U.S. Government

By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Now that Democrats have captured control of the House for the next two years, the party's most senior members are poised to regain the wide-ranging power of...

By WILLIAM J. KOLE, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Ayanna Pressley didn't campaign to make history, but she did on Tuesday, officially becoming Massachusetts' first Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. The Democrat...

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor When a popular singer with 88 million followers on her twitter account sends a message about something bothering her, people tend to notice. When she sends the message...

By Micha Green, AFRO Washington, D.C. Editor, [email protected] Politics aren’t for the faint of heart- and, according to the new book, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics,” it’s taken some of the strongest people around to...

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and ALINA HARTOUNIAN, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Political activist Leah McElrath was reviewing her electronic ballot at a polling place in Houston when she was shocked to find Republican Ted Cruz...

By KEN THOMAS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Feuding from a distance, President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama exchanged tough words Friday as they sought to rally their parties' base voters in the final...

By Lee Eric Smith, Tri-State Defender Memphis YouTube Video: YouTube.com/watch?v=vK7wj3XAPIQ By now, no one should be surprised that Kanye West is a fan of President Donald Trump. It's been months since he first posted a selfie...

By Sean Yoes, Baltimore AFRO Editor, [email protected] Brian Kemp, Georgia’s Secretary of State, who is locked in a titanic struggle with Stacy Abrams, the former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives, for Georgia governor’s mansion,...

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump told young Black conservatives Friday that his approval ratings among Black voters shot up after Kanye West's recent visit to the White House, saying...

By IVAN MORENO and DAVID EGGERT, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump's tenure in office Friday in fiery speeches in Milwaukee and Detroit that took aim at him...

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, COLLEEN LONG and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspicious packages addressed to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper — and similar in appearance to...

By TERRY SPENCER and BRENDAN FARRINGTON, Associated Press DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — The candidates for Florida governor decried extreme political divisiveness on a day when pipe bombs were mailed to Democratic leaders, but then they...