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NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump Smacked With Lawsuit, Trump’s Weird Butt-Kissing Cabinet Meeting & More

• President Trump is slapped with a lawsuit by two Attorneys General who say he is “flagrantly” violating the Constitution by taking money from foreign governments who use his properties around the world. • President Donald Trump held his first cabinet meeting and butt-kissing on display was amazing. • Today is primary day in Virginia and one […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump, Comey ‘He Said, He Said,’ Chicago Police Misconduct Costs The City Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars

• Trump Vs. Comey “He said, he said:” President Trump denied charges made by fired FBI Director James Comey in front of Congress which detailed private conversations he had with the president where Trump allegedly asked him for his loyalty and urged him to quash the investigation into ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. • […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Fired FBI Director Comey Calls Trump A Liar, POTUS Spin Room Springs Into Action, Inside Of Clinton’s ‘Doomed Campaign’

• Stunning statements from former FBI Director James Comey on Capitol Hill yesterday – as he took aim at the Trump administration’s shifting explanations for firing him last month. • #TrumpLiesMatter: Trump’s spin room reacts to Comey testimony, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Says Trump is “not a liar.” Watch Roland Martin break down Trump’s ongoing string of […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: ‘Lordy,’ James Comey Hopes There’s Tapes — Fired FBI Director Testifies Before The Senate Intelligence Committee On Trump, Russia

• Fired FBI Director James Comey appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee to testify about private conversations he had with President Donald Trump from the time he was president-elect through April 11th, a month before he was abruptly fired. • The Senate is moving forward with their attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, but Senate […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: HBCUs Vs. Maryland Lawsuit, Dr. Steve Perry, AFT Prez Battle Over School Vouchers

• Closing arguments begin in a lawsuit filed more than a decade ago over segregation in Maryland’s University system. The plaintiffs want some academic programs stripped from traditionally white schools and more unique programs developed for HBCUs. • The woman at the center of the Bill Cosby trial returned to the witness stand to talk […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump Withdraws From The Paris Climate Agreement, Rolls Back ACA Birth Control Mandate + Ambassador Young Talks Leadership & More

• President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord – a global agreement to reduce pollution and fight climate change – calling the agreement unfair to America. Do you agree with the decision? • The Trump Administration is moving to dramatically scale back the free birth control coverage that has been in […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Black Women Demand Support From DNC, Send Open Letter To Chair Tom Perez

• Black women activists and elected officials have a message for Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez – there’s too much at stake for them to be ignored.   They are calling for dialogue on how the DNC can step it up with African American women – from supporting Black female candidates to putting them […]

NewsOneNow Audio Podcast: Trump’s Budget Targets The Poor, Eliminates The Minority Business Development Agency, Gives No New Money To HBCUs

• Trump’s budget targets programs that help the poor, eliminates the Minority Business Development Agency and offers no new money for HBCUs. CBO Report: GOP health bill would leave 23 million more Americans uninsured within a decade. • HUD Secretary Ben Carson says ‘poverty is a state of mind.’ • Greg Gianforte, a GOP House candidate from Montana […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: James Comey’s Bombshell Memo, Should Trump Be Impeached?

• New allegations by fired FBI Director James Comey who said President Trump asked him to shut down the investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s ties to Russia just one day after Flynn was fired for lying to Vice President Mike Pence. • Should President Donald Trump be impeached? Is there enough evidence for Articles […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: SCOTUS Refuses To Hear NC Appeal Of Voter ID Law, Rev. Barber Talks Poor People’s Campaign, Trump Sharing Classified Info With Russia

• The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the Republican-controlled North Carolina legislature fighting to reinstate one of the strictest Voter ID laws in the country. • Rev. William Barber announces he is stepping down as the leader of North Carolina’s NAACP in June. Rev. Barber is bringing his moral movement to the […]