DAVID ESPO, Associated Press ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A partial agency shutdown looming, Senate Republicans offered Tuesday to permit a vote on Homeland...
THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Thursday tapped former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to serve as...
(Politico) – Republicans in Congress are doing a 180 on net neutrality as the Federal Communications Commission prepares to issue new rules within weeks. For...
(New York Times) – Can Jeb Bush win the Republican presidential nomination while defying the most ideologically committed wing of his party? Bill Clinton did this successfully in 1992,...
MARCY GORDON, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The House moved Tuesday toward approving a measure aimed at softening legislation responding to the 2008 financial crisis...
(The Washington Post) – Mitch McConnell, the new Senate majority leader, has an exceedingly high opinion of his own power. In a speech on the...
NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday waded into a controversy over revelations that the House’s No. 3 Republican spoke to...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist After a phenomenal election last November in which Republicans increased their margins in the House and took control of the...
(Politico) – Working-class white voters continued their decades long defection from the Democratic Party. The president was a major drag on his party, particularly given...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders have been supportive of Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise since the revelation that he appeared before a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a revelation that could put a crimp in Republican efforts to reach out to minorities in 2016, House Majority Whip Steve...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black Republicans made history during the midterm elections in November by winning in Texas, South Carolina...
(Politico) – Bobby Jindal is Indian-American, but you’ll never hear him describe himself that way. Marco Rubio insists he’s an “American of Hispanic descent.” And Ted...
(Politico) – The Deep South has elected Republicans to every top office in the region. Now it wants to be sure that clout extends to...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Unlike the Republican National Committee (RNC), our national party apparatus, most of the 50 state party committees are stuck in...
GARY FINEOUT, Associated Press THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush announced Tuesday he will “actively explore” a campaign for...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Jeb Bush’s big donors and allies are tantalized by his promise to...
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...
(Politico) – Over the past year-and-a-half, Sen. Rand Paul has spoken at historically black colleges, gathered with African American leaders in Ferguson, Missouri after the...
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...
(Reuters) – Tea Party Republicans who led the charge into a 16-day government shutdown last year are now taking a more pragmatic approach as they...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Since the Republicans takeover of Congress on Nov. 4, I have received numerous emails and phone calls from many of my...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist One source of the widespread losses the Democratic Party suffered this month in the midterm elections can be traced to...
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...
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...
