During a memorial service for the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in 2025, President Donald Trump made a stunningly candid admission when he said, “I hate my opponents.” His opponents don’t exactly love him, either, and some of the Black members of Congress, fed up with the limits of respectability politics, are dropping it to fire […]
Lisa Cook
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Lisa Cook Case Tests Presidential Power and Black Women’s Resolve
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Trump v. Cook — a case some say crystallizes President Donald Trump’s ongoing tension with Black women leaders. Fueling the case is Trump’s effort to break with more than a century of law and fire Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to sit on the Federal […]
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Grand Jury Declines to Reindict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James
New York Attorney General Letitia James is “grateful” after a grand jury declined to reindict her on mortgage fraud charges. On Thursday, the grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia, rejected the Department of Justice’s attempt to refile the case just days after a federal judge dismissed an earlier case, sources familiar with the case told multiple news […]
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From Fani Willis to Letitia James, Trump’s Enemies List Targets Black Women in Positions of Power
New York Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James did not fold when a federal grand jury in Virginia indicted her. Days after the Oct. 9 announcement, she took the stage at the United Palace in Manhattan to stump for New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani. On the evening of Oct. 13, dressed in a […]
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U.S. District Judge Blocks Lisa Cook’s Removal From the Federal Reserve
A federal district court judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the removal of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. Last month, Cook came under fire from President Donald Trump in a social media post alleging that she committed mortgage fraud. While Cook has not officially been charged with any crimes, he called for […]