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Senate OKs $70B immigration bill after rejecting efforts to permanently ban Trump’s settlement fund

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By  MARY CLARE JALONICK and JOEY CAPPELLETTI WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday, after weeks of delays and fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill. Senators voted 52-47 to pass the $70 billion legislation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol […]

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With Oval Office replica and skyline views of Chicago, Obama’s new museum is political and personal

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By  SOPHIA TAREEN CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Barack Obama’s influence in his presidential museum runs deep, from the location on Chicago’s South Side to textured stone adorning its dramatic tower to striped reading chairs that resemble ones in his own home. The Obama Presidential Center opens to the general public on Juneteenth after a celebratory dedication in Chicago with dignitaries. But tens of

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With Trump in a holding pattern on Iran war, allies and critics worry he risks getting boxed in

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By  AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is facing warnings from foes and allies alike that he’s getting boxed in on the Iran war, a conflict he sold as a brief military incursion but that has since settled into a holding pattern. It’s been nearly a week since U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement to extend

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House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran in a rebuke of Trump

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By  LISA MASCARO WASHINGTON (AP) — The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined with Democrats to end the three-month-long conflict that has reordered politics at home and abroad. House Speaker Mike Johnson had tried to prevent

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Serena Williams is coming back to tennis at 44, returning to the sport she dominated for decades

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By  ANDREW DAMPF PARIS (AP) — Serena Williams is coming back to professional tennis at the age of 44, returning to the sport she dominated for two decades before famously “evolving” away from the daily grind of competition. First up for the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion is the doubles tournament at Queen’s Club. But Wimbledon and the U.S. Open

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Republican senators want more answers on $1.8 billion settlement fund as Trump considers its future

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By  MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and SEUNG MIN KIM WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans will meet Tuesday to discuss next steps after the Justice Department said it would comply with a court order pausing the implementation of a $1.776 billion settlement fund designed to compensate President Donald Trump’s political allies. GOP senators who revolted against the settlement before leaving for a Memorial

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Richard Pryor’s daughter studies the N-word — a word he used, then disavowed

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Tonya Mosley Historian Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor has spent much of her career tracing the N-word through slavery, Jim Crow, the civil rights movement and hip-hop. But what she didn’t tell her audiences was that her father, Richard Pryor, was the comedian who put the word at the center of American comedy in the 1970s. “I was

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FIFA’s World Cup ticket sales outraged fans. Now they are under investigation

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By Rafael Nam FIFA President Gianni Infantino has had an answer when asked about the sky-high ticket prices for this summer’s World Cup: They are simply adapting to the North American market. That’s the justification FIFA has used to sharply increase ticket prices for the World Cup taking place in the United States, Mexico and Canada this

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Clyburn’s district stays intact as South Carolina Republicans scrap redistricting

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By Sam Gringlas The majority-Black district held for 34 years by South Carolina Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn will survive intact, for now, after Republican state lawmakers rejected a plan to redraw congressional maps. South Carolina was the latest Southern state attempting to redraw district lines after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened a key section of

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ABFF Community Day

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Sponsored by GMCVB ABFF Community Day Sunday, May 31 Noon– 5 p.m. Black Archives-The Historic Lyric Theater Doors Open at Noon Experience the best of ABFF in Miami, free and open to the public. Enjoy screenings, local vendors, and engaging activations throughout the day. 12:30 p.m. – HBO® Short Film Award Showcase Now in its

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