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Republican President Donald Trump’s continued power grab in the nation’s capital, and his threat to expand his militarized takeover to other Democratic-led cities, is setting up a high-stakes showdown over the country’s democracy that pits him prominently against a familiar political foe: Black women. On August 11, Trump declared that crime in the District of Columbia was “out of control,” despite violent crime being at a 30-year low, and directed Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Black woman, to hand over control of the city’s police force. Trump then attempted to oust the city’s police commissioner, a Black woman, and replace her...

Move over, private detectives — Lana Madison is the real-life honey trap taking cheating boyfriends down, one flirty emoji at a time. The influencer, 29, whose $150K online-funded curves turn heads, now cashes in by helping women catch cheating boyfriends. With 76,000 followers across social media, she’s become a go-to for girlfriends who want receipts. “They slide into my inbox and ask me to flirt with their boyfriend to find out if he’ll cheat,” the bombshell recently told Jam Press. “Spoiler alert — a lot of them will. I didn’t plan to become a real-life honey trap. But once a...

In a clip of the “New Heights” show posted Wednesday morning, Swift made light of the one-way bad blood between herself and face-painting, jersey-wearing haters. “As we all know, you guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast,” she said. “And we all know that if there’s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens, it’s more of me.” Her appearance on the football-centric podcast was hyped by a screaming Jason Kelce, calling Swift “the most requested guest in the history of shows!” Swift, of course, has...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reposted a CNN segment about a pastor who believes women should not vote on the social media platform X. The segment largely focuses on Pastor Doug Wilson, a Christian nationalist who cofounded the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC) in Idaho. The report shows Wilson advocating for a Christian nation and entertaining the idea that women should not vote. “I would like to see this nation being a Christian nation, and I would like this world to be a Christian world,” Wilson said. The clip also shows fellow pastor Toby Sumpter, saying, “In an ideal society,...

West Milford's Jen Pawol made history Saturday afternoon in Atlanta. The former standout catcher from North Jersey became the first female umpire to work a Major League Baseball regular season game.