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He then delivered the commencement address. Ladies, congratulations — your graduation was led by the very thing feminism was allegedly fighting.

NEW YORK -- Former Vice President Kamala Harris is to receive the NAACP 's Chairman's Award during the civil rights organization's Image Awards ceremony this weekend. Harris, defeated by Donald Trump in last year's presidential election, was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president. She had previously been a U.S. senator from California and the state's attorney general. “Vice President Kamala Harris is more than a leader — she is a force of change, driven by an unwavering passion to shape a brighter, more equitable future. It is with great honor that we...

GREENVALE, N.Y. (AP) — Not yet even in office, Donald Trump said Thursday he’s already accomplished more than President Joe Biden did in his entire term, an outsized claim by the president-elect just a month out from the election. Trump, who has been largely ensconced at his Mar-a-Lago club in recent weeks as he’s worked to staff his new administration, made the comment as he ventured to New York’s Long Island to be honored as part of Fox Nation’s annual Patriot Awards on Fox’s streaming platform. “I think you have seen more happen in the last two weeks than you...

There are two ways to do things: Alvin Bragg’s way and the right way.And when I say, “Alvin Bragg,” I don’t just mean him, I mean all the Soros-backed soft-on-crime, criminal-coddling prosecutors who have turned many of our major cities into virtual battle zones. Places where people like Daniel Penny are forced to take action just to protect their fellow citizens. Places where criminals are quickly freed while those who fight back sit in court facing prison time.We’ve reported on how the jury in the Penny trial deadlocked on the second-degree manslaughter charge Friday and how Manhattan District Attorney Bragg’s...

Claudine Gay, the former president of Harvard University, was recently given a “Leadership and Courage” award despite her controversial response to anti-Semitism and the plagiarism allegations that surrounded her time in Harvard’s leadership.The Harvard Black Alumni Society granted the award to the former Harvard president on Sept. 28 at a gathering of the school’s black alumni. Harvard Black Alumni Society President Monica M. Clark praised Gay and said: “This reunion — all these people who were expressing all this support for her — they were all there. Celebrating her, and clapping for her, and cheering her on.”One alumnus, Thomas G....

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) was scheduled to present actor Robert De Niro with its most prestigious award - the Leadership Foundation's Service to America Award next week. That isn't going to happen now. NAB describes itself as "proudly non-partisan", so when De Niro participated in a Biden-Harris campaign event in front of the Manhattan courthouse where Trump's hush money trial was wrapping up, the association rescinded the honor. Before everyone gets all riled up about De Niro's freedom of speech, the NAB said it isn't about free speech. It's about distractions. 'This event is proudly bipartisan, uniting those...

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis received an award from Democrats on Friday night as she prosecutes the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Trump, the presumed GOP presidential nominee, and 18 co-defendants were indicted in August 2023 for allegedly conspiring to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory in Georgia. The former president has pleaded not guilty to all charges and has claimed the case is politically motivated. On Friday night, Willis was honored with the Woman of Influence award at the Cobb County Democratic Committee annual fundraising gala. The gala serves as the largest fundraiser...

In the arts these days, they insist that context is everything. So what is one to make of this vile picture, of Hamas terrorists from the October 7 massacre proudly posing with their 'kill' on the bed of a pickup truck, the mangled, mutilated, body of a 22-year old woman, proudly preening and posing for their trusted photographer from the Associated Press? Shame on @RJI for awarding @AP 'Picture of the Year' award, of this image, which their Hamas-embedded photographer took of Shani Louk, as she was murdered, violated and thrown on back of pick-up truck! You must be so...

A man is not a woman. A man is not Woman of the Year. Yet, here we are.At an awards ceremony in the U.K., Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards named Dylan Mulvaney, an American transgender activist and social media influencer, as Woman of the Year. The ceremony was for an LGBT magazine for the U.K. and Europe. Mulvaney attended the ceremony. When he accepted the award, he said that it has been 560 days since he started transitioning. That’s a long grift for social media. Dylan said some people “don’t see me as a woman at all.” Boos came from the...

