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 Whtie House reporters traveling with Pres. Donald Trump to cover his UNGA appearance are doing their jobs the old fashioned way.  No TV poolers are on the trip as a result of all TV Networks supporting CNN after they were banned from the White House just days before the event.  Print and radio poolers will document the address which will be carried online. The TV crew from Real Americans Voice is traveling with the presidnent. Pres. Trump is facing a second UNGA debacle ahead of his speech today.  Last year the president was unable to  deliver his speech as planned because his teleprompter operator was stalled.  He performed off script. 

This article is a republished here to reflect the history of Gospel Music Heritage Month.  By Mona Austin (Washington, DC) --A sudden downpour of rain washed out the red carpet plans for the 2008 Grammy Salute to Gospel Music, but could not dampen the spirit  at the East Coast tribute event. As a throng of impatient fans were kept waiting outdoors to be seated for over an hour--some reportedly requesting a refund--the President of the Recording Academy, Neil Portnow played doorman. Press scrambled to the interior of Washington D.C.'s historic Lincoln Theater and his team to find “Plan B.” The solution wasn't ideal.  The disgruntled crowds’ wait was prolonged while media cramped an aisle in the theater to get face time with President’s Merit Award honorees Sandi Patty, The Winans and Edwin and Walter Hawkins and the artists who came to salute them in song. Things weren't looking good for the National Association for Recorded Arts & Sciences (NARAS), the governing body ...

  By Mona Austin The logic behind the code running ChatGpt and other AI systems was conceived and derived from the braintrust of HBCU graduate and African American mathematician, David Blackwell. He was the first African American elected to the National Academy of Sciences and later received the National Medal of Science posthumously. A graduate of Clark and Howard universities, Blackwell's mathematical work became important to fields that later contributed to modern AI and machine learning. The level of import of his contribution to the realm of technology has enormous global impact. - Probability theory - Statistics - Bayesian statistics - Game theory - Information theory - Statistical decision theory - Dynamic programming AI is essentially the craft of coding machines/technology to use logic to "think" through digital manipulation. While Blackwell is not credited with starting the field of AI, his intellectual real estate is written into the blueprint. The United State...

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to be fully engaged in bilateral meetings with the leaders of Ukraine, China and Russia at the 80th UNGA session in New York this week. He will also be meeting with New York Mayor Zorhan Mamdani and for the first time in person he will meet with a new leader of Great Britain, Andy Burhnham. Topics he will broach will include trade and the global economy, wars, and trade. Pres. Trump will speak to the UNGA body on Tuesday. Later in the week he will host China's XI in Washington. UNGA Agenda for This Week This week’s UN General Assembly session is dominated by high‑level summits, commemorations, and major thematic debates on peace, climate action, sustainable development, and global governance. According to UN News, the 80th session runs from 22–30 September 2025, with the high‑level period opening on 22 September under the theme “Better together: 80 years and more for peace, development and human rights” Key events and topics this week 8...

Vice President JD Vance spent last week on the campaign trail in Council Bluffs, Iowa, headlining the Republican National Committee’s Midterm Rally at the Mid‑America Center. The September 18 visit marked his second trip to Iowa this year and was part of a broader GOP push ahead of the November 3 midterms, where competitive races for governor, U.S. Senate, and multiple House seats are in play. He told voters Democrats are making “crazy decisions” and urgi Republicans to give President Trump “another chance.” At the rally, Vance defended the Trump administration’s record on immigration, border security, prescription drug prices, and agriculture, while sharply criticizing Democratic candidates in Iowa and beyond. He urged voters to “send the crazy packing” and threw his support behind GOP gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn, who joined him at the event. The Iowa stop capped off a week of campaign activity as Republicans intensify their midterm strategy and work to energize voters across ...

  (Atlanta, GA) - Monday, September 21 - The message of breakthrough is already making an impact. GRAMMY, Stellar and Dove Award-winning recording artist, Jekalyn Carr launched her highly anticipated A Night of Breakthrough Tour with two powerful and consecutive sold-out opening nights in Tampa, Florida, on September 12 and Albany, Georgia, on September 13. What began as a tour has quickly become a growing movement of faith, worship, expectation and personal testimony. From the moment audiences entered the rooms in Tampa and Albany, the atmosphere was centered around one message: breakthrough is still possible. Carr designed A Night of Breakthrough to be more than a traditional concert. The experience combines powerful live music, worship, inspirational ministry and a message of hope for people believing in God for change in their lives. The tour's official description emphasizes faith, restoration, encouragement and expectation, inviting audiences to come believing in what once ...

  MAJOR BREAKING>> All major TV networks are standing behind CNN as the White House ban on them takes affect during the kick off of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York today. CNN is not being allowed to travel on Air Force 1 to the event with the president as the assigned pooler. The remaining major TV news outlets are standing in solidarity with CNN including FOX News, CBS and ABC. They are not participating in the pool duties indefinitely due to this disruption. This means the direct coverage of the president's UNGA engagement and meeting with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdami today will not be televised to the entire country by the usual process -- if at all. Although the access of CNN and MSNOW has been suspended, the implication on how the press pool works going forward is more broadly significant. Denying one outlet effectively denies all outlets the access necessary to do their work. It also deprives the public of the news that could come from an...