[The Washington Post] The Senate vote Thursday to lower the barriers for presidential nominations should make it easier for President Obama to accomplish key second-term priorities,...
[The Washington Post] 1. The change the Senate made today is small but consequential: The filibuster no longer applies to judicial or executive-branch nominees. It still...
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Monday stymied President Barack Obama’s latest judicial nominee, leaving one of the nation’s top appellate courts shorthanded and escalating the endless confirmation...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he’s considering changing his chamber’s rules to make it harder for...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The dispute over gay marriage between Dick Cheney’s daughters is shining a bright light on the Republican Party’s broader...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times All eyes have been on the city of Houston over the past week...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When lawmakers ratified the 15th Amendment in 1870, protecting voting rights for Blacks, opponents of the law...
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Judge Robert Leon Wilkins. (Courtesy Photo) Members of the Black legal, legislative and civil rights communities are gearing...
(Reuters) – Just a few short weeks ago, Republican elders could only hope that time would make voters forget about the government shutdown the party engineered...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says the only way to fix President Barack Obama’s health care law is to scrap it entirely. Boehner says...
(Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Democrats, seething over the botched startup of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, are urging U.S. officials to swiftly help people...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will release the first round of health insurance enrollment numbers Wednesday afternoon. Officials have been lowering expectations for the numbers,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Under unrelenting attacks –including from Democratic supporters – President Obama and White House officials continue to struggle...
Congressman Vows Not to Withdraw by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Republican senators who blocked the confirmation of an African-American...
by Charles D. Ellison Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune Deep beneath the surface of endless partisan wrangling between the White House and Congress...
by JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Bowing to intense criticism, President Barack Obama apologized to Americans who are losing health insurance plans...
by COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — When Mike Duggan recites the oath of office in January as Detroit’s first white mayor in four decades,...
Special to the NNPA from The Insight News In an overflow meeting at the Capri Theater, executives with Target Corporation engaged in a dialog about how...
by Glenn Townes Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News During a heated exchange with constituents last week in Washington regarding issues with...
by Bankole Thompson Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Chronicle There is a dearth of political and civic leadership in this town which makes me wonder...
(Reuters) – Detroit, saddled with $18 billion in debt, has filed for bankruptcy. Crime is rampant, and the city cannot provide its depleted population with basic services....
[USA Today] Food stamp benefits will be cut to more than 47 million Americans starting Friday as a temporary boost to the federal program comes to...
(Reuters) – Bankrolled by powerful outside interests, what began as a dispute aired in the pages of a town’s local newspaper next week moves to the...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate negotiators have begun talks on crafting a compromise farm bill, including cuts to the food...
CHRIS TOMLINSON, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge determined Monday that new Texas abortion restrictions place an unconstitutional burden on women seeking to...
