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Senate confirms Trump nominee for chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff in overnight vote
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine to become the next chairman of the…
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A federal judge temporarily blocks parts of Trump’s anti-DEI executive orders
CHICAGO — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing parts of President Donald Trump’s…
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Lifelong New York civil rights advocate, NAACP leader Hazel Dukes dies at 92
Hazel Dukes, the president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP and lifelong civil rights advocate, died Saturday…
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Kamala Harris receives prestigious Chairman’s prize at NAACP Image Awards
LOS ANGELES — Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering…
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What to know about the court cases over President Trump’s birthright citizenship order
SEATTLE — A federal judge who already questioned the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order is set…
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Trump Administration shuts down White House Spanish-language page, social media
Within hours of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the new administration took down the Spanish-language version of the official White House…
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Republicans renew efforts to limit people in US illegally from census count
Republican efforts to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from numbers used to divvy up congressional seats among states have…
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The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of…
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Native American students miss school at higher rates, it got worse during pandemic
SAN CARLOS, Ariz. — After missing 40 days of school last year, Tommy Betom, 10, is on track this year…
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Trump wants to end ‘wokeness’ in education. He has vowed to use federal money as leverage
WASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s vision for education revolves around a single goal: to rid America’s schools of…
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