By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist It is ironic that April is Fair Housing Month and the U.S. Senate has yet to schedule a vote on...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Hundreds of Black women and girls representing the Black Women’s Roundtable descended on the nation’s capital...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In recent weeks, Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, claimed that President...
Mike DeBonis, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—The Senate had two things to do this week — pass a bill cracking down on sex...
(The Washington Post) – Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) invoked a famous African American woman to make a point about the delay in confirming an African...
Josh Lederman, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday for holding up confirmation of President Barack...
(Politico) – Just days before her nomination as attorney general goes to the Senate floor, Loretta Lynch is stubbornly stuck right around 50 votes —...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Loretta Lynch won approval from a key Senate committee Thursday to serve as the nation’s next attorney general, as...
(Politico) – The debate about confirming Loretta Lynch is suddenly getting partisan. Democrats are now increasingly slamming the Republicans’ handling of President Barack Obama’s nominee...
WASHINGTON (Fayetteville Observer) – Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch won two key Republican endorsements Thursday en route to likely confirmation as the first black woman...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans demanded wholesale change at the Justice Department Thursday as they questioned whether President...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Confronting skeptical Republicans, attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch pledged a new start with Congress and...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — Loretta E. Lynch on Wednesday will cast herself as an apolitical career prosecutor who is a departure from Eric H. Holder Jr. when she faces...
(Politico) – President Barack Obama’s pick to be the next attorney general is winning over Republicans. Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District...
(Politico) – I was taken to the woodshed by Loretta Lynch. The occasion was a 2011 panel about criminal justice at a reunion of Harvard...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans are showing divisions over President Barack Obama’s pick for attorney general, with some citing the president’s executive...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Majority Leader Harry Reid says Senate action on President Barack Obama’s nominee for attorney general will occur next year when Republicans are...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Mr. President…I pledge to show to you and the American people that if I have the honor of being confirmed...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist African American women were excited about President Obama’s nomination of Loretta Lynch to replace Eric Holder as Attorney General of the...
(Bloomberg) – Senate Democratic leaders are showing little appetite for pushing through confirmation of Loretta Lynch as U.S. attorney general before they surrender control to Republicans in January....
Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Matt Apuzzo, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times)—President Obama will nominate Loretta E. Lynch, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn,...
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. attorney Loretta Lynch has emerged as the leading choice to be the next attorney general, people with knowledge...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — She’s an under-the-radar contender to become the first black woman to head the Justice Department. Loretta Lynch rarely...
(Reuters) – Loretta Lynch, the head federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, is emerging as a leading candidate to replace U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, according to...
