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NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Senate Republicans Delay Vote On Health Care Bill, Cosby’s PR Team Clarifies The Focus Of The Comedians Speaking Tour, CBC Declines To Meet With Trump

• Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is forced to delay the Senate vote on the GOP health care bill after more Republican lawmakers join the opposition ensuring the controversial bill’s failure. • Bill Cosby’s court battles are far from over as he awaits a retrial in Pennsylvania and a trial date is set for a […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: CBO Scores Senate GOP Health Care Bill, NC GOP Attempts To Rig The States Judicial System, New Obama Biography Sparks Controversy

• The Senate Republican health care bill appears to be near death after the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the measure would leave 22 million more Americans uninsured, and a growing list of Republican lawmakers say they won’t support the legislation. • Voting rights advocates are speaking out over what they call an attempt by […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: GOP Squabbles Over Health Care Bill, Trump Admin Cuts $400K In Funding To Fight White Extremism, College Professor Fired Over Explosive Fox News Debate

• Former President Barack Obama took on President Trump over the Republican Health Care bill, while the President received some blowback from members of his own party in the Senate. Does this mean the Affordable Health Care Act might survive after all? Will Senate Republicans have enough votes to pass it? • The Trump administration […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Rev. William Barber, Clergy Challenge The GOP On Voting Rights, Senate Republicans Unveil Their Health Care Plan, Dick Gregory Honored At This Year’s Power Series

• The fight for voting rights continues as lawmakers introduce new legislation. Rev. William Barber and members of the clergy will march on the US Capitol today to mark the Shelby vs. Holder anniversary and challenge Republicans on voting rights. • Senate Republicans have finally released a draft of their plan to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. […]

NewsOne Now Podcast: Cop Acquitted In Sylville Smith Killing, DNC Refused DHS Help With Russian Hacking, CBC Declined Meeting With Trump

• A jury in Milwaukee has acquitted a former police officer in the fatal shooting of Sylville Smith. • Voting Rights Advancement Act: Members of Congress and activists will conduct a voting rights ‘Speak Out’ today on Capitol Hill to introduce new legislation that would restore full protections to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. • […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: New DashCam Video Of Philando Castile Shooting Sparks Outrage, Senate Republicans Move Forward With Secret Health Care Bill, Is Eric Holder Considering A 2020 Presidential Bid?

Newly released video of the police shooting of Philando Castile sparks outrage.   The dashcam video captured at the scene of the shooting shows it took less than a minute for a routine traffic stop to turn deadly and raises new questions about how Jeronimo Yanez could be acquitted of killing Castile. Georgia Republican Karen […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Cosby Case Ends In Mistrial, Philando Castile’s Killer Found Not Guilty, U.S. Commission On Civil Rights Investigates Trump Admin

• Bill Cosby’s defense team is claiming his mistrial as a victory, but the prosecution is vowing to retry the case. Jurors deliberated for more than 50 hours, but could not unanimously decide Cosby’s guilt or innocence. • Outrage continues in St. Paul Minnesota after the officer who shot and killed Philando Castile is found […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Officers Honored At Congressional Baseball Game, Civil Rights Orgs Sue Chicago Over Police Reform, Drama Over Condemnation Of White Supremacy At The Southern Baptist Convention

• One day after the horrific shooting at a Republican baseball practice field, lawmakers player their annual charity game last night at Nationals Stadium.   Universal pride continues for two African American Capitol Police Officers Whose Heroism stopped what could have been massive bloodshed. • A coalition of civil rights and community groups are suing the […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Gunman Attacks A GOP Baseball Practice, Trump Being Investigated For Obstruction Of Justice, New Charges In The Flint Water Crisis

A lone gunman angry that President Tump won the election unleashed a hail of bullets at Republican lawmakers practicing for their annual congressional baseball game in a Virginia baseball field. New troubles for President Donald Trump after the Washington Post reports that he is being investigated for obstruction of justice by Special Counsel Robert Muller. […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Sessions Dodges Hearing Questions, Senate GOP Draft Secret Health Care Bill, Author Details The Effects Of Mass Incarceration On Women

• Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee and refused to answer any questions about his private conversations with President Trump. • House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and a number of congressional aides were shot in Virginia at a GOP baseball practice. • Senate Republicans are reportedly close to finishing up their version of […]