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Trump kicks Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection to crub
Trump is running a narcissistic vendetta President Donald Trump has dropped Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party nominee in the 2024 election for president, quashing an 18-month extension ordered by President Joseph Biden after she left office. Trump, however, ordered the Secret Service detail to end on September…
Read MoreVoters elect two Black women to the U.S. Senate
They are Lisa Blunt Rochester from Delaware (Left) and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland. Blunt Rochester, a congresswoman from Delaware, will be the first woman and Black senator to represent the state. Alsobrooks, a former county executive and prosecutor who beat out the state’s former Republican governor in a tight race is the first Black senator from Maryland. Both women…
Read MoreAmerica’s top Black think tank has a new leader
America’s top Black think tank has selected Dedrick Asante-Muhammad as president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, succeeding Spencer Overton, who served as president for 10 years before stepping down on June 14, 2023. Jessica Fulton, vice president of policy, was named interim president on June 14. She will remain in this…
Read MoreJessica Fulton has been named interim president at the Joint Center
Jessica Fulton has been named interim president by the Board of Governors of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington, D.C. think-tank for Black elected officials. Fulton is replacing Spencer Overton, who has served as president of the Joint Center since 2014 and has been a member since 2013. Fulton has been…
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