By: Tricia Desroches Karine Jean- Pierre will be the first black White House press secretary as well as the first openly lesbian to take this position. She will take the place of current press secretary Jen Psaki starting on May 13, 2022. Jean-Pierre is already familiar with working in the White House already, as she has been the White House’s principal deputy press secretary since … Continue reading Karine Jean-Pierre is the 1st Black White House Press Secretary

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and Space X, just bought the social networking website known as Twitter for $44 billion after reaching an agreement about his offer originally made two weeks ago. He plans to make the website a private company. Elon is also very big on free speech and does not believe that offensive tweets should be deleted as long as they’re legal.  … Continue reading Elon Musk Buys Twitter

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is trying to remove Disney World, an entertainment resort in Orlando, Florida, from their position as governor of the districts that they created. This is happening because Disney did not agree with Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Bill, more commonly known as the “Don’t Say, Gay Bill.”  This started a month ago after Disney disapproved of the Parental Rights in Education … Continue reading Florida is Ending Disney’s Special Tax District

American singer, songwriter, and dancer, Britney Spears is pregnant with her third child. She is expecting her child with her fiance Sam Asghari. She announced her pregnancy on Instagram with a post saying, “So I got a pregnancy test … and uhhhhh well … I am having a baby.” She announced her pregnancy months after her legal battle with her father. A judge ended a … Continue reading Britney Spears is Pregnant

By: Tricia Desroches The Senate is voting to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on April 7, 2022. She was nominated by President Joe Biden. She will be the first African American woman to serve on the Supreme Court as well as the first justice to represent indigent criminal defendants since Thurgood Marshall. All 50 Democratic senators … Continue reading Senate Plans to Vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Nomination

By: Tricia Desroches The United States is trying to find a new name to replace a derogatory name for Indigenous women. The Department of the Interior decided that the word “squaw” is a derogatory name in November 2021. The department said that the word used to be used as “an offensive ethnic, racial, and sexist slur” towards Indigenous women.  The origin of the word is … Continue reading The U.S. is Trying to Replace a Derogatory Term That is Offensive to Native American Women