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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Biya News issaur I'm Andrea Coleman coming up. More actions
are taking against Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, the first
black woman to sit on the board. Another trailblazing black
woman is leading the effort to end D and I
programs at a major university, and Happy Birthday Bay But First,
Here's BNN News Now.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
Singer Montel Jordan revealed on NBC's Today Show that his
prostate cancer has returned, now at stage two after surgery
last year. Fully confident, I know God is healer.

Speaker 3 (00:30):
I also know that I have the greatest of care
professionals and people that are alongside of me to make
sure that we are completely cancer free.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Diagnosed in twenty twenty four, the singer says he remains
optimistic thanks to early detection. Washington DC police officers will
get a thirteen percent raised next month under a new agreement.
Black may Or Muria Bowser also announced plans to boost
the force to four thousand officers. The department currently has
about thirty two hundred. The DC Council is expected to
approve the deal September seventeenth, and Blackmail and Attorney General

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Anthony Brown and nineteen other states are challenging a federal
policy that denies bond hearings for undocumented immigrants. They argue
indefinite attention without hearings violates due process, harms families and economies,
and unfairly impacts longtime residents with no criminal history. I'm
Amber Payton with bi In News. Now back to you, Andrea.
Thanks Amber.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
The Justice Department is opening a criminal investigation and to
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over alleged mortgage fraud. That's
according to multiple reports. Last month, the director of the
Federal Housing Finance Agency, Bill Poolty, sent the DOJ two
criminal referral letters related to properties owned by Cook in
Michigan and Georgia. Officials have started issuing subpoenas in both

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states as part of the investigation. President Trump has moved
to fire Cook, who is black, with cause over the matter.
Congressman Now Green out of Houston says the investigation should
have come first.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
She is doctor Cook. Why not give her the respect
of allowing the Justice Department to investigate? This Department did
not bring him this information. This came from a person
who is associated with the housing in the United States
with America.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
Green also takes issue with FED Chair Jerome Powell's handling
of the matter.

Speaker 3 (02:12):
Chair Powell should have taken a stand and said, mister President,
I will abide by the decision of the Court, but
until the court renders that decision, she's still a member
of this board.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
All this comes as President Trump has asked the FED
to cut rates for months, something the board has refused
to do, saying it needs to better understand the economic
impact of the president's recently imposed tariffs. The first black
woman to serve as chief Justice of any state Supreme
Court in the US is now ending a major university's
d E and I programs. Leah ward Sears, interim president

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of Imra University, issued a message explaining the closure is
due to federal law and mandates. Ward Sears says the
university is working promptly and carefully to discontinue current DEE
and I offices and programs, but she added that closing
these programs does not end in unwavering commitment to fairness, belonging,
and opportunity for all. Em rejoins other universities, including Michigan

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and Columbia and shuddering their de E and I efforts
due to the Trump administration's agenda. Wardseer served as Chief
Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court from two thousand and
five to two thousand and nine. The Houston Chronicle is
sending out a shout of love to Beyonce today. The
h town native is celebrating her forty fourth birthday, and
an article, a staff writer credits a singer for always

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rapping hard for her hometown. He goes on to list
more than a dozen Beyonce songs that reference the city
in some way, the latest being her award winning Cowboy
Carter album, which celebrates the city's country Western roots, as
well as hers and the black communities in general. Earlier
this year, Beyonce became the most decorated artist in Grammy history,
with thirty five awards in ninety nine nominations. Some media

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accounts listster having won more than seven hundred awards throughout
her career. Still, according to People Magazine, her most treasured
accomplishment is her three children, Blue Ivy and twins Roomy
and Sir, who she shares with her husband. Hip hop
artists and entertainment mogul jay Z We join with others
in wishing the star a happy and blessed Birthday A
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