Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel may face a formidable challenger in Jesus "Chuy" García if the Cook County commissioner can win support from the Windy City's black community.
Democratic lawmakers in Florida have proposed legislation calling for the repel of an archaic law that now allows for the criminal prosecution of unmarried couples found to be living together.
Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder admits he suspects some of the struggles he has had with the Republican lawmakers over his more than six-years as the nation's top law enforcement officer were at least partly driven by race.
California's Republicans extended an olive branch to gay and lesbian supporters on Sunday when they voted overwhelmingly to officially recognize the Log Cabin Republicans as a charter volunteer organization. The party's LGBT wing, which has at least 200 members in California, had long been marginalized.
Marco Rubio is inching closer to announcing a 2016 White House bid and admits keen observers will not find it difficult to note that he is considering a campaign. "I think that's reflected in both our travel and some of the staffing decisions that we've made," he said about his presidential ambitions.
Maria del Pilar Hurtado, who was once the head of Colombia's secret police, has been found guilty of spying on politicians, judges, and journalists as well.
U.S. and Cuban officials held diplomatic discussions in Washington, D.C. on Friday, and it has been described as an "open, honest, and sometimes challenging" meeting.
The saga over the looming partial government shutdown continued on Friday after Congress passed a stopgap bill that will keep the Homeland Security Department running for another 7 days.
Although President Barack Obama has stated that he opposes marijuana legalization, on Thursday he suggested that states should decriminalize marijuana and treat it like tobacco.
There was no budget intact before Friday's deadline for the nation's Homeland Security department as the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives rejected the Senate's last-minute "clean" bill to finance the department without the clauses that would strip away President Obama's controversial immigration executive actions.
With the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's funding set to expire at midnight Friday, the U.S. Senate voted on an bipartisan effort to pass a "clean" bill for the department without amendments that would undo President Obama's executive actions on immigration reform.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to adopt a strong legal foundation for new Open Internet regulations, which mirror the principals of Net Neutrality.
Tom Schweich, Missouri State Auditor, committed suicide early on Thursday. The Republican politician was vying for his party's gubernatorial nomination. He had accused another party member of using anti-Semitic insults against him and had planned to talk about them to reporters later on Thursday.
The Illinois congressman faces accusations of monetary mismanagement after a report showed he spent donor and taxpayer money to pay for private jets and concert tickets.
Bill Clinton's name brought the term "youth outreach" to Ted Cruz's mind in a word-association game at Thursday's Conservative Political Action Conference. The Texas senator's remark was widely interpreted as dig at the former president's affair with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern in her early 20s at the time of the scandal.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., addressed immigration and his potential presidential run in 2016 Friday at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) hosted by the American Conservative Union.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted on new "Open Internet" policies, and politicians from the Legislative and Executive Branches have mixed reactions to the decision.
The U.S. State Department will host the second round of talks with Cuban government officials to normalize diplomatic relations between the two countries on Friday.
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