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Read article here.  Several members of the Congressional Black Caucus walked out of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress Tuesday or boycotted the speech altogether. “There's a MAGA fest, a MAGA rally going on in the House chambers,’’ Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said soon after leaving the chamber as Trump… Read more »

Read article here.  The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is calling on President Trump to reinstate an education program designed to support students from rural and underserved communities pursuing degrees in agriculture and related fields at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) indefinitely suspended the 1890 Scholarship… Read more »

Watch the full interview here.  Rep. Yvette Clarke joins The Weekend to discuss how Trump’s recent executive orders mirror the extreme Project 2025 agenda. Read more »

Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke has accused President Donald Trump of trying to "purge" non-White workers from the federal government. "Our republic’s president, Donald Trump, chose to address a nation in mourning with only fiction and White supremacist ideologies," Clarke said during a Friday press conference in Brooklyn, New York. "Yesterday, he spun… Read more »

By GERREN KEITH GAYNOR Members of the Congressional Black Caucus swiftly condemned the president's remarks in which he suggested diversity hiring was to blame for the deadly collision, and he took shots at Obama and Biden. Black elected officials are condemning President Donald Trump‘s remarks on Thursday in which he blamed DEI hiring for the deadly Washington,… Read more »

By Praveena Somasundaram The Congressional Black Caucus condemned President Donald Trump’s attempt to blame the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs for the D.C. plane crash, describing his remarks as a “truly disgusting and disgraceful display of racist political prognostication.” In a statement Thursday, the caucus said Trump… Read more »

Read article here. Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette D. Clarke said President Donald Trump promised to try to lower costs and improve the economy for all communities. “Instead of working to create economic opportunities that will allow Americans to get ahead, build generational wealth and achieve the American dream, President Trump on day one of his administration signed an… Read more »

By Ashlee Banks Special to the AFRO Black caucus members will have to run the gauntlet of Republican partisan control during the 119th session of Congress, nonetheless, the lawmakers said they will fight to advance legislation that will significantly impact Black and Brown communities across the United States. These legislative efforts span various issues, including economic equity,… Read more »

As a new session of Congress began on January 3, the CBC celebrated a historic milestone with 62 members, while the total number of Black lawmakers in Congress rose to 67. BY MELISSA NOEL On Friday, the 119th United States Congress officially began as new members took the oath of office on Capitol Hill. It was a historic day for Black… Read more »

Chairs Chu, Barragan, & Horsford offer the Tri-Caucus’ milestone Health Equity and Accountability Act as alternate, positive path forward In a Newsweek opinion piece published today, the Chairs of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Black Caucus(CBC),… Read more »