Tag: Washington D.C.

As Black History Faces Erasure, 1619-Inspired Exhibit Lands in Nation’s Capital

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the “Freedom & Resistance” exhibition at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C., offers a profound reflection on the nation’s history. Inspired by The 1619 Project, the exhibit seeks to reframe America’s founding narrative by centering the experiences and contributions of Black Americans. Launched […]

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Trump Blames Popular Black Democrat for Potomac River Sewage Spill

“I still strongly believe in Trump’s immigration laws about, ‘Let’s get the bad guys out of here.’ You know, they’re murderers, they killed people, they molested people, let’s get them out of here,” Ceballos said to the publication. “But I feel like I don’t fit that category. And I feel like that’s how they’re treating […]

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Trump Secretly Yanks National Guard Out of Three Blue Cities

Measles does not have a cure. The highly contagious disease can spur a blotchy rash, pink eye, a high fever, white spots inside the mouth, full body aches, pneumonia, and severe dehydration, and can result in hospitalization or even death. Fortunately, however, it is highly preventable thanks to a vaccine that was developed by a […]

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Trump Holds NY Funding Hostage to Get More Things Named After Himself

Berg obtained an email that was issued to various state officials earlier this week offering specifics. He acquired the note via a public records request. “Dear Chief Election Officials,” the email begins. “To prepare for the 2026 US midterm elections, your election partners at the FBI, DOJ, DHS, USPIS, and the EAC would like to […]

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Washington Post Lays Off Amazon Beat Reporter Amid Mass Cuts

King Charles stripped Mountbatten-Windsor of his royal title in November, citing “serious lapses in judgement” following releases from the DOJ’s Epstein files. In November, Epstein’s general ledger revealed that he had paid $200 each for two massages for “Andrew” in the year 2000, once in February 11 and again May 16. A flight log showed […]

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Washington Post Cuts Amazon Reporter Amid Mass Layoffs

King Charles stripped Mountbatten-Windsor of his royal title in November, citing “serious lapses in judgement” following releases from the DOJ’s Epstein files. In November, Epstein’s general ledger revealed that he had paid $200 each for two massages for “Andrew” in the year 2000, once in February 11 and again May 16. A flight log showed […]

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Washington Post Announces Massive Layoffs as Jeff Bezos Stays Silent

“She told me that there are no bad people and that everyone makes mistakes. She has Nee’s spirit,” he said. His sister, he said, “carried peace, patience, and love for others wherever she went.” “Our family is a very American blend,” Ganger continued. “We vote differently, and we rarely completely agree on the finer details […]

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MAGA in Uproar After Jeanine Pirro’s Threat to Gun Owners

Some detainees have been quarantined, McLaughlin said, adding that everyone is “being provided with proper medical care.” The Dilley facility is where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, whose picture went viral after he was detained in Minneapolis, last month by ICE agents, was held, along with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, before being released Sunday. During […]

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Trump’s U.S. Attorney Sparks MAGA Backlash After Threat to Gun Owners

Some detainees have been quarantined, McLaughlin said, adding that everyone is “being provided with proper medical care.” The Dilley facility is where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, whose picture went viral after he was detained in Minneapolis, last month by ICE agents, was held, along with his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, before being released Sunday. During […]

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Kennedy Family Slams Trump Over Plans to Shut Down Kennedy Center

After Trump’s announcement, Joe Kennedy III, a great-nephew of John F. Kennedy, wrote on social media: “While this trespass on the People’s will is painful, President Kennedy would remind us that it is not buildings that define the greatness of a nation. It is the actions of its people and its leaders. So, do not […]

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JFK’s Family Slams Trump’s Decision to Shut Down Kennedy Center

After Trump’s announcement, Joe Kennedy III, a great-nephew of John F. Kennedy, wrote on social media: “While this trespass on the People’s will is painful, President Kennedy would remind us that it is not buildings that define the greatness of a nation. It is the actions of its people and its leaders. So, do not […]

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Philip Glass Cancels Kennedy Center World Premiere Amid MAGA Takeover

In the aftermath of their deaths, thousands of Americans have taken to the streets in protest. Trump’s job score has nosedived, hitting a net approval of -19 percent. In an attempt to pivot ahead of midterms, Trump is headed to Iowa Tuesday to reframe his administration’s priorities. Suddenly, the word of the day is affordability, […]

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Trump Official Tries to Turn Capitol Hill Into an IndyCar Race Venue

But the board’s charter, as circulated to dozens of nations last week, makes little mention of Gaza. Instead, its goals appear to be as lofty as they are broad, seeking to “promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict.” The concept came under new scrutiny […]

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Judge Won’t Block DHS Policy Limiting Congress’s Ability To Oversee ICE

Source: Scott Olson / Getty On Monday, a federal judge denied a request to block a policy from the Department of Homeland Security that requires a week’s notice before members of Congress visit immigration detention facilities.  According to AP, U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb in Washington, D.C., previously ruled against an earlier version of the […]

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Trump Is Ready to Send Afghan Refugees to Their Death

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the 29-year-old charged with shooting two National Guard members the day before Thanksgiving, had participated in the Zero Units. The ensuing attention on the controversial CIA program—and, by proxy, the Afghan refugee committee—shifted the Trump administration’s attention in a cataclysmic way, according to community advocates and local leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth. The day […]

