BRENDAN FARRINGTON, AP Political Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — If there were any doubts that former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist would be accepted by Florida...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from The Afro-American Newspaper If Republicans have their way, the last years of Barack Obama’s presidency will be...
PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told a national convention of black journalists on Thursday that the GOP has...
(Salon) – If there’s one thing the White House wants you to know these days, it’s that they’re really, very, quite concerned – one might even...
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour’s political machine paid to turn out the black...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans took the initial step on Thursday to sue President Barack Obama over the administration’s decision to delay...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Politically, the nation is less a sharply divided collection of red and blue states, and more a rainbow...
(USA Today) – Party-switching ex-congressman Artur Davis is considering a return to his native Alabama and a campaign for mayor of Montgomery. In an interview with Gannett’s...
(The Washington Post) – President Obama’s displeasure with gridlock in Washington — and with the Republicans he blames for it — has been rising for...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week’s election results infuriated me and not for the reasons you might suspect. My anger has less to do...
(The Washington Post) – The recent primary loss by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor set off a barrage of political analysis that concluded that any...
(Politico) – The new group aims to spend more than $15 million in the 2014 midterm campaigns — part of a much larger spending effort expected...
ASHLAND, Va. (Politico) — From the moment polls opened Tuesday, it could not have been clearer that Eric Cantor gave no mind to the idea...
(Politico) – Suddenly, the 2016 Republican field has a new reason to worry about immigration reform: saying anything at all can be hazardous to your presidential...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation aimed at letting people refinance their student loans at lower rates, a pre-ordained...
JENNIFER AGIESTA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Political polarization in America has broken out of the voting booth. A new survey from the Pew Research Center...
(POLITICO) – The dream of a Jewish Republican speaker of the House is no more. With House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s startling ouster in a primary...
(The Washington Post) – Neurosurgeon-turned-conservative-icon Ben Carson said in a visit to the capital Wednesday that God’s plan for him is to teach Americans that “our...
(Reuters) – Utah’s Mia Love, a Republican darling who could become the first conservative black woman elected to U.S. Congress, is getting a second, and...
(The Washington Post) – 2014 is the Year of the Kochs, apparently. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats are working feverishly to cast the billionaire industrialists...
DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group supported by the Koch brothers, has launched an effort to torpedo...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press TOP OF THE TICKET Tuesday’s top elections are the Republican primaries to pick U.S. Senate nominees in Kentucky, Georgia and Oregon. Oregon...
NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press The Republican Party is hiring people to reach out to black and Hispanic communities, and setting goals for the number of minority...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — As Chris Christie fights to recover from scandal, elite Republican business leaders may be close to dismissing him...
NEW YORK (AP) — Rousing Democrats for their fight to keep the Senate, President Barack Obama mounted a searing critique of the Republican Party on...