Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) wants to make it easier for college students with children of their own to afford and access child care programs.
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Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) led three of her fellow members of the Congressional Black Caucus in a letter to the Presidents of the Internet and Television Association, the Wireless Association, the Internet Association, and the US Telecom Broadband Association, expressing concern about a lack of diversity recruitment efforts with some of their member companies which include: Verizon, T-Mobile AT&T, Comcast, Charter, Facebook, Google, and Twitter, among others.
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts yesterday announced that it had created a Hip Hop Culture Council to help the Kennedy Center create new pathways and deepen public knowledge of Hip Hop, contribute to broader Center-wide initiatives, and strengthen the burgeoning Hip Hop Culture program at the Kennedy Center.
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HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson reportedly recently considered leaving the Trump administration when negotiating the agency’s budget with the White House.
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Compton, CA Mayor Aja Brown will reportedly announce on Thursday that she is entering the race for California’s 44th Congressional District. Should the USC grad enter the race, she would be mounting a challenge to incumbent Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D).
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Congressman Joaquín Castro (D-TX) and his brother, former HUD Secretary Julián Castro, are teaming up with the Latino Victory Fund to launch “Latino Victory Slate,” a new fundraising platform that will help raise grassroots donations for Latino candidates in 2018 congressional swing districts.
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More than two dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus are calling for an ethics investigation into the widespread practice of lawmakers sleeping in their offices, arguing it's an abuse of taxpayer funds.
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Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Congresswoman Kathleen Rice (D-NY) want FBI Director Christopher Wray to open an investigation into two questionable payments made by two longtime Donald Trump confidants during the 2016 election.
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A new report from ESPN finds that the shoplifting charges in China against UCLA players LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill, and Cody Riley had been dropped and the players’ passports returned two days before the White House told them it was involved.
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In a wide-ranging interview with talk show host Van Jones, Oprah will give her take on some of the biggest issues facing America on CNN’s The Van Jones Show on Sunday, March 11th.
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Twitter is also now specifically looking at increasing the representation of women, Black, and Latinx people -- groups that continue to be underrepresented in tech.
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Congressman Ben Ray Luján’s (D-NM) DCCC has come under fire for reportedly attempting to undermine candidates. In PA, establishment Dems allegedly pressured Greg Edwards (pictured), a Black Pastor running in the state’s 7th Congressional District, to exit the race.
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The Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj has landed a deal with Netflix for a political weekly talk show which will “explore the modern cultural and political landscape with depth and sincerity.”
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HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson is saying never mind to a $31,000 dining set for his office suite after the agency came under scrutiny for the cost of the furniture.
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Congressional Hispanic Caucus ChairCongresswoman Michelle Luján Grisham (D-NM) and the rest of the CHC’s leadership team sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen urging her not to target DACA recipients who have fallen out of status and to fully protect DACA applicants’ confidential and sensitive information from use in immigration enforcement matters.
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Congresswoman Alma Adams (D-NC) sent a letter requesting that the GAO investigate whether HBCUs are receiving adequate support from the SBA to help develop successful entrepreneurs.
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Senators Bob Menéndez (D-NJ), Kamala Harris, Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined nine of their Democratic colleagues in introducing the Fair Day in Court for Kids Act to provide unaccompanied immigrant children with access to legal representation when they appear in removal proceedings before an immigration judge.
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Daniel Sepulveda, a former senior public official, has joined MediaMath as VP for Global Government Relations.
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Valerie Jarrett and Tina Tchen, who both led the Obama administration's White House Council on Women and Girls, are coming together to put on the second United State of Women Summit.
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) said on Wednesday that the committee is probing whether HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson used "excessive spending" on the redecoration of his office.
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