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50 Cent: ‘Power’ Being Overlooked by Emmys is Racial
July 29, 2019
50 Cent courtesy photo BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — 50 Cent said he thinks “Power” being overlooked by the Emmys over the years was racial despite the success of popular Starz series that has a prominently black cast. “I like to say it’s racial. That’s the easy way to get out of things,” said the rapper and executive producer of the series during a panel discussion Friday at the Television Critics Association Press Tour. “People who are running and connected to these ceremonies are not necessarily cool people.” After 50 Cent’s comments, “Power” creator Courtney Kemp — who accompanied him
Chair of the House Committee on Financial Services Maxine Waters Introduces FHA Foreclosure Prevention Act
July 29, 2019
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Committee on Financial Services, introduced legislation that would help prevent foreclosures for borrowers with Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgages by strengthening requirements for and increasing oversight of FHA mortgage servicers so that every homebuyer with an FHA mortgage is given a fair chance at avoiding foreclosure. “The Federal Housing Administration is critical to our housing market and helps to promote homeownership for underserved borrowers, including first-time and minority homebuyers,” said Chairwoman Waters. “Unfortunately, we continue to see significant problems with the servicing of FHA loans that unnecessarily put homeowners at risk of
Trump Attacks Cummings After Committee Cummings Chairs Approves Subpoena to White House, for Emails Sent on Personal Accounts in Violation of Federal Law
July 29, 2019
Courtesy photo Chairman Elijah E. Cummings Washington, D.C. (July, 25, 2019)—The Committee on Oversight and Reform voted 23 to 16 to authorize Chairman Elijah E. Cummings to subpoena emails and texts sent to or from White House officials on their personal accounts relating to official business in violation of federal law and the White House’s own records policy—documents and information that have been withheld for months. Chairman Cummings issued the following statement on today’s vote: “The Committee has obtained direct evidence that multiple high-level White House officials have been violating the Presidential Records Act by using personal email accounts, text messaging
New Documents Show JUUL Deliberately Targeted Children to Become the Nation’s Largest Seller of E-Cigarettes
July 29, 2019
Courtesy photo Washington, D.C. — Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, released a supplemental memo based on approximately 55,000 non-public documents JUUL Labs, Inc. produced to the Subcommittee and the Massachusetts Attorney General in response to the Subcommittee’s investigationlaunched last month. “The Subcommittee found that: JUUL deployed a sophisticated program to enter schools and convey its messaging directly to teenage children; JUUL also targeted teenagers and children, as young as eight years old, in summer camps and public out-of-school programs; and JUUL recruited thousands of online “influencers” to market to teens,” the memo
Congressional Black Caucus Responds to Attorney General Barr’s Reinstatement of the Federal Death Penalty
July 29, 2019
Courtesy Photo In response to new reporting that the Attorney General Barr has directed the federal government to resume the death penalty after more than two decades, Congresswoman Karen Bass, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus issued the following statement: “The Congressional Black Caucus is extremely concerned about Attorney General Barr’s decision to allow the Department of Justice to resume capital punishment and the swift scheduling of five executions,” said Chairwoman Bass. “The death penalty is barbaric. Right now, there are only 58 countries that retain the death penalty in active use, compared to 102 countries that have abolished it. The Black