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Congress Approves Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

Home - National, National, NewsBy AP June 17, 2021 Leave a comment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday. The bill goes to President Joe Biden’s desk, and he’s expected to sign it into law. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865,…

President Trump Marks MLK Day Out Of View, Buffeted By Race Claims

Home - National, Home Slider Feature, NationalBy News January 15, 2018 Leave a comment

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump marked his first Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday Monday largely out of sight, buffeted by accusations that he used a racially tinged word to describe African countries and scoffed at the suggestion of admitting more Haitians to the U.S. Trump decamped…