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Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings’ nephew was killed Friday morning at his off-campus apartment near Old Dominion University in Virginia.

NEW YORK — President Obama is on a mission to win back the allegiance of his most vital sources of campaign cash. A few weeks before announcing his re-election campaign, Obama met with two dozen Wall Street executives to get their thoughts on how to speed up the economic recovery. During the meeting, which lasted […]

A recent picture of a McDonald’s bag that claimed African Americans were given a $1.50 surcharge as an insurance measure due to a recent string of robberies is a hoax. The picture quickly spread over Twitter, where it was given the hashtag, #seriouslymcdonalds which led the McDonald’s public relations team to quickly discredit the photo. […]

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn teen has been arrested for last week’s deadly shooting on the Brighton Beach Boardwalk, according to officials. Iloune Driver, 19, has been charged with second-degree murder and assault with intent to cause serious physical injury. The shooting took place last Thursday killing Tysha Jones, 16, and wounding five others. The […]

Fox Business host Eric Bolling mocked President Obama this past weekend in coded language claiming that he had “hoodlums” in the “hizzouse.” The words are known as a slang way of saying house popularized by rapper, Snoop Dogg. Bolling said it in the context of an upcoming visit to The White House by the President […]

WASHINGTON — Ignoring calls from several top Democrats for his resignation, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) seems determined to keep his place in Congress. Recent reports indicate that Weiner would soon be checking into a treatment center. Huffington Post reports: Weiner’s office put out a statement confirming those reports and announcing that he had requested a […]

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has called for the resignation of Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner. The calls by Pelosi and other Democrats are the culmination to a week in which Weiner admitted to having inappropriate conversations with at least six women online. Just yesterday, Weiner admitted to exchanging messages with a 17-year-old girl, though he […]

TALLAHASSEE — President Barack Obama has problems in Florida that he didn’t have when he won the prized state in 2008. The state’s economy is worse than elsewhere. Foreclosures are high. Property values are low. As president, Obama could be blamed. Voters’ shifting attitudes show the degree to which the atmosphere has changed since his […]

Roland Martin talks with Marvet Britto about Creflo Dollar’s defense of Bishop Eddie Long. TJMS: Marvet Britto Analyzes Creflo Dollar’s Defense of Bishop Eddie Long by Roland S Martin on Mixcloud

If anyone can qualify for the phrase “stuck on stupid,” it’s Rep. Anthony Weiner. This story was a benign and silly one for me from the beginning. OK, the New York congressman said his Twitter account had been hacked, that he really wasn’t the one who sent that picture to the woman in Seattle. It […]