AP Spotlight After Trump's win, Black women are rethinking their role as America's reliable political organizers KENYA HUNTER Associated Press Nov 26, 2024 Nov 26, 2024 Updated May 31, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save ATLANTA — As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington.kAmpD 2 q=24< H@>2?[ D96 ;FDE 4@F=5?’E D66 96CD6=7 96=A:?8 E@ C6A=:42E6 E96 =2C86DE 24E @7 C6D:DE2?46 282:?DE E96?\!C6D:56?E s@?2=5 %CF>A’D 7:CDE E6C> :? y2?F2CJ a_`f] tG6? :? 2? 6=64E:@? E9:D J62C H96C6 %CF>A BF6DE:@?65 9:D @AA@?6?E’D C246[ 96=5 C2==:6D 762EFC:?8 C24:DE :?DF=ED 2?5 72=D6=J 4=2:>65 q=24< >:8C2?ED :? ~9:@ H6C6 62E:?8 E96:C ?6:893@CD’ A6ED[ 96 5:5?VE ;FDE H:? 2 D64@?5 E6C>] w6 3642>6 E96 7:CDE #6AF3=:42? :? 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Nation & World Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response BILL BARROW and MARC LEVY Associated Press
Trump says he'll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal Senators are reviewing a "last and final" Republican offer to end the funding impasse that disrupted travel.
Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin to lead Homeland Security as TSA standoff deepens The Senate voted late Monday to confirm Markwayne Mullin as the new secretary of Homeland Security.
Iranian strike wounds US troops and damages planes at Saudi air base, official says Iran's nuclear facilities came under attack Friday, state media reported, after Israel threatened to “escalate and expand” its campaign.
Iran rejects US ceasefire plan, issues its own demands as strikes land across the Mideast Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries.
'This is our fight': Suburbanites embrace anti-Trump resistance ahead of No Kings protests Overall, more than 9 million people are expected to turn out nationwide for what leaders predict will be the largest single day of protesting …
Concerns raised over Trump’s daily Iran war briefings; Philadelphia DA has warning for ICE agents at airport
Concerns raised over Trump’s daily Iran war briefings; Philadelphia DA has warning for ICE agents at airport
