NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Barack Obama feasted on barbecue Tuesday with four people who wrote him letters in a trip...
(Salon) – If there’s one thing the White House wants you to know these days, it’s that they’re really, very, quite concerned – one might even...
BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While much of the rest of the world watches the Gaza war in horror and scrambles for a cease-fire,...
Washington, DC – Scripps Howard Foundation Wire – The joint report by the Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union criticized the effect large-scale...
Matthew Daly, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than six weeks of sometimes testy talks, House and Senate negotiators have agreed on a compromise...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over Democratic objections, Republicans cleared the way Thursday for a House vote on legislation authorizing an election-year lawsuit accusing President Barack Obama...
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) discussed the war on poverty on Greta Van Susteren’s “On The Record” show on Fox News Channel Thursday. Ryan, the chair of...
(Politico) – A federal appeals court has issued an unusual order overturning a lower court’s ruling that Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack must sit for a deposition...
Washington (CNN) – There’s not a lot of public appetite for a Republican push to sue President Barack Obama, or for calls by some conservatives to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — At an impasse on immigration, House Republicans and Senate Democrats advanced competing proposals Wednesday for dealing with tens of thousands of young...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fact met fiction Wednesday in one of those Hollywood ways: The real-life president of the United States complains about “phony scandals”...
SEATTLE (AP) — An analysis of the first six months of Seattle police enforcement under new marijuana laws finds homeless people and African-American males are...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden urged the NAACP on Wednesday to spread the word about what he called “a hailstorm” of measures...
CINCINNATI (AP) — The National Urban League wants to make sure job issues and economic insecurity are in the forefront of this fall’s election campaigns,...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Civil rights leaders at the NAACP annual convention in Las Vegas on Tuesday worried that dwindling African-American turnout in November could...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In rapid succession, six federal judges on two appeals courts weighed in on a key component of President Barack Obama’s health care...
JESSE WASHINGTON, AP National Writer America’s black colleges are struggling for funds. The Republican Party is struggling to attract black voters. Enter a $25 million gift...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says the number of unaccompanied minors crossing the border is dropping significantly. White House press secretary Josh Earnest says...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Working-class whites are no longer a majority of Ohio’s eligible voters, a historic shift in a key Midwestern swing state that...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced a major expansion of his initiative to improve the lives of boys and young...
PERSPECTIVE By Stephany Rose Special to the NNPA Generally, as one of the youngest persons in the room in a culture that respects the gravitas of...
Phillip Elliot, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The political parties, their campaign committees and super PACs faced a Sunday deadline to disclose how much donors...
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs has lost the trust of veterans and the American people as a result of...
(Politico) – Jay Carney just left the White House podium and he’s already joined the ranks of George W. Bush, Tom Brokaw and Mike Ditka in...
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s political machine paid to turn out the black...
