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Mitchell Layton/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While a slew of professional and collegiate athletic teams have recently changed their names to do away with racially charged titles, George Washington University has joined the move by changing the nickname for its teams. Known as “Colonials,” the university’s sports teams were the source of controversy when students said […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Embattled New York Rep. George Santos said Friday that he will comply “100%” with the House Ethics Committee, which is probing numerous allegations against the freshman Republican. The committee voted unanimously Thursday to establish an “Investigative Subcommittee” to look into the claims made against Santos, which is the panel’s first […]
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — About 45 constituents of Republican Rep. George Santos traveled from New York’s 3rd Congressional District to Capitol Hill Tuesday to demand Congress vote to expel him. “We are here because Speaker McCarthy apparently cannot hear us when we speak from Long Island,” said Jody Kass. Kass […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New York Rep. George Santos, who continues to claim his mother was in downtown Manhattan on 9/11 despite immigration documents indicating she wasn’t even in the United States, has invited a former ground zero volunteer firefighter to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday. According to a […]
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The funeral for Tyre Nichols was filled with tributes for the 29-year-old who died after a violent encounter with police, and a call to action for reform. Nichols’ mother RowVaughn Wells, who addressed the mourners gathered in Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church through tears, said she needed the George Floyd Justice […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New campaign disclosures from embattled Rep. George Santos suggest that at least $625,000 in campaign loans he had previously reported as self-funded might not be sourced from his “personal funds.” Campaign finance experts say Santos, R-N.Y., may be violating campaign finance laws by not properly disclosing the original sources of […]
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — Rep. George Santos this week denied a Navy veteran’s claim that he allegedly ran a fundraiser for the veteran’s ill dog in 2016 — and then never shared the thousands raised. Santos, R-N.Y., has faced mounting criticism and calls to resign, including from some in his party, over a string of […]
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Democratic Reps. Daniel Goldman and Ritchie Torres on Tuesday filed an official complaint with the House Committee on Ethics calling for an investigation into New York Republican Rep. George Santos. “The House of Representatives has an obligation to police itself, and this is just the […]
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — A lot has changed in the year since George Floyd’s death at the hands of police sparked a nationwide reckoning. Amid the outcry, Confederate monuments were removed and hauled away. Racially insensitive scenes from popular TV shows, like Golden Girls and The Office, were pulled by streaming services. And, along with all the new racial equity initiatives announced […]
WADE VANDERVORT/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New York Rep.-elect George Santos is facing mounting criticism from his future Democratic colleagues for fabricating parts of his biography — criticism that is coming from some of Santos’ fellow Republicans as well, though many in his party have not commented on the controversy, and some have defended […]
