Author: Carma Henry

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The event took place under the shadow of a second Trump administration that has launched fresh attacks on press freedom, barring the Associated Press from the presidential pool and moving to shut down the Voice of America broadcaster.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order demanding a rewrite of what he calls America’s “distorted” narrative. The target? The Smithsonian Institution: the world’s largest museum and research complex, home to 21 museums, the National Zoo, and more than a century’s worth of collective knowledge. This sounds torn straight from a dystopian history book. 

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The demonstration began at sunrise, with Jeffries and Booker livestreaming a conversation across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, and YouTube, urging Americans to speak out against what they called a “cruel” and “reckless” budget.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Host Stacy Brown and co-host Niele Anderson debated the fallout from Sanders’ slide in the NFL draft. Brown called for Black America to stop seeking validation from institutions like the NFL

Florida A&M is gearing up for a game-changing move that has the entire Rattler Nation buzzing: legendary Florida State quarterback and former NBA point guard Charlie Ward is close to finalizing a deal to become the next head coach of FAMU men’s basketball.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — This speech comes as President Donald Trump’s approval ratings are underwater. According to MSNBC, his current poll numbers have him at a 55% disapproval rate.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — dozens of congressional Democratic members of Congress gathered on the steps of the U.S. House of Representatives from sunrise to sunset Sunday, April 27 to speak out against budget cuts.

     The acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, Todd Lyons, said at a border security conference in Phoenix last week that the agency needs “to get better at treating this like a business” and suggested the nation’s deportation system could function “like Amazon, trying to get your product delivered in 24 hours.”

Michael Ealy will play Malcolm X in The Greatest, Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming limited series about boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The show will follow Ali’s personal and public life, with Jaalen Best starring as the champion.

The YMCA of South Florida kicked off the season of water safety and drowning prevention with the annual “Swim for Jenny,” a week of free water safety lessons at several YMCA family centers in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. More than 2,100 children and adults received free lessons.