Ukraine's First Lady, Olena Zelenska, received the 2023 Clinton Global Citizen Award from Hillary and Bill Clinton during her visit to New York, where the 78th session of the UN General Assembly is taking place, her official Instagram page announced on Sept. 20. The 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, and his wife, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, honored Zelenska with the Clinton Global Citizen Award, established in 2007. The award is given to individuals whose vision and leadership inspire societies around the world and demonstrates that significant change can be achieved through collaboration. Zelenska noted...

Yesterday, acclaimed women’s activist Riley Gaines announced her endorsement of Ron DeSantis. Today, she appeared with DeSantis and his wife for a South Carolina rally. Riley has worked hard to stand against biological men participating in female sporting competition. She faced this issue first hand when a biological male decided to identify as female, change his name to Lia and compete in women’s swimming.Made it to Greenville SC, where hundreds are filing into the convention center for @RonDeSantis’ final SC event of this swing. Things kick off in 20 minutes. Expected here is ex-collegiate swimmer/transgender sports inclusion opponent @Riley_Gaines_ who...

Biden admin mocked after First Lady gives ‘International Women of Courage Award’ to a man 'The world has 3.9 billion women. On International Women's Day, the Biden Administration gave a man the women of courage award.' When Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice launched the annual International Women of Courage Awards (IWOC) during the George W. Bush presidency, she likely didn’t envision handing out awards to men pretending to be women, but the Biden Administration has done just that during a recent White House ceremony. The event was hosted Wednesday by First Lady Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony...

A biological male received an award during the International Women Day of Courage Ceremony at the White House on Wednesday. Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken proudly stood next to the transgender (bio male) award recipient. Joe Biden was MIA. The International Woman of Courage Awards ceremony recognizes those “who have demonstrated exceptional courage, strength, and leadership in advocating for peace, justice, human rights, gender equity and equality, and the empowerment of women and girls, in all their diversity – often at great personal risk and sacrifice,” according to the State Department. Read Also: With So Many Strange...

First lady Jill Biden will be among the award presenters at the Grammys in Los Angeles on Sunday night. The Recording Academy announced on Wednesday that Jill Biden would be among the presenters along with Viola Davis, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Billy Crystal, James Corden, Olivia Rodrigo and Cardi B. The first lady arrived Saturday afternoon at the Hollywood/Burbank Airport from Camp Pendleton, where she participated in a round table discussion with military families, according to KCBS-TV Channel 2.

The first and most enduring award for LGBTQIA+ books is the Stonewall Book Awards, sponsored by the American Library Association's Rainbow Round Table (formerly the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table).

Hillary Clinton took to social media to weigh in on the leak of the draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade, which shows a majority of justices reject the idea abortion is a constitutional right. “Not surprising. But still outrageous ,” Clinton tweeted. “This decision is a direct assault on the dignity, rights, & lives of women, not to mention decades of settled law. It will kill and subjugate women even as a vast majority of Americans think abortion should be legal. What an utter disgrace.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to be named a recipient of the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award for his "indomitable stance for freedom and democracy" as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues for a twelfth day. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute is set to announce the award Monday for Zelenskyy's "courageous fight against tyranny."

Former U.S. Secretary of State and twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will receive the inaugural Forbes International Women’s Day Lifetime Achievement Award next month. The honor is being granted, according to Forbes, for “her leadership and influential voice on the global stage in advancing the cause of women and fighting for gender equity.”

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The George H.W. Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service recognizes an individual or group's dedication to public service at the local, state and national, or international levels. President George H.W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, once said “Public service is a noble calling; worth doing and worth trying to succeed in.”

Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and The Poor People’s Campaign will receive the Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum in Tennessee, the museum said. The awards, which recognise “significant contributions to civil and human rights”, will be presented in a virtual ceremony on Oct. 14 to Obama and campaign leaders Reverend William Barber and Reverend Liz Theoharis, the museum said on Wednesday. Obama, a lawyer and a writer, became the first Black first lady when her husband Barack Obama took office in 2009. She will also be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in October....