By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Citizens of America: While you were distracted last week by, among other things, the Republican Party’s marathon, second primary...
Chris Cillizza, THE WASHINGTON POST SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (The Washington Post) — Fifteen Republican candidates spent the better part of five (!) hours —...
(FactCheck.org) — The Republican presidential candidates met for their second debate on Sept. 16, this one hosted by CNN at the Ronald Reagan Presidential...
(Politico) – Donald Trump and Ben Carson appear to be on a collision course. The two outsiders have yet to butt heads — but that may...
Aaron Blake, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — The big takeaway from this new poll of the Iowa GOP caucuses — from Monmouth University...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I have to make a terrible confession: I simply could not watch the first Republican debate for the 2016...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act fell on the same day that Fox News...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The August 6th Fox News-sponsored, two-tiered debate of the GOP presidential primary candidates has shown anew the Republican Party’s...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist During the last seven years we’ve seen our nation go from an economically challenged state of affairs to one...
Igor Bobic, THE HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Huffington Post) — Rick Perry stepped up to the lectern and paused. The former Texas governor scanned the...
Jon Swaine, THE GUARDIAN (The Guardian) — The leader of a rightwing group that Dylann Roof allegedly credits with helping to radicalise him against...
Keli Goff, The Daily Beast (The Daily Beast) — If Republicans really care about winning in 2016, then they may want to pay more...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist How can you tell when a politician is lying? When he moves his lips. Though originally intended as a...
Ben Terris, THE WASHINGTON POST DETROIT (The Washington Post) — Ben Carson had just started a stump speech to his staff, the one about freedom,...
Steve Peoples, ASSOCIATED PRESS NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — The Republican Party’s most ambitious have stormed into New Hampshire for an early state showdown that highlighted...
Philip Elliot and Brendan Farrington, ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI (AP) — Hoping to turn his relative youth into a benefit, Sen. Marco Rubio entered the presidential race...
Catalina Camia, USA TODAY LYNCHBURG, Va. (USA Today)—Sen. Ted Cruz kicked off the first major Republican presidential campaign of the 2016 election, vowing Monday to...
ADAM BEAM, Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul takes the first step toward running for president when he asks state party leaders...
Steve Peoples, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — He insists he could win, but Mitt Romney has stepped out of the 2016 presidential contest in favor...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week I thought Stevie Wonder gave a great State of the Union Speech. Oops, did I say Stevie Wonder,...
Michael Crowley, POLITICO WASHINGTON (Politico)—He saw Vladimir Putin as a threat to peace. He insisted that radical Islam was spreading. He warned that Iraq was...
Philip Rucker, THE WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK (The Washington Post)—Mitt Romney forcefully declared his interest in a third presidential run to a room full of...
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...