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August 11, 2020
Thanks to a federal court ruling that freed the party from restrictions, the GOP is mounting a broad effort to…
August 6, 2020
Attorney General Letitia Jame sued National Rifle Association, seeking to put the gun advocacy group out of questionable expenditures.
August 6, 2020
Mondaire Jones, Adrian Perkins and Ritchie Torres are following in the footsteps of a shortlist of Black Americans elected to…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Speaks At Georgetown Law
July 30, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone a nonsurgical medical procedure in New York City and expects to be released from a…
July 28, 2020
Joe Biden unveiled a plan Tuesday to ensure that the nation’s post-pandemic economic recovery is built around promoting racial equality.
July 27, 2020
The body of the late Rep. John Lewis has arrived in Washington to lie in state as lawmakers gather to…
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez AOC thegrio.com
July 23, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded on the House floor Thursday morning to the insults hurled at her by Rep. Ted Yoho…
AOC Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Yoho thegrio.com
July 22, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not accept an apology from Rep. Ted Yoho after he called her a "f---ing b--tch" the…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, GOP, Ted Yoho Congress thegrio.comthegrio.com
July 21, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was berated by a GOP colleague who called her a “b**ch” as she walked up the Capitol
COVID-19 African-American theGrio.com
July 16, 2020
In the District of Columbia, in the shadow of The White House, more than 550 people have died from COVID-19,…
July 14, 2020
Trump’s push to reopen schools is being complicated by a split within his ranks over how to do it, with…
Redskins theGrio.com
July 13, 2020
A number of sports outlets are saying that Washington D.C.’s football team, the Redskins, will soon be known by a…
President Trump Participates In National Dialogue On Safely Reopening Nation's Schools
July 9, 2020
The Supreme Court upheld the Manhattan district attorney’s demand for Trump’s tax returns, but kept a hold on his records…
Trump www.thegrio.com
July 8, 2020
President Donald Trump is wielding America’s racial tensions as a reelection weapon, fiercely denouncing the racial justice movement on a…
President Trump Participates In National Dialogue On Safely Reopening Nation's Schools
July 8, 2020
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal money if schools don’t reopen in the fall, and he lashed…
Supreme Court thegrio.com
July 8, 2020
The Supreme Court sided with Trump in his effort to allow employers who cite religious or moral objections to opt…
July 5, 2020
The Revolutionary Communist Party organized a flag burning to protest the Trump administration, chanting "America was never great" on July…
June 26, 2020
The Democratic-controlled House approved a bill to make the District of Columbia the 51st state and allowing full voting rights…
June 23, 2020
The protesters in Washington D.C. have organized to take down the statue of the seventh president of the United States…
June 14, 2020
Khaled Abdelghany, who was captured in a viral video chanting with protesters, says he "felt the same pain" as the…