Comedian Amber Ruffin will no longer serve as headline performer at this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the White House Correspondents’ Association announced on Saturday. “The WHCA board has unanimously decided we are no longer featuring a comedic performance this year,” said Eugene Daniels, WHCA president, in a statement to

President Donald Trump’s FCC commissioner said Friday he’s opening an investigation into the Walt Disney Co. and its ABC television network to see whether they are “promoting invidious forms of DEI discrimination.” FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr announced the probe in a letter to Disney CEO Robert Iger on Friday. The company said

Steph Curry has a deal with a Random House Publishing Group imprint that you could call a 3-point play. The NBA superstar has agreed to release three books through One World, beginning Sept. 9 with “Shot Ready,” which Curry is calling a “personal reflection” on his life on and off

With fewer teams, games and fans in town, there’s a lot less chaos in Spokane for the NCAA Tournament. The city is hosting women’s tournament games at Spokane Arena. Top overall seed UCLA and its 6-foot-7 All-America center Lauren Betts were among the eight teams in town. Located in eastern Washington,

Layoffs can be destabilizing to company culture. Leaders have to make painful decisions about which staff to let go in order to keep the company competitive (or even afloat) during change. But if cuts are implemented incorrectly, they can cripple trust between management and employees, with staff wondering if they’re

President Donald Trump’s order accusing the Smithsonian Institution of not reflecting American history notes correctly that the country’s Founding Fathers declared that “all men are created equal.” But it doesn’t mention that the founders enshrined slavery into the U.S. Constitution and declared enslaved persons as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of the

The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service institution, a response to an executive order by President Donald Trump, according to federal court documents made public Friday. The change in policy was made in February by Vice Adm.

President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson, a White House official said Friday, just before Watson was due to report to prison for a nearly 10-year sentence in a financial conspiracy case. Watson was convicted last year in a closely watched case that showcased the implosion of an ambitious startup company

A new law on the books in California set to take effect next year that targets campus hazing was pushed forward by a Black family. Tyler’s Law, which the state recently passed, expands existing hazing laws in California and makes way for students injured in hazing rituals to sue their

As attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion at the corporate level continue, it’s evident that some of the first to be impacted have been Black women-owned businesses. Whether it’s brands caught in the middle of boycotting consumers and big box stores or the end of major partnerships meant to bolster