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Racism? Republicans expel Black lawmakers for protesting against gun violence in US
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, USA- A vote to expel two Black lawmakers from the Tennessee House of Representatives for leading a protest on gun control has been deemed controversial, as a White female legislator who also led the protest was not expelled.
US Senate votes to confirm 1st Black woman to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON DC, USA- The Senate today, Thursday, April 7, 2022, confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to be elevated to the pinnacle of the judicial branch in what her supporters hailed as a needed step toward bringing new diversity and life experience to the court.
Stacey E. Plaskett recalls rough 1st year as US Congresswoman
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Delegate to the United States Congress for the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) Stacey E. Plaskett (D) said her first year in office is a rough one with formidable challenges coming to the Barack H. Obama's Administration and resistance to programmes that would benefit the USVI from the Republican party.
US mid-terms: Republicans win control of the Senate
BBC NEWS
The Republicans have won control of the Senate in the US mid-term elections, increasing their power in the final two years of Barack Obama's presidency.
Paul Ryan's America
By Dickson Igwe
Mitt Romney announced Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate on the morning of August 11, 2012. This was a very interesting choice. Ryan is an intelligent man born into a wealthy family, and further, he married into wealth. But more to the point, he is the architect of the RYAN BUDGET.