Don’t call it a comeback. He’s been here for years. The Hill reports that former President Barack Obama will re-emerge on the national scene this fall. Reportedly, aides will huddle with Obama in the coming weeks to plot out what shape the former president's fall schedule will take.
Read MoreAccording to reports, Diamond and Silk were paid Trump campaign consultants. The Trump campaign denied paying Diamond and Silk for their regular on-stage appearances at political rallies. But an amendment to the campaign’s 2016 FEC report reveals they were, in fact, cut a check shortly after the election. How much were they compensated for traveling all the way to their sunken place? A meager $1,274.94.
Read MoreIf you’re not following Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) on Twitter, perhaps you will after this Yahoo News profile of the congressman and his social media account. Calling him the @nti-Trump, the piece highlights Lieu’s e-crusade to respond to the president’s tweets with his own brand of wit, straight shooting, and facts.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said on CNBC that the company has “done as well as almost any corporation out there” when it comes to Black diversity. Ha! That’s not what the firm’s own numbers show.
Read MoreIn April 2016, Army Gen. Vincent K. Brooks took command of U.S. Forces Korea, Combined Forces Command, and United Nations Command. He recently warned North Korea that the only thing stopping the U.S. from going to war is “self-restraint.” More about him here.
Read MoreAshley Lewis joined the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs as the Democratic press secretary.
Read MoreThe Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, based at the Harvard Kennedy School, has announced their fall 2017 fellows and visiting faculty. Among them, former interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile and internet activist Wael Ghonim.
Read MoreThe Financial Times finds that while Latinos still hold a tiny proportion of US wealth -- about 2.2%, according to the Federal Reserve -- the number of wealthy individuals is growing and many are starting to give to the arts and social causes.
Read MoreFifty Democrats in Congress -- led by Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), as well as Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) -- are urging Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to nominate a "qualified individual" to run the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.
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