Sylvia Wingfield and Mark Pratt, ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first black in...
Alan Fram, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first Republican-dominated Congress to confront President Barack Obama, GOP leaders will focus on bolstering the economy...
DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Mario Cuomo had a loud and liberal voice that inspired a generation of politicians...
KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Don’t worry about a federal lawsuit. But do worry about tax rates. Those are among the many lessons Colorado...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama has preached economic opportunity and equal access to education as cornerstones of the legacy he wants...
SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Three Illinois abolitionists who were convicted for anti-slavery efforts in the 1800s were posthumously pardoned Wednesday by Gov. Pat...
(Politico) – Working-class white voters continued their decades long defection from the Democratic Party. The president was a major drag on his party, particularly given...
(Politico) – President Barack Obama will not renominate controversial Georgia judicial nominee Michael Boggs to the federal bench in 2015, according to the state’s two Republican...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Since returning to his childhood home this month on vacation, President Barack Obama has spent a good part of...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders have been supportive of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise since the revelation that he appeared before a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a revelation that could put a crimp in Republican efforts to reach out to minorities in 2016, House Majority Whip Steve...
JOAN LOWY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is on the verge of proposing long-awaited rules for commercial drone operations in U.S. skies, but...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black Republicans made history during the midterm elections in November by winning in Texas, South Carolina...
Josh Lederman, ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU (AP) — Warning from President Barack Obama to congressional Republicans: I have a veto pen and, come January, I won’t...
Steve Peoples, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The faces of the Republican Party’s most ambitious members are changing. Long criticized as the party of old...
Ashley Killough, CNN WICHITA, Kansas (CNN.com)—Charles Koch, the billionaire GOP donor whose money plays a big role in shaping Republican campaign efforts, said he plans...
Thomas Beaumont, ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON, Wis. (AP) — One group of potential candidates for president probably won’t be shuffling off to Iowa, New Hampshire or...
Julie Pace and Nancy Benac, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — It was supposed to be a joke. “Are you still president?” comedian Stephen Colbert asked Barack...
(Politico) – Bobby Jindal is Indian-American, but you’ll never hear him describe himself that way. Marco Rubio insists he’s an “American of Hispanic descent.” And Ted...
(Politico) – The Deep South has elected Republicans to every top office in the region. Now it wants to be sure that clout extends to...
(The Washington Post) – Thousands of female veterans are struggling to get health-care treatment and compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs on the grounds...
The Associated Press Key factors as the 2016 presidential race begins to take shape: ___ DEMOCRATS’ ELECTORAL COLLEGE BASELINE: Democrats have won the same group of...
STEPHEN BRAUN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While the Senate report on the CIA’s interrogation program and the spy agency’s official response clash on almost every...
(Politico) – Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says his biggest challenge will be righting the course of Congress, adding — in a swipe at outgoing...
PETE YOST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Refusing to rule on the merits of the case, a federal judge has rejected an Arizona sheriff’s lawsuit seeking...
