Maryland Governor Wes Moore, the nation’s only Black sitting governor and vice chair of the National Governors Association, criticized the Trump White House after finding out he was excluded from this year’s traditionally bipartisan National Governors Association dinner at the White House. The decision breaks a decades-long tradition that has promoted federal-state cooperation. The annual […]
President Donald Trump sparked outrage on February 6, 2026, after posting a video on his Truth Social account that briefly shows former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes. This imagery is a historically racist trope that dehumanizes Black people. The footage is part of a longer clip promoting false 2020 […]
Donald Trump has threatened to sue comedian Trevor Noah over a joke made during the 2026 Grammy Awards. This has sparked a new media controversy. During the awards show, Noah joked in his opening monologue that Trump “needs a new island to hang out on with Bill Clinton” since Jeffrey Epstein’s private island is no […]
U.S. President Donald Trump, his two oldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, along with the Trump Organization, have filed a $10 billion federal lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Miami, Florida, on January 29, 2026, alleging that the government […]
The former U.S. President, Barack Obama, and former First Lady Michelle Obama, have condemned the shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse, by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis. They described the incident as a national crisis and an attack on American values. In their statement reported on X, the Obamas characterize the murder […]
