(Politico) – Donald Trump looked tired after a grueling Republican debate. He might not be alone. After a summer of spectacle and saturation coverage, signs are...
By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Party undermines race among African-American voters; a new study finds, signaling a potentially hard...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amid all the bombast in the Republican race for president, Ben Carson comes across more like a whisper. He...
(The Washington Post) – Republican candidates ahead of their second debate are flummoxed about how to deal with the perpetual insult machine that is Donald Trump: Most ignore...
(Salon) – In a move sure to catapult him to the top of Bill O’Reilly’s most favored list, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson blasted Black Lives Matter...
(Salon) – One of the more enduring tropes on the religious right is this notion that America is a Christian nation, or at the very least...
(Politico) – Donald Trump fired back at GOP rival Ben Carson on Thursday, blasting him for questioning his religious faith and remarking that the retired neurosurgeon was “perhaps...
Jonathan Martin, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times) — Republicans are growing increasingly concerned that Donald J. Trump’s inflammatory language is...
JULIE BYKOWICZ, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vacation-filled August is typically one of the worst months for any politician to raise money. But it was Ben...
(CNN) – Watch out Donald Trump. Here comes Ben Carson. While the bombastic real estate tycoon dominates much of the GOP field, the retired pediatric neurosurgeon...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s getting more and more difficult to keep up with the lengthening list of people, groups, and nations the...
(Reuters) – Americans broadly support providing federal funding for free women’s health exams, screenings and contraception services, a Reuters/Ipsos poll has found, suggesting risks for Republicans...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I have to make a terrible confession: I simply could not watch the first Republican debate for the 2016...
(New York Times) – On July 20, 2006, the United States Senate voted to renew the Voting Rights Act for 25 more years. The vote was unanimous,...
(Forbes) – While Donald Trump dominated last week’s GOP debate, two of the GOP candidates tried to talk seriously about Social Security’s future. New Jersey Governor...
by Charles D. Ellison Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune Of course, there will be plenty of plucky best moments snapshots of Thursday night’s...
THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press SERGIO BUSTOS, Associated Press ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Following his own advice, Jeb Bush is taking his presidential campaign to the neighborhoods...
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...
(The Washington Post) – After an event in Gorham, N.H. today, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush rolled his eyes at the mention of protesters who heckled...
(Salon) – Though I’ve been an atheist for about 15 years now, I was born into born-again Christianity 43 years ago. I was raised in...
(McClatchy) – Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry gave a surprisingly candid speech on race Thursday in what was touted as an economic blueprint but was framed...
(The Washington Post) – For Democrats, Donald Trump amounts to a kind of divine intervention. With the Republican Party on an urgent mission to woo Latino...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are pushing back against proposed dietary guidelines that urge Americans to consider...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says there’s “not a reason in the world” why the U.S. economy can’t...
