Anita Kot/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — A week after cellphone users across the U.S. reported a flurry of racist text messages, members of the Hispanic and LGBTQ communities are now receiving text messages saying they have been selected for deportation or to report to a re-education camp, according to a new statement from the FBI. […]
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that he does not think the House Ethics Committee should release the findings of its investigation into Matt Gaetz, now that the Florida Republican is no longer a member of Congress. “I believe it is very important to maintain the House’s tradition of […]
Photo by Nicolò Campo/LightRocket via Getty Images Jay-Z‘s Shawn Carter Foundation is lending its efforts to students at historically Black colleges and universities. It partnered with Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and Toyota North America for an educational financial initiative, Champions for Financial Legacy, which will provide HBCU students with the tools and resources to manage their […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence, who did not endorse or support President-elect Donald Trump during the 2024 election cycle, said Friday that he opposes Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services because of Kennedy’s support for […]
Bettmann Archive/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The family of Malcolm X, the Black resistance leader who was assassinated in 1965, has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the U.S. government, they announced Friday. Ilyasah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s daughter, who represented her family at a New York City press conference, and her lawyers claim that […]
Bill Records/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images Much like Texas, it seems like reboots are also forever. According to Variety, Universal Television is working on bringing back the high school football drama Friday Night Lights with a new storyline and characters. The original Friday Night Lights show ran from 2006 to 2011 and centered around the […]
Kash Doll and Mary J. Blige aren’t the only ones who dropped music on Friday. Here’s some of the latest to hit the culture: In addition to gifting fans with love, Jennifer Hudson has blessed them with a new song. The Gift of Love bonus track “Let There Be Joy” is out now via Interscope Records. […]
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President-elect JD Vance has been working the phones reaching out to senators trying to gauge support for former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz — who Trump named for the attorney general role, according to three sources with knowledge of the calls. Gaetz, who resigned from the House shortly after President-elect […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans had mixed reactions to President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of Health and Human Services in his administration. Kennedy has been an anti-vaccine activist and founded the Children’s Health Defense, a prominent anti-vaccine nonprofit that has campaigned against immunizations […]
Ready, set, binge! Here’s a look at some of the new movies and TV shows streaming this weekend: Apple TV+Bad Sisters: We’ve been dying for it to return. Check out season 2 of the dark comedy. Silo: The show about the last 10,000 people on Earth returns. Watch the premiere of season 2. HuluSay Nothing: […]
