MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and Cleveland reached an agreement Thursday to overhaul the city’s police department after federal investigators...
(The Washington Post) – Marion Barry arrived in Washington in 1965 as a young civil rights activist with no profile but eager to make a...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare one-on-one meeting, President Barack Obama and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are showing divisions over President Barack Obama’s pick for attorney general, with some citing the president’s executive...
(The Washington Post) – Of all the tragic elements in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, perhaps the most notable is how little it offers that...
MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For a conservative lawyer who once worked in the Justice Department, Chief Justice John Roberts is making criticism of...
(Reuters) – Tea Party Republicans who led the charge into a 16-day government shutdown last year are now taking a more pragmatic approach as they...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than $380 million in government dollars left over from a federal discrimination settlement with American Indians is...
(Politico) – Several lawmakers took to the House floor Monday evening to make the “Hands up, don’t shoot,” gesture to protest the police shooting of the...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House may vote this week to undo President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, House Speaker John...
(Politico) – The White House debated sending President Barack Obama directly into riot-torn Ferguson, Missouri, to address the racially charged aftermath of the decision not...
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta — the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached —...
Matthew Daly, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — An aide to a Republican congressman resigned Monday after her Facebook post criticizing President Barack Obama’s daughters touched off...
(Politico) – The defeat of the Keystone XL pipeline in the Senate marked a major show of muscle for next year’s new hell-no caucus: liberals. Liberal...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many immigrants in the United States illegally who apply for work permits under President Barack Obama’s new executive actions...
(Reuters) – Barack Obama last year told a cheering crowd in Cape Town that a $7 billion plan to “Power Africa” would double electricity output on the...
(USA Today) – President Obama pledged to redouble his efforts to find solutions to the distrust between law enforcement and minority communities, saying “the problem is...
ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is working feverishly to quickly scuttle a congressional effort to permanently renew generous tax breaks for...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Marion Barry’s long history in the civil rights movement played a key role in changing politics for African Americans — from...
(Politico) – Most of their candidates were crushed this year, even as their party won big. Now, many tea party activists are embracing a strategy for...
by Curt Guyette Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Citizen The grins stretched from ear to ear, and the hugs and back-patting were plentiful. Emergency...
JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 100 immigration professors and scholars declared Tuesday that President Barack Obama’s decision to make several million immigrants...
Sara Fischer, CNN WASHINGTON (CNN.com)—Drive it straight off the lot and into the Oval Office. That’s what President Obama says the American people want, admitting Sunday...
by Avis Thomas-Lester and Ruben Castaneda Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer D.C. Council member Marion S. Barry, the venerable former four-time mayor and...
Alan Fram, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans filed a federal lawsuit Friday accusing the Obama administration of exceeding its constitutional powers in carrying...
