(Salon) – When liberals and Democrats suffer an especially bitter political defeat, the loss is usually followed by a round or two of finger-pointing, self-flagellation and near-existential...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press TOM DAVIES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a week ago, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was considered one of the few Republican...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press TOM DAVIES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just a week ago, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was considered one of the few Republican...
DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Normally quarrelsome House Republicans came together Wednesday night and passed a boldly conservative budget that relies on nearly...
DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Normally quarrelsome House Republicans came together Wednesday night and passed a boldly conservative budget that relies on nearly...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Republican House budget will shred the social safety net designed to protect the most vulnerable citizens,...
(Politico) – The House Budget Committee on Thursday morning passed the GOP’s 2016 spending proposal on a straight party line vote, but only after Republican...
(Politico) – The House Budget Committee on Thursday morning passed the GOP’s 2016 spending proposal on a straight party line vote, but only after Republican...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock abruptly resigned Tuesday following a monthlong cascade of revelations about his business deals and lavish...
(Politico) – The great Achilles’ heel in the House Republican budget Tuesday can be found in a blue-and-white chart, tucked away on Page 40 and...
(Politico) – The great Achilles’ heel in the House Republican budget Tuesday can be found in a blue-and-white chart, tucked away on Page 40 and...
Burgess Everett, POLITICO WASHINGTON (Politico)—Even as the White House ramps up pressure on Congress to stay out of its negotiations with Iran on a nuclear...
Philip Bump, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—For the first time since Gallup began tracking this data in 1992, neither the Democratic nor Republican...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I never cease to be surprised by the racist audacity of the Republicans in Congress. In clear violation of...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I never cease to be surprised by the racist audacity of the Republicans in Congress. In clear violation of...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist No United States president has been more disrespected than Barack Obama – and his family. The hatred for the...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist One of the many questions provoked by the “open letter” 47 Republican Senators published last week to try to...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress can get so busy that senators and their staffs don’t always have time to scrutinize bills they pass...
(Reuters) – Bruised but undeterred, some of the far-right Republicans who picked a fight in Congress and lost this week over funding the U.S. domestic...
(Reuters) – Bruised but undeterred, some of the far-right Republicans who picked a fight in Congress and lost this week over funding the U.S. domestic...
Eric Werner, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months into full Republican control of Congress, GOP leaders are struggling to demonstrate they really are in...
Eric Werner, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Two months into full Republican control of Congress, GOP leaders are struggling to demonstrate they really are in...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Among the formal definitions for “acting the fool” are: one who is deficient in judgment, sense or understanding....
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It wasn’t supposed to be like this for Republicans. A month into their control of both chambers of Congress,...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a sometimes heated meeting with Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., several House Democrats expressed...