(Politico) – I was taken to the woodshed by Loretta Lynch. The occasion was a 2011 panel about criminal justice at a reunion of Harvard...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after her nomination ran into trouble in the Senate, President Barack Obama’s pick to head the Social...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press KERRY LESTER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three U.S. cities that President Barack Obama once called home are trying to outdo one...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Shaking up his Pentagon leadership, President Barack Obama tapped policy wonk Ashton Carter to oversee the sprawling...
(Politico) – Over the past year-and-a-half, Sen. Rand Paul has spoken at historically black colleges, gathered with African American leaders in Ferguson, Missouri after the...
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...
