Mississippi House Rep. Bo Brown, a Democrat from Jackson who previously served on the Jackson City Council and worked as a Jackson Public School teacher, died on Monday at age 81 after a lengthy illness.
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Thousands of Mississippians gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, on Wednesday to protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent voting rights ruling that threatens the existence of majority-Black districts throughout the South.
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Thousands of Mississippians gathered in Jackson to protest against redistricting schemes to weaken Black voting power on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that unraveled a key part of the Voting Rights Act.
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The top position at the FEMA region overseeing the southeastern United States is among those that are vacant, weeks before Atlantic hurricane season begins.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves vowed that U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson’s “reign of terror” will be over “soon,” referring to the state’s only Black member of Congress. He canceled a special session on redistricting set for this month, but says he expects congressional and state legislative redistricting to happen before the 2027 elections.
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On March 7, 1965, a Sunday night, ABC television was airing the Academy Award-winning film “Judgment at Nuremberg.” In the middle of the film the network did something unusual. The news division at ABC broke into its popular Sunday night movie to broadcast a report that shocked much of the nation and helped create the […]
A white Mississippi state leader is calling for the elimination of the state’s only majority-Black congressional district after the U.S. Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act in a ruling Wednesday morning that could allow Southern states to slash Black representation in Congress.
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WASHINGTON — Nearly all Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee failed to show up for a Wednesday hearing convened by Democrats to highlight President Donald Trump’s aggressive tactics in his mass deportation campaign that have ensnared U.S. citizens. It marked a rare full committee hearing that Democrats were allowed to conduct because of Minority […]
Democrats sued over President Donald Trump’s executive order clamping down on mail ballots on Wednesday, signaling the start of another fight with the White House over elections. The order, which would create a national list of voting-age American citizens and directs the U.S. Postal Service to place limits on mail-in ballots, constitutes an extraordinary and illegal attempt […]
Assistant Editor Kevin Edwards writes that Evan Turnage should be commended for challenging U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, even with the odds stacked against him.
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U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson defeated 34-year-old Democratic challenger Evan Turnage in Mississippi’s Democratic primary election on Tuesday.
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Mississippians are voting on Tuesday, March 10, in the 2026 midterm Republican and Democratic primaries for U.S. House and U.S. Senate seats to decide which candidates will face off in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
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Mississippi Democrats on Tuesday will decide between longtime U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson and his 34-year-old primary challenger, Evan Turnage.
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U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson says he wants to serve Mississippi’s 2nd congressional district as long as he can. His first challenge for another term is the March 10 Democratic primary election.
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Incumbent Bennie Thompson is a Democratic candidate running to represent Mississippi’s second congressional district in the U.S. House in the March 10 Democratic primary election.
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U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi called Kristi Noem’s tenure as homeland security secretary “lawless, corrupt, and reckless” following Noem’s firing Thursday.
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Nick Andersen, executive assistant director for cybersecurity, will now serve as acting CISA director after Madhu Gottumukkala was moved to different DHS role.
WASHINGTON — The head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined during a U.S. House hearing Tuesday to apologize to the families of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, the victims of fatal shootings by immigration officers in Minneapolis last month. Top Trump administration officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, had said both Minneapolis residents […]