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Trump looks to scale back environmental reviews for projects - Black News Channel

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is expected to announce a new federal rule to speed up the environmental review process for proposed highways, gas pipelines and other major infrastructure, a move that critics are describing as the dismantling of a 50-year-old environmental protection law. Trump will travel to Atlanta on Wednesday to announce the federal rule as he seeks to make it easier to meet some of the country's infrastructure needs. When he first announced the effort in January, the administration set a two-year deadline for completing full environmental impact reviews while less comprehensive […]

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Barack Obama to deliver special message at Stonewall Day virtual event
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Mario Talks Being Held at Gunpoint By Miami Police Earlier This Year
R&B singer Mario said that even though a police officer recognized him during a traffic stop, he still feared for his
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Why Trumps Latest Comments About Protests May Be Terrifying For Black Americans
The President threatened martial law on citizens.
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Time for Mr Granger to bring an end to Guyana’s long national nightmare - Stabroek News
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Supreme Court rules Manhattan DA can obtain Trump taxes - Black News Channel
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a prosecutors demand for President Donald Trumps tax returns as part of a criminal investigation that includes hush-money payments to women who claim they had affairs with Trump. The court ruled 7-2 in a case in
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Threat of Brazil military coup unfounded, retired generals say
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Calls for Brazil’s military to close Congress and the Supreme Court have screamed from banners at marches attended by President Jair Bolsonaro in recent weeks, but retired generals and close observers of the armed forces call it empty
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Pritzker lays out federal COVID-19 response wish list to congressional committee | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com Testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security Wednesday, Gov. JB Pritzker said he would like to see a coordinated national COVID-19 containment strategy that requires people to wear masks, and he reiterated
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Covid-19 prevention trial of hydroxychloroquine to resume
A global trial designed to test whether the anti-malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can prevent infection with Covid-19 is to restart after being approved by British
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Trump Tweets Video with "White Power" Chant, Then Deletes It | Dallas Weekly
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white
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Burundi pays last respect to Nkurunziza ahead of June 26 burial | Africanews
June 15: Incoming president takes office June 18
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Race equity during a season of racial violence and COVID-19
Last month, The Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg’s founding president and CEO, Randall Russell, joined Equity Now’s host Carl Lavender on WTMP radio to share how the foundation became, and continues to be, a leading stakeholder in the fight for equity in our
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Trump approvingly tweets video showing ‘white power’ chant
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Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario Steps Down After Six Years On The Job [Details]
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Three St James cops arrested in US on drug charges
Three St James-based cops have been arrested in the United States on drug
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Nigeria: Buhari orders investigation into reported shooting in the presidential villa
Nigeria’s president, Muhammedu Buhari on Sunday ordered an investigation into the reported gunshot(s) in the Presidential
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Trump denies being briefed on Russian bounty intelligence | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump on Sunday denied receiving a briefing about intelligence that Russians had tried to bribe Taliban fighters to kill US troops, as The New York Times first reported and CNN has
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Sudan wants PMs to solve Nile dam deadlock
Sudan proposed on Wednesday upgrading negotiations with Egypt and Ethiopia on a Nile mega-dam to prime ministerial level in a bid to break the
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HBCU Grad Is Encouraging Residents To Buy Property In Houston
This Young HBCU Graduate Is Buying Property In Houston To Curb via @invstr_/Instagram
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Supreme Court says states can punish Electoral College voters | The Crusader Newspaper Group
By Ariane de Vogue and Chandelis Duster, CNN The Supreme Court said Monday that states can punish members of the Electoral College who break a pledge to vote for a states popular vote winner in presidential elections. The case comes as the election season is heating up, putting the Electoral
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A quarter-billion children getting no education: UN
Children from poorer communities as well as girls, the disabled, immigrants and ethnic minorities were at a distinct educational disadvantage in many countries, the UN's Paris-based education body UNESCO
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Hosanna School Museum’s 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Commemorates 400 Years of Perseverance Through History, Culture and Achievement | Afro
Hosanna School Museum’s 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration Commemorates 400 Years of Perseverance Through History, Culture and Achievement
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Rachel Lindsay considers cutting ties with The Bachelor due to racism
Its 2020 and we are still fighting to have our first black moments. Rachel Lindsay, the first-ever Black lead in The Bachelorette spinoff of The Bachelor, proclaims that she will be cutting ties with the franchise if they do not assess their diversity issues ASAP. Lindsay currently remains the only
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The South exemplifies growing disaster of early state openings | The Atlanta Voice
Florida's staggering new single-day US state record of coronavirus cases underscores how the aggressive opening strategy championed by President Donald Trump and allied governors is turning into one of the worst political and economic calls in modern history. The Sunshine State recorded more than
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H. J. Russell and Co. promotes Claudette Hanks to diversity manager
H. J. Russell & Company Promotes Claudette Hanks to Diversity Manager for Construction and Program Management
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Trump assails NASCAR’s leading Black driver, knocks ban of Confederate flag - Stabroek News
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday criticized NASCAR’S ban of the Confederate flag from its events and assailed Black racecar driver Bubba Wallace’s response to a noose found in his garage, an incident the Republican president referred to as
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Nigeria: Govt - 2020 Budget Review Not Austerity Measures
Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has assured Nigerians that the revision of the 2020 budget by the federal government was not intended to impose austerity measures on
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Gen. Mark Milley Says Accompanying Trump To Church Photo-Op Was A Mistake
Gen. Mark Milley Says Accompanying Trump To Church Photo-Op Was A Mistake
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Pelosi Trolls Trump Saying Rally Could Have Been A Zoom Meeting Based On Crowd Size
US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020 in
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Trump postpones New Hampshire rally over tropical storm
MI AMI (AP) - United States President Donald Trump is postponing a rally planned for today in New Hampshire, the White House said, citing a tropical storm threatening parts of the mid-Atlantic and southern New England.
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Trump too busy golfing to quickly delete white power retweet: report
President Donald Trump received backlash for retweeting a clip of one of his supporters from The Villages shouting “White Power.” The post Trump too busy golfing to quickly delete white power retweet: report appeared first on TheGrio.
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