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Alabama State University receives Wall Street firm’s historic endowment assistance

Friday, May 17 by ABC News

(MONTGOMERY, Ala.) -- Alabama State University is partnering with private equity firm Neuberger Berman to manage the school's $125 million endowment – making it the largest such partnership between a Wall Street firm and a public historically Black college and university (HBCU) ever.The new... Read More.

Democrats look to band together after Marylands bruising Senate primary

Friday, May 17 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Angela Alsobrooks emerged as the victor in a bruising Democratic Senate primary in Maryland -- and now the state's Democratic Party faces the challenge of reuniting to take on a formidable Republican opponent in the general election.Alsobrooks, a county executive in a... Read More.

Trump attends son Barrons high school graduation on day off from court

Friday, May 17 by ABC News

(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Former President Donald Trump attended his son Barron's high school graduation at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach on Friday, after the judge overseeing his hush money trial in New York granted him a day off court to allow... Read More.

Biden announces new grants to further desegregate schools on Brown v. Board anniversary

Friday, May 17 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Friday announced new grants aimed at further desegregating magnet schools, as he marked the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling that desegregated America's public schools."My Department of Education is investing $300 million,... Read More.

Johnson disappointed that House committee meeting devolved into chaos over Greenes fake eyelash comments

Friday, May 17 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday said he is disappointed in the chaos and name-calling that happened during a raucous House Oversight Committee markup on Thursday night when Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clashed over Greene's comments that Rep. Jasmine Crockett... Read More.

Pentagons temporary pier off Gaza is ready to begin delivering aid

Friday, May 17 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon's temporary floating pier system was anchored onto a beach in Gaza on Thursday amid the Israel-Hamas war, and U.S. officials say humanitarian aid will begin flowing "in the coming days."Officials did, however, stress that while the pier -- formally called... Read More.

Harris accepts CBS News VP debate offer for the summer

Thursday, May 16 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted an offer from CBS News to participate in a vice-presidential debate this summer, the Biden campaign said Thursday.Harris accepted CBS News' proposed dates of July 23 or Aug. 13, the campaign said."The Biden-Harris campaign has informed... Read More.

Biden asserts executive privilege over audio of interview with special counsel Hur

Thursday, May 16 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Thursday informed House Republicans that President Joe Biden has formally asserted executive privilege over the audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, a move that DOJ says effectively shields Attorney General Merrick Garland from any criminal... Read More.

Pentagon report to show significant drop in unwanted sexual contact in military

Thursday, May 16 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Soon to be released Pentagon figures will show a significant almost 19% reduction in the number of service members who say they have experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact over the previous survey conducted two years ago, according to a U.S.... Read More.

After trying week, RFK Jr. brings Nicole Shanahan on campaign trail for rare appearance

Wednesday, May 15 by ABC News

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent a week dogged by self-damaging rhetoric, leaving him to defend the state of his health and scramble to rework his position on abortion after facing dissent from within his own campaign.But on Monday,... Read More.

Senators unveil roadmap for government-funded AI research, regulation

Wednesday, May 15 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A bipartisan group of senators, led by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, on Wednesday unveiled a "roadmap" for lawmakers aimed at guiding Congress on regulating artificial intelligence.They said the recommendations are a critical step as Congress considers legislation to increase innovation and safeguard... Read More.

Jury sworn in for bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez

Wednesday, May 15 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A jury was selected and sworn in Wednesday for the bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez.Federal prosecutors in New York have alleged that the New Jersey Democrat accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold... Read More.

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Alabama State University receives Wall Street firm’s historic endowment assistance

Democrats look to band together after Marylands bruising Senate primary

Trump attends son Barrons high school graduation on day off from court

Biden announces new grants to further desegregate schools on Brown v. Board anniversary

Johnson disappointed that House committee meeting devolved into chaos over Greenes fake eyelash comments

Pentagons temporary pier off Gaza is ready to begin delivering aid

Harris accepts CBS News VP debate offer for the summer

Biden asserts executive privilege over audio of interview with special counsel Hur

Pentagon report to show significant drop in unwanted sexual contact in military

After trying week, RFK Jr. brings Nicole Shanahan on campaign trail for rare appearance

Senators unveil roadmap for government-funded AI research, regulation

Jury sworn in for bribery trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez

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