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Alabama State University receives Wall Street firm’s historic endowment assistance
(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) -- Alabama State University is partnering with private equity firm Neuberger Berman to manage the school's $125 million endowment – making it the largest such partnership between a Wall Street firm and a public historically Black college and university (HBCU) ever.The new relationship is a "blessing," according to…
Democrats look to band together after Maryland’s bruising Senate primary
(WASHINGTON) -- Angela Alsobrooks emerged as the victor in a bruising Democratic Senate primary in Maryland -- and now the state's Democratic Party faces the challenge of reuniting to take on a formidable Republican opponent in the general election.Alsobrooks, a county executive in a Maryland suburb outside the nation's capital,…
Trump attends son Barron’s high school graduation on day off from court
(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Former President Donald Trump attended his son Barron's high school graduation at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach on Friday, after the judge overseeing his hush money trial in New York granted him a day off court to allow him to attend.It was a break…
Biden announces new grants to further desegregate schools on Brown v. Board anniversary
(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Friday announced new grants aimed at further desegregating magnet schools, as he marked the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling that desegregated America's public schools."My Department of Education is investing $300 million, including another $20 million announced today…
Johnson disappointed that House committee meeting devolved into chaos over Greene’s ‘fake eyelash’ comments
(WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday said he is disappointed in the chaos and name-calling that happened during a raucous House Oversight Committee markup on Thursday night when Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clashed over Greene's comments that Rep. Jasmine Crockett wore "fake eyelashes.""It was not a…
Pentagon’s temporary pier off Gaza is ready to begin delivering aid
(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon's temporary floating pier system was anchored onto a beach in Gaza on Thursday amid the Israel-Hamas war, and U.S. officials say humanitarian aid will begin flowing "in the coming days."Officials did, however, stress that while the pier -- formally called the Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore, or JLOTS,…
Biden asserts executive privilege over audio of interview with special counsel Hur
(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Thursday informed House Republicans that President Joe Biden has formally asserted executive privilege over the audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden's handling of classified documents.It's a move that the department said effectively shields Attorney General Merrick Garland from…
Harris accepts CBS News’ VP debate offer for the summer
(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted an offer from CBS News to participate in a vice-presidential debate this summer, the Biden campaign said Thursday.Harris accepted CBS News' proposed dates of July 23 or Aug. 13, the campaign said."The Biden-Harris campaign has informed CBS News that we accept the…
Pentagon report to show significant drop in unwanted sexual contact in military
(WASHINGTON) -- Soon to be released Pentagon figures will show a significant almost 19% reduction in the number of service members who say they have experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact over the previous survey conducted two years ago, according to a U.S. official.There was also a drop in…
After trying week, RFK Jr. brings Nicole Shanahan on campaign trail for rare appearance
(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a week dogged by self-damaging rhetoric, leaving him to defend the state of his health and scramble to rework his position on abortion after facing dissent from within his own campaign.But on Monday, he had something to celebrate: the…