(Politico) – The debate about confirming Loretta Lynch is suddenly getting partisan. Democrats are now increasingly slamming the Republicans’ handling of President Barack Obama’s nominee...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is disputing a longtime aide’s view that Obama feigned opposition to gay marriage, compromising his true beliefs out...
DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As businesses were burned and looted in Ferguson, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was inundated with messages...
(The Washington Post) – Jeb Bush accepted the resignation late Tuesday of the digital guru he had recruited for his likely 2016 presidential campaign after...
(Politico) – The audience for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on March 3 is shaping up to be largely Republican — and...
by James Wright Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, he sparked controversy on Jan. 14...
Florida refuses to restore full constitutional rights to ex-felons. The result? One Black Floridian of every four can’t vote, hold office or serve on a jury....
(Politico) – In Congress’ standoff over immigration policy, Republicans seem to be battling not only President Barack Obama but their own rhetoric on government spending....
DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House was ready to share with lawmakers Tuesday its plan to seek authority...
Jonathan Ellis, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expected to release studies this spring that will provide more information about the...
Felicia Fonseca, ASSOCIATED PRESS FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The rolling hills of northeastern Arizona where cornfields lined a watering hole and sheep grazed in the...
Erica Werner and Alicia A. Caldwell, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Spending for the Department of Homeland Security hangs in the balance as Congress fights...
Mike Lillis, THE HILL WASHINGTON (The Hill)—Leading members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are lining up to skip a coming speech by the prime...
ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress will face some resistance to a vote to authorize...
(Politico) – The Agriculture Department is getting ready to tell a lot of people who’ve been getting farm subsidy checks without lifting a hay bale,...
(Reuters) – A senior Israeli official suggested on Friday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been misled into thinking an invitation to address the U.S....
(The Washington Post) – President Obama has never been one to go easy on America. As a new president, he dismissed the idea of American...
(Politico) – In obscure data tables buried deep in its 2016 budget proposal, the Obama administration revealed this week that its student loan program had a...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic lawmakers are clawing to get their views heard as Congress moves ahead on revising the much-maligned...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sometimes heated meeting with Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., several House Democrats expressed...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida went to one of America’s most troubled cities Wednesday to lay out the economic principles for a...
(Salon) – Delivering his victory speech following his re-election in 2012, President Obama adhered to standard practice by offering warm words for his vanquished opponent....
DAVID ESPO, Associated Press ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly empowered congressional Republicans challenged President Barack Obama at both ends of the Capitol on...
DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The new leader of the New York state Assembly promised to focus on ethics and integrity after colleagues...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act by earmarking $50 million to...
