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A federal judge in Florida has thrown out Trump Media's defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post, ruling that the company failed to present evidence of actual malice.

President Donald Trump has requested the Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to deny his appeal of a $5 million verdict and to re-do its decision shutting down his birthright citizenship order, but the court rarely grants such requests.

George E. Johnson, founder of Johnson Products Co., built one of the nation's most influential Black-owned businesses, broke Wall Street's color barrier, and invested in the iconic television show "Soul Train".

The White House has accused the Smithsonian Institution of adopting a divisive, far-left ideological framework that erases American heritage, marking the latest move by the Trump administration to reshape US cultural and historical institutions.

President Donald Trump launched Trump Accounts, a new savings and investment vehicle for children, on July 4, with over 6 million accounts opened to date and a $1,000 federal pilot contribution for 1.4 million of them.

Charles Q. Brown Jr., former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, criticized the use of the military for political missions in an op-ed, pointing to the Trump administration's deployment of troops to clamp down on crime in major cities, and expressed concerns over the administration's firings of Pentagon officials.

The Supreme Court ruled that President Trump can remove the leaders of once-independent federal agencies at will, but blocked him from removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook over mortgage fraud allegations, and upheld state laws that count mail-in ballots arriving after Election Day.

The Supreme Court ruled that police must obtain a warrant to access location data from cell phones, a decision that will require police to obtain a warrant when requesting location information from a geolocation database.

The State of the Nation's Housing 2026 report from Harvard's Joint Center on Housing Studies reveals that Black America faces a housing crisis that is not just limited to affordability, but also includes homelessness, climate change, and discrimination, all of which require coordinated action across various sectors.

Freedom 250, a nonprofit created by Donald Trump, has taken over the 250th anniversary celebrations, drawing criticism for its partisan nature and lack of transparency, while Next250 has organized its own counterprogram to promote unity and inclusivity.