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There's a movement to make Democrat Hakeem Jeffries Speaker of the Republican-led House.

Donald Trump has long called Black prosecutors like Letitia James racist without providing a sliver of evidence to support his claims -- just like white supremacy has always operated.

Black history was made when Laphonza Butler become the third Black woman U.S. Senator.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley is looking forward "to having two incredible Black women serve consecutively."

Christopher Rufo, an ally of Ron DeSantis, was entertaining the idea of standing on the side of white power “in order to destroy the power of the left."

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Barbara Lee had kind words for Laphonza Butler while also letting it be known that she would keep her eyes on the prize that is Dianne Feinstein's U.S. Senate seat.

EMILY's List President Laphonza Butler is set to be the nation's third-ever Black woman U.S. Senator after California Gov. Gavin Newsome selected her to fill Dianne Feinstein's seat.

As a political stunt, suspected white supremacist Marjorie Taylor Greene sponsored a bill to cut the salary of Lloyd Austin -- the first Black Secretary of Defense -- down to $1.

During an appearance on the Higher Learning podcast, Larry Elder was asked but couldn't answer what he does to combat "fatherlessness" after claiming it holds back Black people.

Tim Scott said during the second GOP presidential debate that slavery wasn't as "hard to survive" for Black families as LBJ's "Great Society" welfare program.

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South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott debuted a beard during the second Republican debate, sparking homophobic reactions amid GOP-led questions about his "girlfriend."