WASHINGTON (New York Times) — As most Republicans were taking a victory lap the morning after the elections, a group of conservatives huddled anxiously in a...
By Afrique I. Kilimanjaro Special to the NNPA from the Carolina Peacemaker GREENSBORO, N.C. – It was a night of heavy losses for the North...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even with overwhelming support from Black voters, Democrats still lost control of the United States Senate...
STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Michelle Obama is telling women to be bold in their next career step. “If you want a...
Special to the NNPA via THE WASHINGTON INFORMER WASHINGTON (The Washington Informer)—U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced Thursday that Africa.com CEO Teresa Clarke is among...
Alex Altman, TIME MAGAZINE (Time.com)—A lengthy informercial on the conservative doctor may be a prelude to a presidential campaign. Pretending to run for president can...
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. attorney Loretta Lynch has emerged as the leading choice to be the next attorney general, people with knowledge...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing the future leaders of a Republican-controlled Congress, President Barack Obama pledged Friday to judge ideas in his final...
MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a new challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care law that threatens...
DAN SEWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A month after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to rule on gay marriage, the issue is headed its way...
(Politicus USA) – The lazy explanation from the media and political chattering classes is that Democrats lost their Senate majority because of Barack Obama. The...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — For anyone expecting postelection contrition at the White House or vows to change course after a disastrous...
Los Angeles (AFP) – Even her name is media friendly. Mia Love instantly became the darling of the Republican Party on Wednesday, after being elected...
The Associated Press Profiles of the new senators elected Tuesday: ARKANSAS: Republican Tom Cotton The congressman, a Harvard Law School graduate and Army veteran, unseated Democrat...
CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Above all else, what’s at stake in Tuesday’s midterm elections is control of the U.S. Senate. That, in turn, will shape the...
DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Public campaigning gave way to the privacy of the voting booth Tuesday with control of the Senate, the...
Cooper Allen, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)—It all comes down to this. The campaign is coming to a close, and we’re now on the eve of...
Ben Nuckols, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s election for mayor could end up as the most competitive in the history of the nation’s...
(Reuters) – When lawmakers return to Washington after Tuesday’s congressional elections they will resume a debate they began with some reluctance last month on the...
MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Republicans are calling on Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu to apologize after she suggested Thursday that President Barack Obama’s...
(Reuters) – Political groups that took advantage of loosened campaign-finance rules spent hundreds of millions of dollars in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. This year,...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After millions of Americans vote next week, it’s possible that one or two men will decide which party controls...
(Reuters) – U.S. voters’ readiness to face tough issues such as pension reform rather than simply kick the can further down the road will be...
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – A former history and African Studies professor at historically black Delaware State University blames President Obama for undermining the education of black students....
PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Total spending in North Carolina’s tight Senate race has topped $100 million. That makes it the first Senate contest...
