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“Florida Classic Funding Amid HBCU Policy Tensions”

The halftime show at the Florida Classic brought more than entertainment. Florida Lottery Secretary John F. Davis presented a ceremonial check representing over $76 million in educational funding for Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman University through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The moment carried weight beyond its dollar figure, arriving as Florida’s higher education landscape grapples with sweeping policy changes affecting how schools discuss race and diversity. Money talks at the classic The Florida Classic has always been about more than football. This annual matchup between FAMU and Bethune-Cookman draws crowds who celebrate HBCU culture, tradition and achievement. This year’s

“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 go around Johnson and force a floor vote on a congressional stock trading ban, posting on X that she’s “pissed” that leadership isn’t moving fast enough on the issue while clarifying, “I like Mike.” Johnson prefers to go through regular order, and there has been an

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 the new policies went into effect in late August, shoppers have reported being hit with surprise tariff charges on everything from rugs and computers to vitamins — sometimes costing hundreds of dollars. Now, as the busiest shopping season of the year gets underway, the stakes

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 sanctuary policies that force local authorities to ignore U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrest detainers,” or requests to hold people authorities have arrested for ICE. Trump had not specified as of Wednesday morning how many guard troops he would send. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia

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 is no good for a reason. Their country stinks, and we don’t want them in our country,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. “I can say that about other countries, too,” he added, as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem sat nearby.

Trump Administration Moves to Withhold SNAP Funds

By Raquel Coronell Uribe The Trump administration indicated Tuesday that it will begin withholding SNAP benefits from recipients in most Democratic-led states starting next week after those states refused to provide the Agriculture Department with data including recipients’ names and immigration statuses. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday that 29 Republican-led states have complied but that 21 states, including California, New York and Minnesota, have refused to provide the data, which was requested in February. Rollins has said her department requested the info to “root out … fraud.” “So as of next week, we have begun and will begin to stop moving

Illinois Bars ICE from Swapping Rental Car License Plates

By Natasha Korecki Illinois state officials have given national rental car companies official notice that immigration enforcement agents using their vehicles are not allowed to swap the rental’s assigned license plates for other plates to disguise the vehicles, and if they do, the rental car companies could be held liable. According to documents obtained by NBC News via the Freedom of Information Act, the Illinois secretary of state’s office sent letters to at least 19 national car rental headquarters stating that they had received public complaints of immigration agents switching license plates on rented vehicles when Operation Midway Blitz, an extensive government

Florida Lottery’s $76M Boost to FAMU & B-CU Sparks Debate

By Mitti Hicks In 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the “Stop WOKE Act” in 2022, restricting schools and businesses from promoting certain concepts about race, gender, racism, social privilege, and more. During halftime at the Florida Classic between HBCUs, Florida A&M University (FAMU) and Bethune-Cookman University, representatives from the Florida Lottery presented the schools with an on-field check presentation to highlight the lottery’s support of higher education throughout the Sunshine State. Representatives from the state lottery took to the field to highlight how the lottery has impacted students attending both institutions. Lottery leaders said the agency has contributed more than

CIA-Vetted Afghan Zero Unit Veteran Case Sparks Review”

By Dan De Luce and Rich Schapiro Before Rahmanullah Lakanwal settled in a quiet part of Washington state, he was part of a secret unit of Afghans who operated under CIA direction and hunted down Taliban commanders in highly dangerous missions. They “took malignant actors off the battlefield and saved American lives, period,” said Andrew Sullivan, who served as an officer with the Army’s 1st Division in Afghanistan and is now executive director of No One Left Behind, a nonprofit that helps resettle Afghans who worked for the U.S. military during the war. These members of “Zero Units,” also known as National Strike Units, were

Trump Signals Openness to Short-Term Obamacare Subsidy Fix

By Cheyenne Haslet President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested he was open to extending Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year if it would give Congress time to make changes that he supports to the federally run health care plan. “Some kind of an extension may be necessary to get something else done, because the unaffordable care act has been a disaster,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One, referring to Obamacare’s official name, the Affordable Care Act. The president in recent weeks has backed a plan to give money directly to Obamacare enrollees

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