Ahead of his immigration town hall meeting, President Barack Obama met Wednesday with immigrant rights advocates for a private meeting about the immigration executive actions.
Hillary Clinton failed to protect the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya and "defend our ambassador," and her decisions as secretary of State should "preclude her from even being considered for the higher office," Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul told Yahoo News on Wednesday
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced Wednesday that Senate Democrats have accepted a Republican proposal to separately fund the Department of Homeland Security without language blocking the immigration executive actions from President Barack Obama which could avoid the department's possible shutdown with its funding due to expire by week's end. The announcement came on the same day as President Obama met with Latino immigration advocates in Washington, D.C., and expressed confidence his administration would win its pending case involving his executive actions on immigration after a Texas federal judge's ruling prevented them from going forward.
In a February 24th opinion piece, Jose Marquez, the President and CEO of Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA), opined that Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposed Open Internet rules that would prevent blocking, throttling, and paid fast lanes online would, inexplicably, harm Latinos. The FCC is set to vote on these rules on February 26th.
For the third time in his presidency, President Barack Obama exercised his veto power on Tuesday in order to stop a bill that would have authorized the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
On Tuesday, two days after Patricia Arquette and Meryl Streep used the Oscar spotlight to highlight their concerns about the pay gap between men and women, presumed Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton challenged the male-dominated tech industry to be more inclusive of female talent.
President Barack Obama on Wednesday was set to host immigration advocates in a closed-door meeting, the White House announced in its daily schedule. It remained unclear who exactly would be present the meeting in the Roosevelt Room. In the afternoon, Obama is scheduled to travel to Miami, where he will hold an immigration townhall.
U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, has blamed the standstill with immigration reform on both major political parties and President Barack Obama. Diaz-Balart’s comments come ahead of Obama’s trip to Florida on Wednesday.
President Obama's reluctance to use terms such as "radical Islam" or "Islamic extremism" when describing ISIS or similar groups is met with harsh criticism.
The United States Department of State confirmed a Cuban government delegation will visit the U.S. this week as efforts to reestablish diplomatic relations continue.
The U.S. government asked a federal judge Monday to lift a temporary hold on President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, Associated Press reports.
Following the fourth failed vote to debate the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fund bill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced a new standalone legislation to block President Barack Obama's immigration executive actions.
President Obama announced a new proposal that would mandate investment brokers to act in the best interests of their clients rather than their pockets.
The Last Frontier is at the forefront of the marijuana legalization movement after Alaska on Tuesday became the third U.S. state to allow the recreational use of the drug.
New York lawmakers and immigrant rights advocates are calling for a statewide expansion of a public defender program for immigrants at risk of deportation.
Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf urged the United States and other outside countries to continue their support as the nation recovers from the Ebola epidemic, Yahoo! News reports according to the Associated Press.
With a Latino turning 18 years old every 30 seconds, the Latino vote has become an influential electorate for political candidates, and Latino Decisions has been analyzing the constituency’s opinions even more as the 2016 presidential election nears.
Recently, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced his plan to use antiquated, 20th Century telephone rules to help protect Internet openness in the 21st Century.
