AURN News with Ebony McMorris

Trump Comeback Rocked Black America – What’s Next

Ebony McMorris
January 1, 2026

FILE - Jordan Braithwaite, 21, center, an undergrad at Grambling State University facing over $10,000 in student loans, demonstrates outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 30, 2023, in Washington. A sharply divided Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loan debts for millions of Americans. Conservative justices were in the majority in Friday's 6-3 decision that effectively killed the $400 billion plan that President Joe Biden announced last year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

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(AURN News) – Black Americans took some of the hardest hits during the Trump comeback year, from student loans and food benefits to control of troops in Black cities.

In 2025, President Donald Trump ended the Biden-era SAVE student loan repayment plan, forcing about 7 million borrowers into more expensive repayment options as prices climbed. Experts say the move will deepen the racial wealth gap for Black borrowers and graduates of historically Black colleges and universities.

At the same time, the administration rolled back diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across federal agencies and higher education, dismantling offices focused on discrimination, environmental justice and workplace equity for Black workers. A massive bill delivered trillions in tax cuts while carving deeply into Medicaid, Medicare and SNAP.

Trump also moved against Black immigrants, targeting protections for Haitians and expanding travel limits that have shaken immigrant households in cities from Miami to New York.

Click play to listen to the report from AURN White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris. For more news, follow @E_N_McMorris & @aurnonline.

White House Correspondent Ebony McMorris is a native Washingtonian and University of South Carolina alumna. Her passion is mentoring young adults by teaching community empowerment and media education. She is an NAB member and board member of the Thurgood Marshall Center and was presented the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award for contributing more than 4,000 hours of community service under the Obama Administration.