JENNIFER AGIESTA, Associated Press EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans may not agree on much lately, but one opinion is nearly universal: There’s almost...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare one-on-one meeting, President Barack Obama and incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday...
(Politico) – The defeat of the Keystone XL pipeline in the Senate marked a major show of muscle for next year’s new hell-no caucus: liberals. Liberal...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist Even though the next Congress, which starts on January 6, will feature 48 African Americans, the largest number in history, the...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Since the November 4 elections, there has been a broad and needed discussion concerning what the Democrats did wrong or,...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist In the face of a calculated and relentless assault by Republicans on Barack Obama, a president with a dismal approval...
(Politico) – With Barack Obama’s sweeping move to reorder the nation’s immigration system through the stroke of the presidential pen, Democrats say the White House is...
(Politico) – Enough, Donna Brazile told White House political director David Simas the day after the midterms. Democrats are in worse shape than when President...
(Politico) – The defeat of the Keystone XL pipeline in the Senate marked a major show of muscle for next year’s new hell-no caucus: liberals....
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats re-elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi to another two-year term as House minority leader on Tuesday, two weeks after elections...
Special to the NNPA from the Florida Courier 1. State Democratic leadership believes that Black political support is an entitlement and refused to invest serious...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist A total of $172 million. That was the record amount the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) raised in 2013 and...
Aaron Blake, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—The voter ID debate isn’t going anywhere. The issue is largely a state-by-state one. Generally, Republicans rise...
(Fox News) – President Obama would not budge on the Keystone pipeline ahead of a key House vote on Friday, indicating during a press conference...
ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the House are divided over whether to fund the government for a couple of months past a...
ATLANTA (AP) — Some black political leaders think Democratic candidates who distanced themselves from President Barack Obama sapped the enthusiasm of African-Americans in states where...
By Wellington E. Webb NNPA Guest Columnist Now that the dust has settled after our nation’s 2014 elections across the country, here is my two...
(Politico) – Favorability for the Democrats has hit a record low as things go from bad to worse for the party after significant midterm losses, according...
By Afrique I. Kilimanjaro Special to the NNPA from the Carolina Peacemaker GREENSBORO, N.C. – It was a night of heavy losses for the North...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even with overwhelming support from Black voters, Democrats still lost control of the United States Senate...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist If there was one lesson to be learned on Election Day it was this: Until President Obama is gone and...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Is there any doubt about the preeminence of the race factor that helped to determine the outcome of the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The mid-term national election will go down as the biggest landslide since 1928. The Democratic Party suffered a full fledge...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Pundits are likely to spend the next several weeks attempting to explain the many reasons that Republicans simply kicked the Democrats...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing the future leaders of a Republican-controlled Congress, President Barack Obama pledged Friday to judge ideas in his final...
