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

by admin | May 17, 2024 | Politics

Courtesy of Kayleigh Dunn(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...

Democrats look to band together after Maryland’s bruising Senate primary

by admin | May 17, 2024 | Politics

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(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...

Trump attends son Barron’s high school graduation on day off from court

by admin | May 17, 2024 | Politics

FILE, Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images(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...

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

by admin | May 17, 2024 | Politics

Caroline Purser/Getty Images(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...

Johnson disappointed that House committee meeting devolved into chaos over Greene’s ‘fake eyelash’ comments

by admin | May 17, 2024 | Politics

ABC(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...