US Vice President Mike Pence was ferociously called out on Twitter for what some described and believed was the biggest lie of Wednesday’s vice-presidential debate. “I think the American people know that this is a president who has put the health of America first,” Pence said as he addressed the Trump administration’s catastrophic mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic. Mike Pence leads the White House’s coronavirus task force. The public health crisis has so far cost the lives of more than […]
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President Trump called on the House and Senate to send him stand-alone stimulus bills to help the airline industry, small businesses as well as legislation for another $1200 stimulus check. He made this statement in tweet via his official Twitter handle. The tweet reads; The House & Senate should IMMEDIATELY Approve 25 Billion Dollars for Airline Payroll Support, & 135 Billion Dollars for Paycheck Protection Program for Small Business. Both of these will be fully paid for with unused funds […]
Markets were stunned by President Donald Trump ‘s announcement on Twitter that the White House was pulling out of stimulus discussions with House Democrats on Tuesday — and several Trump advisers even told Axios’ Jonathan Swan they were perplexed by the “inept” decision, calling it a “gift” for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. But it makes sense if you follow the logic of Trump’s economic advisers. Where it stands: Trump has surrounded himself with die-hard acolytes of supply-side economics, like one-time pick for the […]
This year’s interest in the U.S presidential election has hit a near-record high for this point in the election cycle, according to a national poll released Sunday. The poll carried out by Washington Post-ABC News determined that nearly six in 10 registered voters – 58 percent – said they are “very closely” following the 2020 presidential race between President Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. This percentage of registered voters is higher than any other U.S presidential election at this point in the cycle going back to […]
The first-ever surviving set of African-American sextuplets have graduated from high school, with all six gearing up to continue their education in the fall. Chris and Diamond Harris from Birmingham, Alabama welcomed their six babies in 2002, with Diamond delivering via C-section at 26.5 weeks. Nearly 18 years later, the odds-defying children are all grown up and officially high school graduates, and achievement they celebrated together last week. ‘The morning of the ceremony, I sat in bed looking at their baby pictures […]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the backbone and soul of the liberal wing of the Supreme Court and an iconic American figure has died. According to report, Ruth died Friday from complications from cancer. RBG was known for her fiery dissents and intense work ethic. Ruth didn’t miss a single day of work until this January, a striking fact considering she’s battled 3 kinds of cancer since being appointed to SCOTUS by President Clinton in 1993. Ruth was the first female Jewish […]
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has claimed President Donald Trump “seems to have no conception of what constitutes national security” after Trump revealed in interviews with Bob Woodward the existence of a classified nuclear weapons system. In a chat with Jake Tapper, the former vice president said Trump’s comments to Woodward made in a series of 18 interviews for the journalist’s upcoming book “Rage” — were “not a surprise.” “You wonder why people in the intelligence community wondered from the very beginning whether you could […]
Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook will be launching a poll worker recruitment drive this weekend, which will make it easy for Americans to sign up and serve as a poll worker with their state election authorities as United States elections is less than two months. He disclosed this on his official social platform on Friday, he said there’s an estimated of almost half a million poll workers needed this year, especially due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as United […]
Tension mounts ahead of the United States presidential election, Donald Trump seems to be feeling the heat more than expected following the unforeseen circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 debacle. The United States now has over 800, 000 deaths record. U.S. President Trump was accused by his Democratic rival Joe Biden of causing mass deaths with incompetent handling of the COVID-19 crisis. So, on Monday, Trump did what he does best – he called Biden “stupid,” then demanded an apology for what […]
The United States President Donald Trump has given a hint that a COVID-19 vaccine could be available much before the November 3 election, even as his political rival Joe Biden sought more transparency on the issue. “This could’ve taken two or three years, and instead it’s going to be – going to be done in a very short period of time,” Trump said during a news conference. “Could even have it during the month of October,” Trump added, calling Biden’s […]
A school teacher at Barack Obama Elementary School in Atlanta identified as Johnathon Hines has emerged Georgia’s Pre-K Teacher of the Year. He is the first Black man to receive the award, and hopes to continue inspiring his young students! “Now I have the opportunity to inspire other males in early childhood. And that’s definitely one of my biggest goals,” Hines told 11 Alive. “I know how hard it is to be a teacher. The love and passion that you […]
The latest on the list as the new third-richest person in the world is Elon Musk. The surge in many leading U.S technology stocks have unsurprisingly created wealth for their founders, investors and stock traders. What we know: Elon Musk just surpassed the co-founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg to become the third-richest person in the world. Shares of Tesla Inc. continued its unrelenting surge after the recent stock split of Tesla stocks. Musk is now estimated to be worth […]
Chadwick Boseman, star of “Black Panther,” has lost the fight against cancer, he was announced to have died in his home on Friday after a four year battle with colon cancer, his rep confirmed. He was 43 year-old. Before being cast as the Marvel Studios superhero, Boseman’s career first exploded with his portrayals of Black American icons Jackie Robinson (in 2013’s “42”) and James Brown (in 2014’s “Get on Up”). “It is with immeasurable grief that we confirm the passing […]
A black woman identified as Jasmine Twitty has made history in the United States after becoming the first to be appointed youngest judge in history at age 25-years-old. Jasmine Twitty was said to have determined to achieve that dream while she was undergoing her law degree. Jasmine Twitty started nursing the ambition right from the elementary when she believe and was convinced those in government have a role in shaping our society. In her words, “I was interested in the […]
The Democrats presidential hopeful Joe Biden had on Tuesday picked Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate, a historic decision that elevates the first Black woman and first Asian American woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket at a moment when the country is grappling with its racial past and future. Biden’s announcement, made in a text and tweet, aligns him with a former presidential rival whose most electric campaign performance came when she criticized his record on school […]
A New York man, Zachary Clark, 41, also known as “Umar Kabir,” “Umar Shishani,” and “Abu Talha, pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to ISIS, which included spreading the terrorist group’s propaganda online and calling for supporters to commit attacks in New York City, a Justice Department statement said Monday. Zachary Clark, 41, also known as “Umar Kabir,” “Umar Shishani,” and “Abu Talha, was accused of pledging allegiance to ISIS twice, and disseminating ISIS propaganda. Clark no doubt […]
According to a report, Police in Omaha, Nebraska, got trapped a Black Lives Matter protest march on a bridge. This funneled all 120 people, including journalists and legal observer, into police department custody. The preotest leader, a 23-year-old Bear Alexander said “It’s psychological warfare.” Alexander is also leader at ProBLAC, a new local Black-led protest group. “They wanted to discourage any future thought of doing direct action.” This protest march was the first one Alexander has ever led, and it was […]
