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Trump Deploys Federal Agents, Guard Troops to U.S. Cities

By Adrian Sainz  Armed federal agents patrolled Chicago’s downtown streets on Sunday and President Donald Trump called up 200 National Guard troops for deployment in Portland, Oregon, a move strongly opposed by the governor that immediately prompted a lawsuit saying Trump overstepped his authority. The latest examples of creeping federal law enforcement and military presence in U.S. cities occurred as Memphis prepares for the arrival of additional federal authorities, including immigration and drug enforcement agents, that Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says he expects will happen this week. In Chicago on Sunday, dozens of armed federal agents, in full tactical gear, walked the streets of some

TMCF Awards $16M to HBCUs for Research and Innovation

The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) recently announced that eight of its member institutions have been selected to receive $2 million each as part of the Project HBCU Capacity Building: Maximizing HBCU Institutional Performance through Investments in Research, Operations, and Innovation initiative, funded by Lilly Endowment Inc. The multi-year initiative represents a $25 million investment to strengthen historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) through strategic enhancements in research, operations and innovation. The eight selected institutions and their winning proposals are: These grants will empower institutions to launch and expand innovative programs designed to improve student enrollment, retention and graduation rates, strengthen research capacity, modernize operations,

Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. George Hardy Dies at Age 100

By Aaron Gilchrist Lt. Col. George Hardy, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and the last of the group’s World War II combat pilots, died Tuesday night, according to Tuskegee Airmen Inc. He was 100 years old. “His legacy is one of courage, resilience, tremendous skill and dogged perseverance against racism, prejudice and other evils,” said Leon Butler, national president of Tuskegee Airmen Inc. “We are forever grateful for his sacrifice and will hold dear to his memory.” At 19, Hardy became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot when he completed the Army Air Corps pilot training program in 1942, earning his

Michigan Church Shooting Leaves 4 Dead, Suspect Identified

By Dennis Romero and Marlene Lenthang Four people were killed and several others wounded Sunday when authorities say a man opened fire at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, and set it ablaze in what a federal official called “an act of targeted violence.” At least two of the four victims were fatally shot, police said. Eight people were wounded, with one in critical condition and seven who were stabilized, township Police Chief Bill Renye said Authorities were searching through the debris of the church for anyone who might be unaccounted for. The suspect, Thomas Jacob Sanford,

Report: HBCUs Receive Less Than 1% of Federal R&D Funds

A new report from the Center for American Progress and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund shows that historically Black colleges and universities receive a disproportionately low percentage of federal research and development funding. While HBCUs make up roughly 3 percent of all four-year higher ed institutions, they’ve received less than 3 percent of R&D funding since at least 2010, according to the report. In recent years, between 2018 and 2023, they were awarded less than 1 percent of R&D expenditures. Some agencies have given HBCUs a relatively high proportion of R&D funding, including the Department of Education, the Small Business Administration and the Department of

Congress Proposes Silver Dollar to Honor Charlie Kirk

Written by Lexx Thornton Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) and Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) are set to introduce legislation this week that would instruct the Department of the Treasury to mint 400,000 silver dollar coins in commemoration of Charlie Kirk.   Since Kirk’s assassination two weeks ago, Republican lawmakers have sought to ensure that Kirk’s memory is not forgotten, from passing a resolution honoring Kirk’s life to declaring October 14 — Kirk’s birthday — The National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk.  And now, Pfluger and Hamadeh are calling on President Donald Trump and the Treasury to collaborate on a silver dollar

Black Pastors Reject Martyr Narrative of Charlie Kirk

How Charlie Kirk is being memorialized — with many conservatives and white Christians, particularly evangelicals, emphasizing his faith and labeling him a martyr — has sparked debate among Black clergy, who are trying to square a heroic view of the 31-year-old with insulting statements about people of color that were key to his political activism. “How you die does not redeem how you lived,” the Rev. Howard-John Wesley, of Alexandria, Virginia, said in a sermon in the aftermath of Kirk’s killing that has amassed tens of thousands of views online. The reactions to Kirk’s death marked a notable split-screen moment

Fired GSA Staff Recalled After Musk’s Job Cuts Backfire

Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work. The General Services Administration has given the employees — who managed government workspaces — until the end of the week to accept or decline reinstatement, according to an internal memo obtained by The Associated Press. Those who accept must report for duty on Oct. 6 after what amounts to a seven-month paid vacation, during which time the GSA in some cases racked up high costs — passed along to taxpayers — to stay in dozens of properties whose leases it had slated for

Fired Educators Sue Schools Over Posts on Charlie Kirk Death

By Tyler Kingkade After dozens of school districts and colleges fired employees or placed them on leave over social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, some of those employees are turning to federal courts to get their jobs back. A former Ball State University staff member is suing the Indiana school’s president after she was fired for posting on Facebook: “Charlie Kirk’s death is a reflection of the violence, fear and hatred he sowed. It does not excuse his death, AND it’s a sad truth.” An art teacher in central Iowa filed a suit last week after the Oskaloosa school board voted to fire him for posting

Rep. Nikema Williams Demands Federal Action on HBCU Threats

Atlanta Congresswoman Nikema Williams has issued a call for federal prosecutions over recent threats made to Clark Atlanta and other HBCUs. Rep. Williams said in a release Monday she had sent a joint letter with two other Democratic representatives, from Louisiana and Virginia, to FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi on the matter. The congresswoman said the letter urges the FBI and DOJ to “prosecute any persons found to have made these threats to the fullest extent of the law, including consideration of whether any actions violated federal, state, or local hate crimes, or anti-terrorism statutes.” Threats were made

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