By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Congressman Jeff Denham (R-Calif.) couldn’t bring his French bulldog, Lily, on an Amtrak train. So when Amtrak funding came up...
(Time) – Congress passed a bill to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline, setting up the first veto since 2010 and only the third in the...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has a telling hit list. The veto threats that he’s issued over the last three weeks...
Roger Yu and Mike Snider, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—The fight over net neutrality played out in a doubleheader of Congressional hearings on Wednesday, with...
Roger Yu and Mike Snider, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today)—The fight over net neutrality played out in a doubleheader of Congressional hearings on Wednesday, with...
(The Washington Post) – Trying to predict the gender and race of a member of Congress is like trying to predict who would win a...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are in retreat in more ways than one this week. As Democratic senators...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee visited Oakland’s Private Industry Council’s Career Center at 1212 Broadway in Oakland on Thursday morning to show her support to 23,000 local residents...
President Obama spoke to the nation Tuesday night on Syria hoping to stem opposition that is rising both at home and abroad. Polls show the broad...
President Obama kicked off the summer with a high-profile environmental speech at Georgetown University. He put forth a plan to limit carbon emissions for coal-fired power...
The Bay Area Restore Section 5 Movement held its first East Bay meeting to organize an “in the streets” non-violent, voting rights demonstration to protest the...