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May 26, 2026

Althea Gibson became the first Black to win a major tennis championship on this date in 1956, winning the French Open.

Today in Black America - May 26

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The Associated Press

Congressional Black Caucus presses companies in the US to oppose Republican redistricting push

Cornyn tries to hold on to Texas Senate seat in runoff with Paxton, the latest test of Trump’s power

Anna Gomez is the sole Democrat on the FCC. She has a warning for big media companies



The Washington Post


Trump fumes at Congress and courts for holding up his ballroom


Black lawmakers are fighting back after gutting of Voting Rights Act

In D.C., a heated race to succeed Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton


The New York Times


As Trump Politicizes Justice Dept., Prosecutors Struggle With Grand Juries

Trump’s Self-Indulgence Deepens G.O.P. Fears in Midterms

Hospital Deportations Push These Mothers Into Risky Home Births


NJ.com


ICE agents pepper-spray protesters, N.J. senator in clash outside Delaney Hall in Newark

This N.J. county is now the state’s top tourism destination, drawing $8.44B


Vacant Essex County ice cream factory site to become 92-unit luxury rental


USA Today

Clarence B. Jones, Civil Rights lawyer and adviser to MLK, dies at 95

Trump's Paxton endorsement in Texas runoff may haunt him

'It's insulting.' Why some Canadians are avoiding the US


The Los Angeles Times

Southern California could get 85% of its water locally and avoid Delta tunnel, groups say


L.A. is safer than it’s been in decades, but crime is an issue dominating the mayor’s race


Threat of massive explosion in Garden Grove ‘eliminated’ but danger remains, officials say


The Chicago Sun-Times

The job market is brutal. Here’s how recent Chicago college grads are navigating it

City headed toward lowest number of fatal shootings in at least 16 years during Memorial Day weekend

Zindy Marquez: America’s shameful retreat from racial reckoning, 6 years after George Floyd’s murder



The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Bottoms’ new BFF? Ossoff’s Senate bets are on unity with Dems against Trump


AI job losses are increasing. Are training programs the answer?

Why Democrats’ $8M Georgia Supreme Court push fell short





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