Scott Wong and Mike Lillis, THE HILL WASHINGTON (The Hill)—Democrats may be flailing in the minority on Capitol Hill, but newly empowered Republicans have fared...
Steve Peoples, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — He insists he could win, but Mitt Romney has stepped out of the 2016 presidential contest in favor...
Connie Cass, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — A quick quiz: Monday is — a) Groundhog Day b) Budget Day c) A day for repeating the...
Connie Cass, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — A quick quiz: Monday is — a) Groundhog Day b) Budget Day c) A day for repeating the...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Declaring an end to “mindless austerity,” President Barack Obama called for a surge in government...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) — A bipartisan group of senators unveiled a bill Thursday that would end all travel restrictions for Americans who want to visit Cuba. The...
Many Oakland residents are saying that the City Council’s public hearing on critical issues that impact African Americans in Oakland is a good first step. ...
WASHINGTON (Fayetteville Observer) – Attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch won two key Republican endorsements Thursday en route to likely confirmation as the first black woman...
Oakland has the chance to be a model for cities across the country on how city government can effectively respond to the Black Lives Matter movement,...
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s budget will call for an increase in U.S. domestic and military spending that would end spending caps known as ‘sequestration,’ a White House...
DINA CAPPIELLO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, say the privately...
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...
ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A bid to end Arkansas’ practice of commemorating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and civil rights icon...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Tuesday it is dropping a proposal to scale back the tax benefits of college savings...
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...
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Civil rights leaders and groups are hailing legislation introduced by U.S. Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wisc.) and Keith Ellison...
MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — For years, ex-CIA case officer Jeffrey Sterling was the one under indictment but prosecutors’ primary focus of pursuit...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Solid economic growth will help the federal budget deficit shrink this year to its lowest level since President Barack...
STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Solid economic growth will help the federal budget deficit shrink this year to its lowest level since President Barack...
(Politico) – A federal jury’s decision Monday to convict a former CIA officer for leaking top-secret information to a New York Times reporter was a...
Dear President Obama: We love you. We respect you. We support you. We strongly supported your becoming President and have continued to support you through...
Adam Edelman, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS (New York Daily News)—Even Hillary is finally ready for Hillary it seems. Hillary Clinton will “100%” run for...
Gregory Korte, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—With passage of his State of the Union agenda unlikely in a Republican-controlled Congress, President Obama called on the...
Michael Falcone, Good Morning America via ABC NEWS (ABC News)—With the 2016 presidential election season heating up and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton considered...