Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the only Black Republican in the Senate, has joined the 2024 GOP presidential campaign. Scott, who has spoken of getting pulled over by the police more than half a dozen times in one year, once said in an interview, “Racism is real.” And yet Scott characterizes America as “a land of…

The controversial spending of donations made to Black Lives Matter is once again being revealed as another tax year has passed. Despite donations plummeting by 88% in 2022, the nonprofit’s cashflow is still being funneled to friends and family of its now former executive director in seven-figure contracts. According to tax records first obtained by…

President Joe Biden is in talks with top congressional leaders to strike a deal regarding the nation’s debt ceiling and to avoid a potential default. And judge denied former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes’s bid to avoid prison and another ordered her to pay restitution in a high-profile blood-testing fraud case. These stories and more highlight…

President Joe Biden will meet with lawmakers Tuesday, May 9, to discuss the nation’s debt ceiling issue, as the United States attempts to avoid a potential government default. And China has ordered the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat from the country in a move that has been viewed as a further escalation of tensions between…

Less than three months after announcing revisions to its AP African American Studies course curriculum, the College Board has announced plans for further changes. The initial revisions, which took place in February, removed topics deemed controversial by some critics, including reparations, Black Lives Matter and intersectionality. Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., was one of the most prominent…

The Seattle Police Department should “offer a sincere, public apology” for how it treated demonstrators in the city after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, according to a conclusion from a Seattle panel of officers, citizens and accountability experts. The panel completed its final review of how police responded and reacted to months of…

Tech entrepreneur Bob Lee, who helped launch Cash App and was most recently employed by the cryptocurrency startup MobileCoin, was stabbed to death April 4 on the streets of San Francisco. Lee had lived in the city for a number of years before reportedly relocating to Miami due to reported concerns he had about San Francisco’s…

Top secret Pentagon documents from the U.S. government have leaked online, exposing U.S. intelligence on the Russia-Ukraine war. Now the Justice Department is investigating. And an Uber driver convicted of murder last week could receive a pardon from the Texas governor. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Monday, April 10, 2023. Classified…