U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry confirmed he will visit Cuba to formally reopen America's embassy in Havana. Some Latino politicians are not thrilled with the policy announcement.
Solitary confinement in New Jersey's immigration detention centers has been used too often and resulted in harm to immigrant's health and violates the right to due process, according to a new report titled "23 Hours in the Box, Solitary Confinement in New Jersey Immigration Detention."
Thousands of people were evacuated on Wednesday night in eastern Tennessee after a freight train carrying a flammable and toxic substance derailed and caught fire.
The U.S. and Latino unemployment rate slipped based on May's jobs data. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Labor, announced the overall unemployment rate decreased to 5.3 percent as 223,000 jobs were added.
The Obama administration announced Tuesday that the Department of Labor will propose a new rule that would extend overtime pay for up to five million American workers.
With Democratic heavyweight Hillary Clinton as the unquestioned frontrunner, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., faces a tough race for his party's 2016 presidential nomination. But the Vermont senator -- who is thought to be one of the few able to mount a serious challenge to Clinton -- this week managed to both draw a huge crowd at a campaign rally and surprise with promising poll numbers in an early caucus state.
The Obama administration suffered a major blow on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal environmental regulations that required power plants to limit emissions of mercury and other pollutants.
Federal investigators believe lightning may have played a role in igniting a fire at Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church in Greeleyville, South Carolina, on Tuesday night.
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said that she isn't surprised that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a presidential candidate running for the Democratic nomination, is surging in the polls.
Democratic presidential candidates need to give their voters a reason to turnout and vote. A new report found lack of enthusiasm and interest among Democratic voters, including millennials and unmarried women.
The DREAM Action Coalition, an immigration activism group, launched a petition to release activist and DREAMer Cesar Vargas from probation so he can obtain his lawyer's license in New York.
New data from the 2015 STEM Index, the second-annual study of growth in STEM jobs, careers and educational pathways carried out by U.S. News/Raytheon shows Silicon Valley's lack of diversity is still rooted in education, as the gender and racial gaps in STEM fields have widened since last year.
America's top spies are predominantly white and male, and the Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday announced a number of measures to increase diversity within its ranks.
Smoking marijuana became legal in Oregon on Wednesday, making the state part of what Reuters called the "growing legalization movement spreading down the United States' West Coast."
The U.S. labor market is showing signs of continued strength as the nation's companies added some 237,000 jobs in June, Bloomberg said based on figures from the ADP Research Institute.
Hillary Clinton's $275,000 proved a bit too steep for officials at the University of Missouri at Kansas City hoping to spice up a gala luncheon marking the opening of a women's hall of fame. But the institution was happy to hand over $65,000 for a brief appearance by Clinton's daughter, Chelsea.
