LGBTQ, civil and immigrant rights advocates are mounting the pressure on President Barack Obama regarding the abuses of detention facilities. Several dozen national, regional and state level organizations wrote to Obama about news regarding transgender women transferring to the Adelanto Detention Facility in Southern California.
President Barack Obama's November 2014 immigration executive actions, which expanded his deferred action programs, are still questioned by courts, and his administration narrowly missed contempt charges for helping undocumented immigrants.
In order to garner Democratic lawmakers to support the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, President Barack Obama wrote a letter to Congress promising that the U.S. would take military action to ensure that Iran upholds its end of the bargain.
Trying to change youngsters' sexuality in what is known as "gay conversion therapy" has become illegal in Illinois, after Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill banning the practice on Thursday.
If Republicans were to try to kill the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran, House Democrats would have enough votes to sustain a presidential veto of any such legislation, says House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday named Raffi Freedman-Gurspan the White House Office of Presidential Personnel's new outreach and recruitment director, a historic appointment because Freedman-Gurspan becomes the first openly transgender official to serve in the Executive Mansion.
Joe Arpaio, the self-declared "toughest sheriff in America," lacks standing to sue the Obama administration over immigration policies he claims affect his jurisdiction of Maricopa County, Arizona.
Ahead of Secretary of State John Kerry's trip to Cuba this Friday, the Obama administration will not invite Cuba dissidents to the U.S. embassy flag-raising ceremony. According to reports, Kerry will "more quietly" meet with "prominent activists" later on Aug. 14. Sen. Marco Rubio, however, is furious with the administration's decision.
President Barack Obama and his administration are facing criticism for continuing immigrant detention policies despite a court ruling stating the detention of immigrant women and children violates a 1997 settlement agreement.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, among the leading Republican presidential hopefuls, revealed his foreign policy plan to improve situations in the Middle East. From the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California, Bush said one of the biggest threats currently facing the U.S. is radical Islamic terrorists, who he said are "gaining ground."
President Obama commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Thursday by stressing the need to protect the fundamental right to vote and combat voter ID laws that that discourage "certain kinds of folks" from voting.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson has asked to be excused from an immigration court hearing. Ahead of the Aug. 19 court hearing, a motion was filed on his behalf as Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas' Brownsville Division ordered his appearance and explain why he should not be in contempt of court.
President Obama delivered a speech on Monday praising the Environmental Protection Agency's expanded power to regulate greenhouse gas pollution and create cleaner air.
President Barack Obama is urging state officials to cut back on big rate increases that are being requested by health insurance companies for 2016 in order to avoid more uproar over the Affordable Care Act.
Despite all the naysayers and much of the early polling data, Donald Trump boldly predicts he will ultimately win both the African-American and Hispanic votes in his 2016 Republican run for the White House.
