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President Trump has been criticized for promoting white men to key government positions despite their lack of qualifications, with many accusing him of perpetuating racism and identity politics.

The NAACP is urging Black Americans to refrain from shopping at retailers that have stepped back from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. The nation’s oldest civil rights organization released its Black Consumer Advisory, a project intended to help educate Black Americans on “who’s pushing progress and who’s stuck in the past.”  The advisory lists companies…

Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, pledged on Saturday to respond forcefully to tariffs imposed by President Trump that harm the Canadian people or their economy. Poilievre, seen as a likely contender to become the next prime minister, laid out his “Canada first” policy approach at a rally on Saturday, warning that the…

President Trump said over the weekend his work to “save” the country gives him legal leeway. “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law,” Trump posted Saturday to Truth Social and X. The phrase is attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who declared himself French emperor in the early 1800s. Trump’s post drew quick criticism from Democrats, who…

Women are already dealing with the 20 percent cost of inflation after four years of Bidenomics; we don’t need new economic sabotage shrinking incomes and spiking costs further. 

The Senate this week may move ahead with its budget resolution to enact part of President Trump’s legislative agenda, an effort that would include an hours-long vote-a-rama — which Democrats could use to protest the measure and stall its passage. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has not indicated if he plans to bring the…

As a charred Los Angeles resurfaces from the infernal flames that engulfed the region last month, questions loom as to how residents will rebuild — and whether they should remake their neighborhoods as they were, or take the chance to make the city less vulnerable to the fires of the future. With an estimated 17,000 structures…

The Democratic Party is having to take a hard look at its education strategy as Republicans move aggressively on the issue with satisfaction in public education at its lowest point in decades.    Democrats, who dominated the education realm for years, are on their back foot as President Trump and the GOP look to enact sweeping…

Senate Republicans have the ambitious goal of jamming through funding boosts for defense and border security — separately from the appropriations process — ahead of a mid-March deadline to prevent a government shutdown. Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said this week that he told President Trump “it would be really helpful if we…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent decades as an outsider railing against federal health authorities. His entire Make America Healthy Again movement is based largely on undermining the scientific and public health messaging from the federal government, along with overhauling the status quo in the food and drug industries. But after being confirmed by the…