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Uncle Luke for Congress? Luther Campbell announces candidacy for House seat
The epic arc of former rapper-turned-community-activist Luther Campbell’s life will curve into a run for Congress, the former high school football coach announced Sunday morning.
On WPLG Channel 10’s “This Week in South Florida” with Glenna Milberg, Campbell, aka “Uncle Luke,” announced that he resigned as Miami Edison High School ...Read more
Rapper turned civic leader Luther Campbell challenges Cherfilus-McCormick in congressional primary
Luther Campbell, the rap music icon, free-speech advocate and civic activist, launched a primary challenge Sunday against U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who is under federal indictment and now faces a widening field of political rivals.
Campbell said in an interview on the WPLG-Ch. 10 “This Week In South Florida” program that he’s ...Read more
Who is running in California's 9th Congressional District?
California’s 9th Congressional District is unusual. Of the state’s 52 districts, it’s one of only two that went for Donald Trump in the 2024 election but conversely sent a Democrat to Congress.
The 9th District has become more favorable to the Democratic incumbent looking to hold onto his seat after last year’s gerrymandering effort.
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Trump says Board of Peace members pledged more than $5 billion
President Donald Trump said founding member countries of his Board of Peace have pledged more than $5 billion toward humanitarian efforts and reconstruction in Gaza.
Board members are due to meet Feb. 19 in Washington to confirm pledges and commit “thousands of personnel” to a stabilization force to help maintain security in Gaza, Trump ...Read more
The Trump administration wants white men to claim discrimination. This is what happens when they do
Jeff Vaughn says it was a 2022 billboard that convinced him being white and male was becoming a liability.
The then-evening anchor at CBS’s flagship Los Angeles television station remembers seeing an ad for his news program — and realizing it didn’t feature him. It did include all of his co-anchors, none of whom, he says, was a straight ...Read more
Newsom pleads with US allies in Europe to see Trump as temporary
California Gov. Gavin Newsom told a panel at the Munich Security Conference Saturday that he traveled there to reassure European allies that “Trump is temporary.”
“He’ll be measured in years, not decades,” Newsom said, predicting Trump would suffer heavy losses in the midterm elections and face legal setbacks, including limits on his ...Read more
Obama speaks out on Trump's racist ape post, rips social media 'clown show'
Barack Obama has finally addressed the racist video President Donald Trump posted of him and Michelle Obama, slamming the move as part of a “clown show” meant to distract from the real issues at hand.
The animated clip shared on Truth Social last week depicted Trump as a lion and the Obamas as apes in a jungle. It quickly drew bipartisan ...Read more
Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick had legal concerns in 2022. Advisers waved them off
U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., raised legal concerns about the unconventional methods her team was using to boost her public profile in her South Florida district in 2022 — a period that has since garnered allegations of “extensive misconduct” from the House Ethics Committee — but her closest advisers encouraged her to ...Read more
Italy likely to join Trump 'Board of Peace' as observer, Meloni says
Italy will likely participate in President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” as an observer, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Saturday.
The board is meeting in Washington on Feb. 19 and Italy was invited as an observer country, Meloni said in an interview with local media. “I believe an Italian and European presence is necessary...Read more
Trump lashes out at Bill Maher in Valentine's Day message
President Donald Trump spent part of his Valentine’s Day composing a very lengthy social media post attacking comedian Bill Maher.
Among the president’s grievances was the fact he invited the HBO “Real Time” host to the White House for dinner last April, yet Maher has continued mocking him on his Friday night show.
“Sometime in life ...Read more
Trump celebrates Valentine's Day with cards featuring Maduro, Greenland
President Donald Trump on Saturday celebrated Valentine’s Day by sharing a series of cards that praised his accomplishments while predictably slamming Democrats and even poking fun at his own secretary of state.
The cards, posted by the White House on social media, kick off with a picture of a handcuffed and blindfolded Venezuelan President ...Read more
Rubio hints that Cuba can reform its economy as a way to ease US pressure
Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaled Saturday that economic reforms could offer the Cuban government a path to easing U.S. pressure even as the Trump administration’s oil blockade pushes the island deeper into crisis.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Rubio declined to spell out specific conditions but suggested ...Read more
Iran's internet goes dark as US agencies spar on VPN funding
U.S. agencies are struggling to find the best method to fund additional software for millions of Iranian civilians to get around their government’s strict internet censors, amid a surge in demand over weeks of domestic unrest.
The State Department, U.S. senators from both parties, and other U.S. agencies have advocated for funding virtual ...Read more
Rubio warns European leaders about danger of Western decline
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Europe’s fate is intertwined with the U.S. while faulting the continent for what he said was a drift away from their shared Western values.
The double-edged message offered some reassurance to allied leaders gathered at the Munich Security Conference but did little to temper their push for more ...Read more
Trump says regime change in Iran 'best thing that could happen'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said regime change would be the best outcome for Iran, ratcheting up pressure on the Islamic Republic in negotiations over its nuclear program as he builds up the U.S. military presence in the region.
“It seems like that would be the best thing that could happen,” Trump told reporters Friday following ...Read more
White House orders Homeland Security shutdown as funding lapses
WASHINGTON — The White House ordered the Department of Homeland Security to begin shutdown procedures as its funding from Congress expires at midnight — the third time parts of the U.S. government will have shut down in the last six months.
The shutdown will affect DHS functions other than immigration and border enforcement, which are ...Read more
'It doesn't matter': Trump looked very much like a second-term president this week
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump had himself a week, just not the kind political observers have become accustomed to, spending much of it behind closed doors while unable to broker a deal with Senate Democrats.
He dissed a Republican icon over trade policy. He backed down on plans to exclude Democratic governors from an annual gathering of...Read more
Rep. Malliotakis asks Supreme Court to halt redraw of district
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York and Republican state officials asked the Supreme Court on Friday to stop a state court order to redraw her Staten Island district ahead of the midterms.
The emergency applications, one from several Republican state officials and another from Malliotakis and a group of voters, argued that the last-minute ...Read more
Trump says regime change in Iran 'best thing that could happen'
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said regime change would be the best outcome for Iran, ratcheting up pressure on the Islamic Republic in talks over its nuclear program as he builds up the U.S. military presence in the region.
“It seems like that would be the best thing that could happen,” Trump told reporters Friday following an event...Read more
Starmer urges Europe to end reliance on Trump's America
After a year of refusing to choose between Washington and Brussels, Keir Starmer will shift tone in Munich by edging Britain closer to the European Union and calling for an end to over-reliance on American military support.
In a speech he’s scheduled to make to the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, the U.K. prime minister will urge ...Read more
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