Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress

From Louisiana and eastward to North Carolina, there are at least 15 House districts now at risk of elimination, according to an NPR analysis conducted earlier this year. (That list grows longer if taking into account newly redrawn districts in Missouri and Texas, which were not included in the analysis.)…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/04/30/nx-s1-5805050/supreme-court-voting-rights-congressional-black-caucus 

Harris calls Trump ‘incompetent and unhinged’ and makes call to ‘fight fire with fire’ | Kamala Harris | The Guardian

During a nearly eight-minute speech recorded by C-SPAN, Harris alluded to how the second Trump administration has cut healthcare protections as well as nutrition assistance benefiting the poor. She pointed to the administration's implementation of tariffs that preceded a reported rise in consumer prices in August. She also mentioned the administration's axing of $500m in funding for vaccines like the ones that helped end the Covid-19 pandemic, its deploying US military troops into the streets of multiple cities and other controversial actions as Trump's approval rating has plummeted on average to -9.4% as of Saturday. 

"Let us be clear – we predicted all that," Harris said, echoing her 2024 campaign predictions that a second Trump presidency would be "a huge risk for America" and "dangerous"...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/29/kamala-harris-trump-black-caucus-foundation-speech

 

Congressional Black Caucus refuses to meet with Donald Trump

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has declined a proposed meeting with Donald Trump citing its conviction that the Republican president's policies "will devastate black communities", and the administration's unresponsiveness to the CBC to date. ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/21/donald-trump-congressional-black-caucus-no-meeting

Congressional Black Caucus Members Tell The Trump Administration How They Really Feel (The Huffington Post)

At least four members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke out against President Donald Trump's administration on Friday, expressing reservations about members of the president's inner circle and challenging him to work with African-American lawmakers to address the concerns of black communities. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congressional-black-caucus-trump_us_58a76e93e4b037d17d27cb22?ncid=APPLENEWS00001