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NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Fallout Over Comey Firing Intensifies, Sessions Rolls Back Drug Policies, Granddaughter Of Bethune-Cookman Univ. Founder Reacts To DeVos Speech

• A number of Democratic congressional lawmakers called for a special prosecutor to investigate the firing of James Comey after President Trump admitted in an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt that he fired Comey because of the escalating investigation into his ties to Russia. • Attorney General Jeff Sessions is making sweeping changes to the […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: #TrumpLiesMatter – Contradictions On James Comey’s Ouster Raise Questions, Trump Launches Voter Fraud Commission

• In an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, President Trump called ousted FBI Director James Comey a “showboat” and a “grandstander” and contradicted his own staff’s account of how his firing went down. • Former Florida Congresswomen Corrine Brown was found guilty of more than a dozen counts in her federal corruption trial. • Trump signs […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: The Aftermath Of James Comey’s Firing

• One day after President Donald Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey, questions are rampant about his true motives. • Betsy DeVos’ commencement speech at Bethune-Cookman was met with a chorus of boos and jeers. Some graduating students turned their backs on her. • Harassment of American University’s First Female black student body president Taylor […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: FBI Director James Comey Fired, Black Students At UC Santa Cruz Claim Victory After Protest

• In a stunning move, President Donald Trump fires FBI Director James Comey the man who is leading the Department’s investigation into collusion between Russia and Trump’s campaign officials. • The racial discrimination lawsuit against Fox News Network is growing. Two more people have joined the lawsuit initially filed six weeks ago. Former Florida Congresswoman Corrine […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Sally Yates Testifies On Russian Election Meddling

• Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates told lawmakers yesterday that she requested a meeting with the White House in late January to alert them that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had lied about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. • In New Orleans, tensions heightened over the efforts to remove […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Trump, House Republicans Celebrate The House Health Care Bill

• President Trump called on Senate Republicans to work with the newly passed House health care bill while lawmakers say it’s dead-on-arrival. • Former President Barack Obama weighed in on the health care debate while accepting the 2017 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at the JFK Library in Boston. • After signing an Executive […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Will Jeff Sessions Address Police Brutality Cases? Schomburg Center Acquires Baldwin Papers, Celebrating 70th Anniversary Of Jackie Robinson Breaking The Color Barrier In MLB

• NewsOne Now takes a look at some of the most egregious police misconduct and police brutality cases across the nation. A Florida cop charged with attempted manslaughter in the shooting of an autistic man’s unarmed therapist. A White Sacramento cop caught on tape choking and punching a Black jaywalker. A Georgia police officer was cop […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Boosie Blasts Biloxi Cops For Stealing $1M In Jewelry, Remembering Comedian Charlie Murphy

• In an exclusive interview Rapper Boosie Badazz blasts the Biloxi Police Department for apparently stealing his jewelry, worth $1 million, after an altercation with mall security and an arrest. • Civil asset forfeiture is a legal procedure in which cops can seize and then keep or sell any property suspected of being involved in a crime. […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: San Bernardino Shooting Sheds Light On Domestic Violence In The Black Community, Chicago Judge Shot & Killed, WNBA Prez Talks Women’s Empowerment

A murder-suicide at San Bernardino, California Elementary School is shedding light on a much bigger problem of domestic violence within the Black community. FL State Attorney Aramis Ayala filed a lawsuit against Gov. Scott over death penalty cases. A Chicago judge is now one of the more than 150 people shot and killed in the […]

NewsOne Now Audio Podcast: Texas Voter ID Ruled Discriminatory, How Will Gorsuch Impact SCOTUS Rulings? Hope Global Forums Reimagines The Global Economy

[image error]• A federal judge ruled that the Texas voter ID law passed in 2011 intentionally discriminates against minorities despite claims it was enacted to fight voter fraud. • Neil Gorsuch was sworn in as America’s 113th Supreme Court Justice on Monday. How will Gorsuch’s addition to the High Court impact civil rights cases, criminal justice case […]