House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi negotiated and passed a bipartisan $200 billion Medicare bill that quietly increased funding for abstinence-only programs. However, ignorance bred in abstinence-only education could've contributed to the chlamydia outbreak among students in an abstinence-only West Texas high school.
A North Carolina prosecutor is under fire for refusing to grant temporary visas to undocumented Latino immigrant crime victims if they are victimized by another Latino.
Senate Republicans have been criticized for delaying the confirmation process of a Latino judicial nominee -- Luis Felipe Restrepo -- who was nominated by President Barack Obama last November 2014.
The tide seems to be turning against the U.S. National Security Agency's domestic surveillance programs, two years after Edward Snowden leaked controversial details on the agency's digital spying practices.
U.S. officials admitted that the federal government "erroneously" issued three-year work permits to about 2,000 people under President Obama's executive immigration action, despite the fact that a court order has delayed the plan's implementation.
Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's comments on immigration executive action have been under the spotlight even by the White House.
Republican White House hopeful Marco Rubio on Tuesday challenged President Barack Obama on a wide range of issues surrounding his administration's Latin America policies, the Florida senator's office said in a statement.
Graham says he is "98.6 percent sure" that he will run for the Republican presidential nomination. The South Carolina senator proposes endorsing a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
The 2016 New Hampshire primary, which will be the country's first national party primary election, could spell trouble for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton depending on her Republican challenger.
The Senate is no longer attempting to override President Obama's "double veto" on union organizing rules, despite the fact that it may be unconstitutional.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called for comprehensive immigration reform and support of President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions, but the former secretary of state also spoke about reforms on immigrant detention and its practices.
In a startling act of political house cleaning, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced on Wednesday that she had asked all her Cabinet ministers to submit their resignations.
The Senate on Thursday prepared to hold a test vote on legislation allowing Congress to weigh in, and possibly reject, the nuclear deal the Obama administration is completing with Iran.
Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday admitted that policies passed during his administration are, at least, partially to blame for the overcrowding of U.S. prisons
The federal government's telephone metadata collection program revealed by NSA leaker Edward Snowden is illegal, a federal appeals court ruled on Thursday.
"The Daily Show" on Comedy Central made fun of the 2016 presidential candidates for using talking points on immigration reform to try to win Latino votes.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is currently far behind the pack of declared or potential Republican presidential candidates in the Iowa Republican caucus, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday.
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said changes were needed to make immigration enforcement and detention "more humane, more targeted and more effective."
Hillary Clinton proposed "a path to full and equal citizenship" for undocumented immigrants during an appearance at a Las Vegas high school on Tuesday. The Democratic candidate moved to the left of her Republican opponents.
