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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President Barack Obama addressed immigration questions, from Latinos and non-Latinos, during a town hall meeting Wednesday, just two days after a federal judge from Texas ruled to delay his deferred action programs.
On Thursday morning, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted on a new Open Internet policy, grounded by strong federal authority that treats Internet service providers similarly to utilities. Adoption of the new rules -- which prevent ISPs from blocking or slowing any lawful Internet traffic or charging companies like Netflix for faster delivery -- is considered a victory for Net Neutrality advocates.
Real estate mogul and reality television host Donald Trump is once again considering a run for the White House. The 68-year-old said in an interview on Wednesday that he is "more serious" than ever about pursuing his presidential ambitions.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will face off against Jesus Garcia in the second round of voting for Chicago mayor on April 7 after he failed to get more than 50 percent of the vote.
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.
