WASHINGTON (AP) — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service was charged Friday with leaking tax information to news outlets about thousands of the country's wealthiest people.
Charles Edward Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., is accused...
NEW YORK (AP) — With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking all but inevitable ahead of this weekend's deadline.
While the Senate pushes forward with bipartisan approach aimed at keeping the government open, the Republican-controlled House...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed in dramatic fashion Friday as a robust faction of hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain.
McCarthy’s right-flank Republicans refused to support the...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A significant expansion of voting rights in Mississippi was put in doubt Thursday when a federal appeals court said it's reconsidering an earlier decision to allow people convicted of certain felonies to cast ballots.
The...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted schools nationwide and led to more children missing classes, the number of students who were...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the drawing of a new Alabama congressional map with greater representation for Black voters to proceed. The...
By: DeVoyce C. MorrisPost
Mound Bayou, MS 38762, September 20, 2023: DeVoyce C. Morris, Chairman of the Mound Bayou Historic Preservation Commission, announced today...
By: DeAnna Tizzie Johnson, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, Jackson Advocate
Jackson, MS (September 19, 2023) –– The Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health’s Black Men’s Health...
By: Warren Jones, MPH
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Black men are 1.6 times more likely to get prostate cancer than other racial groups and...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi should stop defending a Jim Crow-era portion of its state constitution that permanently strips voting rights from people convicted of certain...
DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 auto workers have walked off the job at three targeted factories after their union leaders couldn't reach a deal with Detroit's...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted a meeting Friday with his Belarusian ally, who suggested that Minsk could could join Moscow's efforts...
NEW YORK (AP) — As Americans fend off a late summer COVID-19 spike and prepare for a fresh vaccine rollout, Republicans are raising familiar fears that government-issued...
