Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) will head the House Intelligence Committee in 114th Congress. Nunes called the Obama Administration's foreign policy a "complete disaster," supports torture, voted repeatedly for surveillance and intelligence gathering without oversight or warrant, and extended the Patriot Act.
A judge has issued the first same-sex marriage licenses in South Carolina. Judge Irvin Condon has issued the first same-sex marriage licenses in South Carolina.
The U.S. Senate has been debating on the Keystone XL pipeline legislation following a vote push by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. Landrieu has insisted the recent effort to vote on the bill is not political as she faces a runoff election following the midterm Election Day.
Members of The National Institute for Latino Policy (NiLP) spoke out on Monday at New York City Hall about the de Blasio Administration's abysmal record hiring Latinos for his government, saying it is the most underrepresented group. With the Latino population at 29 percent citywide, the de Blasio Administration has hired only 11 percent for his administration appointments.
"Jane the Virgin" and "Orange Is the New Black" actress Diane Guerrero recently opened up about her parents and brother being deported from her Boston home when she was just for 14-years-old.
The Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has not slowed down. President Obama is seeking billions in funding from Congress before it ends it session. Health professionals are dying from the disease, but thousands more are badly needed if the disease is going to stop killing people.
The Democratic leader in the House of Representatives has named a Latino representative from New Mexico to head the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). If approved by the Democratic caucus, Rep. Ben Ray Luján will be the first Latino to hold the position.
The White House on Monday cited a 1986 immigration legislation that granted amnesty to many undocumented immigrants without accounting for their spouses or children, to justify its own plans to issue an executive order on immigration.
According to one Democratic lawmaker in Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama has “attempted” to work with the Republican Party on comprehensive immigration reform.
Former President Bill Clinton said the low Latino voter turnout for the midterm elections might have been connected to the immigration reform executive action delay.
The U.S. State Department's unclassified email system was intentionally shut down Friday after a cyberattack, according to officials. The classified systems, however, reportedly remained unaffected by the intrusion.
Foreign-born citizens are more conservative, study shows The Partnership for a New American Economy kicked off a new Hispanic Engagement Campaign Wednesday in order to highlight the idea that Hispanics are able to align with both the Republican and Democratic party, depending on the issues.
Vice President Joe Biden announced Friday, a program set to launch in December that will grant refugee status to minors who live in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador and whose parents legally reside in the United States.
