KEN THOMAS, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The choice facing labor unions in the Democratic presidential race boils down to hearts or heads — Bernie...
JULIE BYKOWICZ, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton has a message for the country’s wealthiest Democrats: I need you, unfortunately. “We’re going to have...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Republicans took full control of Congress this year, they were determined to show voters...
(Politico) – Hillary Clinton is riding high in a new WSJ/NBC News poll, with a whopping 60-point margin over her nearest Democratic rival and commanding leads nationally...
LISA LERER, Associated Press KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton is putting everyday Americans at the center of her first major campaign...
by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley officially entered the presidential race May 30 with a...
DAVE GRAM, Associated Press KEN THOMAS, Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders kicked off his longshot presidential campaign Tuesday with a pitch...
JOAN LOWY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats on Thursday demanded that Republicans provide more money for Amtrak so the railroad can tackle a $21...
(Politico) – For the first time in the decade and a half that Gallup has been tracking Americans’ ideologies, the percentage of those identifying their...
(Politico) – When little else is working, try the Congressional Black Caucus. That’s a familiar pattern for the Obama administration: Backed into a corner on...
LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The hardest sell for President Barack Obama will be persuading members of his own party to back a bipartisan...
LISA LERER, Associated Press KEN THOMAS, Associated Press NORWALK, Iowa (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton came to Iowa to give voters an intimate glance of who...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A very public spat between the No. 2 and No. 3 Senate Democrats is dashing the party’s hopes for...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans from sharply conservative House districts have won recent elections by promising to “never compromise,” and now some Democrats...
Burgess Everett, POLITICO WASHINGTON (Politico)—Even as the White House ramps up pressure on Congress to stay out of its negotiations with Iran on a nuclear...
Philip Bump, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—For the first time since Gallup began tracking this data in 1992, neither the Democratic nor Republican...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel just got spanked. Despite a campaign war chest of more than $15 million and the support of...
Washington (CNN) – Is the Democratic party over for Israel? For years, support for Israel has been one of the few reliably bipartisan issues on Capitol...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sometimes heated meeting with Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., several House Democrats expressed...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are in retreat in more ways than one this week. As Democratic senators...
(Politico) – Moderate House Democrats are warring with the dominant liberal faction over the leftward shift of the caucus, arguing that they’ll never win back...
KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Barbara Boxer’s decision not to seek re-election to a fifth term provides a rare opening for ambitious California...
The Associated Press Key factors as the 2016 presidential race begins to take shape: ___ DEMOCRATS’ ELECTORAL COLLEGE BASELINE: Democrats have won the same group of...
PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For as often as Democrats attack the conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch for their heavy spending on politics,...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell declared Tuesday that approving the Keystone XL pipeline will top the Senate agenda in...