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Trump Admin Shrinks Human Rights Report, Cuts Key Issues

By Abigail Williams and Didi Martinez The Trump administration released its new, drastically scaled-down version of the State Department’s annual human rights report after months of delay Tuesday. The administration’s assessment of human rights abuses in some countries, which is one-tenth as long as last year’s report, reaches notably different conclusions and dedicates no sections to abuses against women or LGBTQ people. The report also places a new focus on restrictions of freedom of expression by U.S. adversaries and allies alike. Amanda Klasing, Amnesty International USA’s national director of government relations and advocacy, said the Trump administration engaged in highly selective documentation of

Illinois Passes Police Background Disclosure Law After Shooting

 Illinois law now requires that prospective police officers approve the release of personal background records in response to last summer’s shooting of Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman, in her home by a sheriff’s deputy who had responded to her call for help. Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed the legislation, which requires disclosure of everything from job performance reports to nonpublic settlement agreements. It resulted from indiscretions that came to light in the background of Sean Grayson, the ex-sheriff’s deputy charged with first-degree murder in the case. Pritzker, surrounded by Massey’s family in the state Capitol, said the first-in-the-nation law should serve as an

Trump’s Takeover of D.C. Police Sparks Expert Backlash

By Rich Schapiro, Ryan J. Reilly and Michael Kosnar Jillian Snider, a retired New York Police Department officer, began working at a think tank in downtown Washington, D.C., four years ago. Back then, at the height of the pandemic, the area had a very different feel. “You couldn’t walk down 14th Street or 16th Street near the White House without seeing a lot of disorder, a lot of homeless encampments,” Snider recalled. “Today, it’s much cleaner. You feel much safer.” Snider is among a half-dozen policing and military experts who told NBC News they were perplexed by President Donald Trump’s unprecedented decision to take

CDC Shooting Sparks Anger Over RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Rhetoric

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Priya Sridhar and Daniela Hernandez Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staffers are voicing frustration over Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past vaccine comments, following Friday’s shooting at the agency’s headquarters in Atlanta that left one police officer dead. Although the motive of the suspected shooter — Patrick White, 30, from Kennesaw, Georgia — remains unknown, he told a neighbor that he believed the Covid vaccines had made him sick, a source told NBC News on the condition of anonymity. Kennedy visited CDC’s headquarters earlier Monday, where security led him through campus, pointing out shattered windows across multiple buildings, according to statement

Ro Khanna Brings Tech Training, Jobs to Jackson State

By Taylor Vance U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna of California visited Jackson to highlight a technology job training initiative with Jackson State University he’s spearheading as part of a larger effort to connect the tech sector to historically Black colleges and universities. Khanna, a Democrat, represents Silicon Valley, home to Google, Nvidia and Apple. His Thursday visit is part of the congressman’s broader effort to connect Black communities, particularly in the Deep South, with the uber-wealthy companies in his home district. “We need a generation of people who are participating in the modern digital economy that are being trained and educated

Trump Boosts Federal Law Enforcement in Washington

By Monica Alba, Laura Strickler and Zoë Richards  Federal agents are expected to have a much stronger and visible presence on the streets of Washington starting Friday following several days of President Donald Trump’s bashing the city’s crime rate. “President Trump has directed an increased presence of federal law enforcement to protect innocent citizens,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Thursday, calling the city “plagued by violent crime for far too long.” “Starting tonight, there will be no safe harbor for violent criminals in D.C. President Trump is committed to making our Nation’s capital safer for its residents, lawmakers, and visitors from

D.C. HBCU Hiring Rule Faces Legal Scrutiny

A Washington, D.C., city government initiative exclusively hires graduates from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, a requirement that likely violates federal race discrimination laws, legal experts told the Washington Free Beacon. The D.C. Department of Employment Services (DOES) posted 13 job listings in June that require applicants to be graduates “from an HBCU with a bachelor’s degree in either December 2024 or May 2025.” The positions, which have not been previously reported, are part of D.C.’s Pathways to Public Service program and range from park ranger to a Department of Forensic Sciences management analyst. Legal experts told the Free Beacon that the HBCU

CDC Attack: Union Urges Action Against Vaccine Misinformation

A union representing US Centers for Disease Control employees has demanded that the federal government condemn vaccine misinformation after a man who evidently blamed the Covid-19 vaccination for making him depressed and suicidal aimed gunfire Friday at the CDC’s headquarters in Atlanta. The 30-year-old shooting suspect, who killed a police officer and died during the attack, had also tried to get into the CDC’s headquarters – but he was stopped by guards before driving to a pharmacy across the street and opening fire, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Saturday. The CDC workers’ union said the deadly violence Friday was

Rep. Ro Khanna Links HBCU Students to Silicon Valley Jobs

Connecting high-paying Silicon Valley jobs with Black students is the mission of congressman Ro Khanna. Khanna has partnered with Jackson State University to encourage students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities to involve themselves in careers at top corporate tech companies, beginning in his district – the 17th congressional district in California. “There are ambitious students at our HBCUs, but we need to provide the capital to them so that they can realize their dreams,” Khanna said. The congressman wants to include Black Southerners in the digital revolution, learning about and working with artificial intelligence and technology. Currently, Khanna is

Trump Orders Universities to Prove No Affirmative Action

By Kimmy Yam President Donald Trump is expected to sign a directive on Thursday mandating that universities provide admissions data to prove that they are not implementing affirmative action policies, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on X. Leavitt did not disclose the criteria that the administration will use to determine whether schools are practicing race-conscious admissions. It comes after Ivy League universities Columbia and Brown last month reached settlements that require them to release information about applicants’ race in addition to test scores and academic performance after they went back and forth with the Trump administration for months over federal funding.

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