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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) easily won his Senate race against former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath Tuesday. During his victory quoted civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.  “When I witnessed Dr. Martin Luther King’s March on Washington speech as an intern back in 1963, I dreamed about doing …

Photo: Kris Connor (Getty Images) It’s the end of an era. Alex Trebek, the silver haired, sharp-minded host of the classic game show Jeopardy! has died at the age of 80. The show confirmed the news of Trebek’s death on Sunday, sharing on Twitter that he passed peacefully early in …

Like many reporters who have worked—either periodically or daily—at the White House, my view of the place borders on mystical. (My feelings about the men who have occupied the Oval Office are generally not so gauzy.) The White House, like the Capitol and the Supreme Court, represents high ideals made …

After a day of nationwide celebration, in which people took to the streets of America’s cities in unbridled joy over the election of a new Commander-in-Chief, President-elect Joe Biden spoke for the first time since the election was called in his favor Saturday morning (Nov. 7). “Folks, the people of …

President Donald Trump has been urging the remaining states to stop the count, alleging that the ballots currently being counted are “fraudulent.” Now, groups of people in various states have begun to protest for their state and local governments to stop processing votes for the presidential race. Since Wednesday, a …

Photo: Julio Cortez (AP) The delayed but ultimately decisive win in the 2020 election secured by President-elect Joe Biden and his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), has ushered in a series of firsts for the United States: a Black person, a woman, a Black woman, will hold the title …

Mobilizing the MAGA forces may not be as easy when he’s out of power. His Twitter feed is a less essential read now that he can’t use it to threaten nuclear war. Once Trump leaves office, social-media networks may be less tolerant of his messages that promote conspiracy theories, peddle …

Written by Deborah D. Douglas Saying “Vice President Kamala Harris” has a nice ring to it. But would “President Harris” sound even better? Given her trajectory, one day we could be potentially looking at the first woman president. And she is Black. America struck a blow blatant racism, xenophobia, nationalism, and …

The Chief of the New York City Police Department’s (NYPD) Workplace Discrimination Office has been relieved of his duties and placed on modified duty after a City Council investigation discovered hundreds of racist, anti-semitic, homophobic comments on a police message board. The investigators believe that between July 2019 and September …

Photo: Kevin Winter (Getty Images), Angela Weiss (Getty Images) After announcing in January that Whitney Houston and the Notorious B.I.G. are among the 2020 Inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Foundation behind the exhibit soon had to swerve from its planned live induction ceremony this May …