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President Trump says he may pull his attorney general nominee Todd Blanche until two Republican senators leave Congress in January. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is now connecting three cases of 18-year-old Black teens who died within three months of each other. And Barack Obama has dropped his annual summer playlist. From the Black Effect Podcast Network. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment rights during a Senate hearing chaired by Sen. Rand Paul, a first in his 40-year career testifying before Congress. Nolan Xavier Wells' mother has filed court documents to subpoena her son's Meta and TikTok accounts as her family continues to search for answers. And Mia Bieniemy, the wife of Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, has b...

President Trump has signed an executive order to install warning signs outside the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, telling visitors not to trust what they are about to see. A Black audio engineer has cleaned up the Sea Tow call tied to the Nolan Xavier Wells case and social media is listening closely. And a Los Angeles judge has ordered singer D4vd to stand trial for the murder...

President Trump has announced a tariff plan that could eventually double the cost of the generic medications many Americans rely on. Taylor Farms executives visited the White House and the FDA one day before the agency recalled lettuce tied to the cyclospora outbreak, and Democrats are demanding answers. Plus, Jay-Z is expanding his 30th anniversary run, with second shows added in London and Los A...

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves is publicly blaming civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Reverend Al Sharpton for the threats surrounding the death of Nolan Xavier Wells. Howard University has unenrolled five hundred and two incoming freshmen weeks before classes begin. And President Trump called LeBron James "maybe a racist" from the Oval Office, as he signs a new deal with the Philadelphia 76ers...

The independent autopsy in the death of Nolan Xavier Wells has been released, but it has left his family and the public with more questions than answers.  Legal analyst Monique Pressley joins Mimi Brown on  Front Page  to help unpack what the report does—and does not—say. The conversation explores the limitations of a second autopsy, what it means when certain organs and...

A new Economist/YouGov poll finds President Trump's approval rating near record lows, with just thirty-six percent of Americans approving of his performance. More than forty-three thousand people were booked into ICE detention in June, the highest monthly total since President Trump returned to office. And the Miami Heat accidentally posted a YouTube link titled "LeBron James Introductory Press Co...

Special Report: The preliminary findings from Nolan Wells' independent autopsy are now public. In this special edition of  Front Page , Mimi Brown breaks down what the report found, why the cause and manner of death remain undetermined, and the key questions investigators say still need answers. You'll also hear attorney Ben Crump's remarks from today's news conference as the Wells famil...

Kendra Scott is charged with first-degree murder after shooting a twenty-year-old man she found hiding under her thirteen-year-old daughter's bed. Ryan Clark is out at ESPN after eleven years, part of a wave of layoffs that also hit Cam Newton, Karl Ravech, and Bart Scott. And Apple is teaming up with Klarna to launch a new lease-to-own program for iPhones, iPads, and Macs. From the Black Effect P...

Nolan Xavier Wells was laid to rest yesterday in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Reverend Al Sharpton and Tyler Perry are offering a combined one-hundred-thousand-dollar reward for information that leads to an arrest. Toronto Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello has been suspended for one game after a hot mic caught her calling Angel Reese "a protected species." And Taylor Farms has expanded its voluntary...

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump sits down with Mimi Brown on the day of Nolan Xavier Wells' funeral. He shares how the family is holding up, breaks down the latest in the investigation into how Nolan died on Horn Island, and reveals what his team is hoping the cell phone evidence, dispatch audio, and independent autopsy will finally answer. Plus, updates on three more of the cases Crump is current...

A new Paramount shareholder lawsuit claims the Ellisons paid President Trump thirty-six million dollars and agreed to get rid of CNN anchors he doesn't like to help get their Warner Bros. Merger approved. A man got past security at the  Today  show, went looking for Al Roker, then lunged at Craig Melvin while shouting a racial slur. And R. Kelly is asking President Trump to shorten his t...

A parasitic infection called cyclospora is sweeping thirty-four states and causing severe, watery, explosive diarrhea. Nearly seven thousand people are sick. Here is what you need to wash, peel, and watch for. Plus, for the first time in U.S. history, women over forty are having more babies than teenagers. Family medicine and longevity expert Dr. Noelle Reid joins Mimi Brown to break down what is...

