The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded over $38 million to over 100 groups nationwide in recognition of their effort to fight housing discrimination.
House Republicans have come down on Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., for comments he made on Tuesday to Fox News host Sean Hannity, in which he suggested that the Benghazi oversight committee had succeeded in hurting Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Faced with troubling poll numbers, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush made a point -- and a joke -- on Thursday about his "high energy" from the Republicans' second presidential debate.
Hillary Clinton's closest challenger for the 2016 Democratic nomination managed to raise almost as much campaign cash over the last three months as the party's front-runner.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR), an independent and bipartisan agency created by Congress, published an in-depth report, calling for the end of immigrant detention.
U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., called for the House Natural Resources Committee to hold a hearing on the role of hedge funds in Puerto Rico's financial crisis.
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama emphasized the importance of education in a conference held at Apollo Theater and left with a piece of advice for young school girls: "compete with boys, beat the boys."
A coalition of national Latino organizations is campaigning to expand pension access for more millions of Latinos working on their retirement plan, and Latino lawmakers are helping engage the debate.
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Telemundo poll finds that Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump and the entire GOP are extremely underwater with Latino voters.
As the U.S. celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has called for his fellow senators to confirm several Latino judicial nominees -- supported by the non-partisan Hispanic National Bar Association.
The U.S. State Department will release another batch of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails on Wednesdays, and the 6,000 pages will likely cover the period from late 2010 to early 2011.
North Carolina is home to one of the fastest growing Latino population rates in the country, but advocacy groups are warning about a state bill that may target the demographic and undocumented immigrants.
Pope Francis’ historic visit to the U.S., including his address to Congress, appears to have resonated with Latino congressional lawmakers. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., introduced the Exchange Inclusion for a Healthy America Act, which provides people access to the Affordable Care Act, regardless of an individual's immigration status.
Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards endured four hours of intense questioning by congressional Republicans on a mission to defund the women's health group.
The fued between 2016 Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Marco Rubio spilled into a second week, when the Florida senator declared that he wants no part of Trump's "freak show."
