While fighting continues to rage on between the Iraqi military and ISIS militants, the Iraqi military reported Wednesday that it drove the militants back from the country's main oil refinery.
On Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testified before a committee about the release of Sgt. Bergdahl in exchange for the release of five Taliban prisoners.
Fresh out of college and new to New York City, young people arrive with the expectation of "Sex in the City" and "Glee"-style adventures, guided solely by the hot lights of the city and a sense of whimsy. Instead, they are confronted with the high cost of NYC's living and unshakable college student loan debt, which often forces them to pit financial obligations against one another.
The North Carolina legislature passed a measure to repeal Common Core this week, and Oklahoma's governor signed a law repealing the educational standards in the state.
The 'My Brother's Keeper' initiative to help young men of color released a new report Friday outlining an agenda to help black, Hispanic and Native American males succeed.
President Barack Obama will head to New York this week for the third time in May to deliver the commencement address at West Point, where he is expected to defend his foreign policy approach.
A White House aide has confirmed that House Speaker John Boehner did not say that he was committed to voting on the comprehensive immigration reform bill.
A new report finds that Latino immigrants are deported at a disproportionately high rate, more than any other ethnicity. Hector Sanchez, the chair of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda that co-authored the report with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, faults President Obama for the high level of deportations.
