing efforts by the administration to tighten

Four Defendants Arrested for Alleged Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Government Plot to Bomb U.S. Companies on New Year’s Eve

Four members of an anti-capitalist and anti-government group that calls for violence against U.S. officials have been arrested for allegedly plotting to attack two U.S. companies with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) this New Year’s Eve. “The Turtle Island Liberation Front — a far-left, pro-Palestine, anti-government, and anti-capitalist group — was preparing to conduct a series of bombings against multiple targets in California beginning on New Year’s Eve. The group also planned to target ICE agents and vehicles,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “This was an incredible effort by our U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the FBI to ensure Americans can live

HBCU president files defamation lawsuit against former professor who accused her of plagiarism

The president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is firing back against a former professor who sued for wrongful termination and accused her of plagiarizing portions of her dissertation in 1986. Heidi Anderson, who is Black, is embroiled in a lawsuit against Donna Satterlee, who labeled Anderson a “scam artist” who is “not qualified to be president.” Anderson says she has lost speaking engagements due to the accusations. Satterlee, who left UMES in December 2024, believes she was pushed out of the university because she is white. Satterlee also believes that she was retaliated against for speaking out against alleged corruption

Trump sues BBC for $10 billion, accusing it of defamation over Jan. 6 speech edit

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $10 billion in damages from the BBC, accusing the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices. The 33-page lawsuit accuses the BBC of broadcasting a “false, defamatory, deceptive, disparaging, inflammatory, and malicious depiction of President Trump,” calling it “a brazen attempt to interfere in and influence” the 2024 U.S. presidential election. It accused the BBC of “splicing together two entirely separate parts of President Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021” in order to “intentionally misrepresent the meaning of what President Trump

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