KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren told a group of young Democrats Wednesday that the political system was “rigged” by powerful...
(Politico) WICHITA, Kan. — Moderate Republicans have been kicked around by the tea party for years in Congress and the states. Here in Kansas, they’re fighting...
(USA Today) WASHINGTON — Republicans plan to have the House vote Tuesday on a bill that would extend funding for the federal highway system until...
(Politico) – No matter how much you love your children, if you were a parent in Honduras, you might be tempted to ship them to the...
(Miami Herald) – A new survey shows that Obamacare has done a fantastic job of reducing the uninsurance rate — for everybody except blacks. The...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Politically, the nation is less a sharply divided collection of red and blue states, and more a rainbow...
Julie Pace, ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to keep a humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border from becoming a deeper political liability, pushed...
MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top official at the Veterans Affairs Department says he is sorry that VA employees have suffered retaliation after...
(Politico) – Just after President Barack Obama had finally soothed frustrated immigrant-rights activists by vowing to use his executive power to patch the immigration system, he...
(Politico) – Only 20 percent of today’s lawmakers have served in the military, the lowest rate since World War II and a dramatic fall from over...
KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering...
(USA Today) – We know Americans don’t have much confidence in Congress or President Obama, but it turns out the Supreme Court is also slipping in the...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have called for spending up to $3.3 million this year on the special select committee tasked...
(USA Today) – Party-switching ex-congressman Artur Davis is considering a return to his native Alabama and a campaign for mayor of Montgomery. In an interview with Gannett’s...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (CharlotteObserver.com) — North Carolina’s new voter law will be tested in court Monday, as a federal judge hears arguments in a lawsuit filed...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican who lost a primary runoff election to Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran said Friday he plans to challenge the results. Chris...
(The Washington Post) – The three female justices of the Supreme Court sharply rebuked their colleagues Thursday for siding with a Christian college in the...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — In a decision that drew an unusually fierce dissent from the three female justices, the Supreme Court sided Thursday with religiously...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...
(The Washington Post) – President Obama’s displeasure with gridlock in Washington — and with the Republicans he blames for it — has been rising for...
(The Washington Post) – Setting clear management guidelines may be the least glamorous part of being a Cabinet secretary, but by this measure, Attorney General...
(The Washington Post) – Supreme Court experts have been looking for the right word to describe the term’s record number of agree-not-to-disagree unanimous decisions: Faux-nimity? Un-unanimous? The number of...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – One year after the United States Supreme Court gutted a key section of the Voting Rights Act...
Washington (CNN) — Some corporations have religious rights, a deeply divided Supreme Court decided Monday in ruling that certain for-profit companies cannot be required to pay for...
PORTLAND, Oregon (NNPA) – Former San Francisco mayor and Democratic powerbroker Willie Brown received the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) prestigious Legacy Award last week...
