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05-16-2025 6:58 pm • PDX and SEA Weather
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BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The American Civil Liberties Union immediately condemned the plan, stating it puts millions’ education and civil rights at risk.
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US Army Major General Charles Calvin Rogers(U.S. Army via AP)
A Defense Department website honoring Black Medal of Honor recipient Army Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers was taken down last week. It was back online Monday, but thousands of pages have been taken down in efforts to delete material promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Georgia is one of 11 states with no compensation law. Individuals instead go to the General Assembly and seek a lawmaker to sponsor a resolution for payment. Critics say the process is plagued by politics. Some lawmakers want to move the decision to judges, but it's unclear if a bill will pass this year.
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The Trump administration has transferred hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador even as a federal judge issued an order temporarily barring the deportations. Flights were in the air at the time of the ruling. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg issued an order Saturday evening blocking the deportations but lawyers told him there were already two planes with immigrants in the air — one headed for El Salvador, the other for Honduras. Boasberg verbally ordered the planes be turned around, but they apparently were not and he did not include the directive in his written order
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They’re reimagining what’s possible in transportation!
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The nation's capital city will remove the large painting of the words “Black Lives Matter” on a street one block from the White House. The move comes as Washington's Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser struggles to fend off threats of encroachment from President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress. Bowser said Tuesday the city can't afford to be distracted by congressional interference. She said the top concern should be the impacts of federal job cuts. The move is a change in tone for Bowser, who clashed with Trump in his first term. This time around, she has sought to avoid conflict. Trump has nonetheless said he wants a federal takeover of Washington, which would require a congressional vote
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A historic first: the Confederate battle flag inside the U.S. Capitol. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Trump's clemency toward those convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection – including seditious conspiracy and assaults on police officers – was different in key ways from the two previous efforts, by Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Ulysses S. Grant in 1873.
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Alabama marked the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement when voting rights marchers were attacked in Selma on March 7, 1965. The violence shocked the nation and galvanized support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The annual commemoration pays homage to those who fought to secure voting rights for Black Americans. But many who built the movement are afraid that new voting restrictions and a clampdown on federal agencies that helped build America into a democracy for all will undo the gains of the past
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — CDA is the most widely recognized credential in early childhood education, and it is a key steppingstone on the path of career advancement in the sector.
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President Donald Trump’s senior aides and allies lashed out at Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Washington as he attended a European summit in London to rally international support for his military’s fight against the Russian invasion.
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