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D.C. Families Call BS on Trump’s Biggest Claim About National Guard

“Did [Russian President Vladimir] Putin agree to a ceasefire to allow a referendum to take place?” a journalist asked Trump Sunday evening during a Palm Beach press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “Not a ceasefire, and that’s one of the points that we’re working on right now,” Trump said. “He feels that look, you […]

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Kennedy Center Honors Ratings Tank Like Never Before Thanks to Trump

“As you know by now, I have taken the ‘short route’ home,” Epstein wrote, appearing to reference his later death by suicide. “Good luck! We shared one thing… our love and caring for young ladies and the hope they’d reach their full potential. Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a […]

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Kennedy Center to Be Renamed “Trump-Kennedy Center” Amid MAGA Takeover

“You know we won this thing by 400,000 or 500,000 votes,” Trump told Ralston, making up numbers out of thin air. “Just like we did Alabama and every other state in the South. And, uh, we won, we won, we won your state massively. They took votes away.” Ralston didn’t keep the call to himself, […]

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Trump Finally Takes Blame for D.C. Plane Crash After DEI Fearmongering

“You know we won this thing by 400,000 or 500,000 votes,” Trump told Ralston, making up numbers out of thin air. “Just like we did Alabama and every other state in the South. And, uh, we won, we won, we won your state massively. They took votes away.” Ralston didn’t keep the call to himself, […]

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Trump Finally Admits Fault in D.C. Plane Crash After Blaming DEI

“You know we won this thing by 400,000 or 500,000 votes,” Trump told Ralston, making up numbers out of thin air. “Just like we did Alabama and every other state in the South. And, uh, we won, we won, we won your state massively. They took votes away.” Ralston didn’t keep the call to himself, […]

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White House Insults Local Business, Destroys Decades-Long Tradition

“When can we see that video? When will you release it?” Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson asked Hegseth at the Reagan National Defense Forum. Hegseth was noncommittal. “We’re reviewing it, right now, to make sure, sources, methods—I mean, it’s an ongoing operation—TTPs [tactics, techniques, and procedures]. We’ve got operators out there doing this right now. […]

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D.C. Pipe Bombing Suspect Believed Trump’s Big Lie on 2020 Election

Providing full-time security detail for his girlfriend, and pulling a SWAT team away from their job is questionable use of government resources at best. To then demand that security detail escort his girlfriend’s friend goes even further. Former FBI agents and law enforcement officials told MS NOW that Patel’s alleged actions are completely off-base. “Not […]

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D.C. Pipe Bombing Suspect Believed Trump’s Biggest Lie

Providing full-time security detail for his girlfriend, and pulling a SWAT team away from their job is questionable use of government resources at best. To then demand that security detail escort his girlfriend’s friend goes even further. Former FBI agents and law enforcement officials told MS NOW that Patel’s alleged actions are completely off-base. “Not […]

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What We Know About the Suspect in the January 6 Pipe Bombing Case

The suit further argued that the punitive policy violated the First Amendment by seeking “to restrict journalists’ ability to do what journalists have always done—ask questions of government employees and gather information to report stories that take the public beyond official pronouncements.” Under Hegseth’s new rules, credentialed Pentagon reporters were required to pledge that they […]

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Trump Plasters His Own Name on U.S. Institute of Peace Headquarters

“Larger companies are still hiring,” wrote Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, on X. “Smaller firms (under 50 workers) are doing the layoffs. It’s been a very tough year for small biz due to tariffs and more selective spending from lower and middle-class consumers.” Indeed, smaller employers seem to be taking the […]

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Federal Judge Rules ICE Can’t Make Warrantless Arrests Without Probable Cause In DC

Source: SAUL LOEB / Getty Another day, another federal judge is telling the Trump administration its federal agents are violating people’s civil liberties and issuing an order to make them stop. According to the Associated Press, on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell granted a preliminary injunction barring the administration from making widespread immigration arrests in Washington, D.C., […]

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Michelle Obama Attends ‘The Boy Is Mine’ Tour In Washington

Michelle Obama supports and praises the R&B artists at the tour event. The tour brings together different generations of Black music talent. The tour is a celebration of Black artistry, love, and legacy. Source: Arturo Holmes / Getty Former First Lady Michelle Obama quietly made waves at the Washington, D.C., stop of The Boy Is […]

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Who Is Rahmanullah Lakanwal? What We Know About Suspected D.C. National Guard Shooter

Source: Xinhua News Agency / Getty Last week, on Nov. 26, a gunman reportedly ambushed two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., killing one Guard commander and injuring another member. The man suspected of carrying out this shooting is 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal. Here’s what we know about him so far. According to ABC News, Lakanwal, who has […]

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Alleged National Guard Shooter Pleaded for Help From CIA

“Vetting is happening when they come into the country and that was completely abandoned under Joe Biden’s administration. That’s the irresponsibility that has completely devastated our country, Kristen, put us in such a dangerous position,” Noem continued. “I don’t think people realized when Joe Biden was in the White House exactly how he was allowing […]

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Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work

“Vetting is happening when they come into the country and that was completely abandoned under Joe Biden’s administration. That’s the irresponsibility that has completely devastated our country, Kristen, put us in such a dangerous position,” Noem continued. “I don’t think people realized when Joe Biden was in the White House exactly how he was allowing […]

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