Ashley Etienne, former senior advisor to President Obama, President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, joins Mimi Brown for a round of political hot topics. Lindsey Graham's sister just got appointed to his Senate seat with zero experience. Democrats still don't have a midterm message, even in an affordability crisis. Trump is set to address the nation Thur...

Attorneys for Kadir Skinner, the nineteen-year-old shot in the back by Wilmington Police —release bystander video showing him handcuffed and alive on the ground with no medical attention. Rapper Boosie is fighting to get three hundred thousand dollars back from a Washington lobbying firm after a Trump pardon he was told had been signed never came. And Netflix,  the company that killed c...

Ben Crump has stepped in to represent the family of Nolan Wells the eighteen-year-old football player found dead on a Mississippi barrier island. The family has commissioned an independent autopsy, and claims text messages have been deleted from his phone. Karmelo Anthony's new legal team drops a sixty-three-page motion for a new trial citing secret courtroom deals, closed doors, and a ten-minute...

The White House just opened its own gas stations, twenty-five of them, all selling gas at three forty-seven a gallon. Former NFL star and ESPN analyst Marcellus Wiley has been arrested for domestic violence, and his wife has filed for divorce. And Jay-Z kicks off a historic three-night run at Yankee Stadium tonight  with ticket prices falling days before showtime. From the Black Effect Podcas...

FIFA has opened an investigation after IShowSpeed was targeted with a racist remark by a fan at the World Cup. Trump Accounts officially launched on July 4th and every eligible baby is getting a thousand dollars from the government to start. And the Treasury Department confirms Harriet Tubman is off the twenty-dollar bill. Again. From the Black Effect Podcast Network. See omnystudio.com/listener f...

An eighteen-year-old football player from Mississippi, Nolan Xavier Wells, has been found dead after going missing on a Fourth of July trip to Horn Island. His family has hired Attorney Ben Crump. Karmelo Anthony's new legal team has filed an appeal and is asking Judge John Roach to be removed from the case over the interviews he has given since the verdict. And Big Tigger's estranged wife Alicia...

The final installment of  AI and Your Paycheck.  Mimi Brown closes out her three-part series with Ian Dunlap, founder of Red Panda. What to teach your kids right now so they are not left behind. Which careers AI cannot replace. How he ranks the major language models. And the math on AI spending that Ian says is going to start unraveling in 2027. Faith over fear. Craft...

AI is here and the people learning how to use it are about to leave everybody else behind. In Part Two of her conversation with Ian Dunlap founder of Red Panda. Mimi Brown gets into the practical playbook. Which AI tools to download today. How to prompt them so you actually get something back. How to use them to make extra money on the side, sharpen your investments, and become indispensable at wo...

AI is no longer the future — it is the now. More than forty-five CEOs have publicly talked about cutting staff because AI can do certain jobs faster and cheaper. So, what does that mean for you? Your paycheck? Your career? Your kids coming out of college this summer? Mimi Brown sits down with Ian Dunlap founder of Red Panda to break down what's actually happening in the job market, which ind...

Part Three. The final installment. Mimi Brown closes out her three-part series with The Student Loan Doctor,  Sonia Lewis  and this is the episode that pulls it all together. The big picture from Part One. The default playbook from Part Two. Today,  the step-by-step. What every borrower should be doing this week, this month, before the July 1st deadline hits. The paperwork to file....

Part Two of Mimi Brown's conversation with The Student Loan Doctor,  Sonia Lewis. This time the practical playbook. How to keep the federal government from garnishing your wages. How to avoid default before it ever hits. What to do  step by step  if you are already in default and need a way out. Plus, the brand-new borrowing caps on Parent PLUS loans every parent needs to understand...

Forty-two million Americans owe the federal government a combined one-point-eight-seven trillion dollars in student loans. On July 1, the rules change. Under President Trump's "big, beautiful bill," several existing repayment plans  including the Biden-era SAVE plan  are being eliminated. Anyone who borrows starting July 1 will have just two repayment options on the table. In Part One of...