Congress
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Black Breaking News
GOP-led Congress races to avert government shutdown ahead of Friday deadline
WASHINGTON — The path to averting a government shutdown at the end of the week remains murky in the Republican-controlled Congress.…
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Black Breaking News
Democrats Slammed for Party’s Tepid Response to Black Rep. Al Green’s Ejection During Trump’s Speech to Congress
Many Democrats are expressing frustration after outward protests of Donald Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress were left…
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Black Breaking News
The big takeaways from Trump’s speech to Congress: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to a special edition of From the Politics Desk, where our reporters who were inside the House chamber tonight…
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Black Breaking News
Trump slams DEI as ‘tyranny’ in address to Congress, says US ‘will be woke no longer’
During his hour-and-a-half-long joint address to Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump touted his executive actions to eliminate diversity, equity,…
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Black Breaking News
As Trump delivers joint address, Black women of Congress help lead the resistance
Donald Trump‘s first joint address to Congress as the 47th president of the United States on Tuesday night is being…
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Black Breaking News
New York Congresswoman Mocked for Seemingly Becoming ‘Most Cultish Member’ of Congress After Bill to Make Donald Trump’s Birthday a Federal Holiday
New York congresswoman Claudia Tenney faced an angry wave of criticism over the weekend after she introduced a bill to…
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Politics
Who Will Succeed Sheila Jackson Lee In Congress?
Source: Houston Chronicle/Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images / Getty Former Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is one step closer to becoming…
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Crypto
Wall Street Asks Biden Not to Veto Congress’ Rejection of SEC’s SAB 121 Crypto Policy
“SAB 121 effectively precludes regulated banking organizations from offering digital asset custody at scale since it treats the assets as…
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Crypto
House’s McHenry Accuses U.S. SEC Chief Gensler of Misleading Congress on Ethereum (ETH)
The classification of (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is a major question hanging over the U.S. oversight of…
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Black Breaking News
Congress poised to prevent government shutdown that would harm Black communities
The U.S. Senate could soon vote on a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown that would be catastrophic…
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