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Louisiana Same-Sex Couples Ask Supreme Court To Hear Their Marriage Case
A fifth petition asks the justices to resolve questions about same-sex couples’ marriage rights. The Louisiana request comes before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has weighed in on the case. NEW...
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Block Of GOP Senators: Wait Until January To Fight On Immigration
“All the decisions we make between now and the end of the year will be under a microscope.” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)©, speaks with members of the Republican Senate leadership....
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Obama Expands Legal Status To Millions Of Undocumented Immigrants
More undocumented young people and the undocumented parents of U.S. citizens will get temporary legal status. How the decision to go ahead was made, and why the parents of DREAMers aren’t included....
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Hillary Clinton On Board With Obama's Immigration Actions
Activists staged a series of protests at Clinton’s campaign events this fall. Mark Makela / Reuters Protesters this fall at campaign stops wanted to know one thing from Hillary Clinton — did she...
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White House: No Plans For Obama To Speak Ahead Of Ferguson Decision
Eric Holder released a video calling for calm Friday. Top White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer tells BuzzFeed News there’s “nothing planned” for Obama so far. Dan Pfeiffer in March. William B Plowman /...
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White House: Republicans Won The Election, We Won The After-Election
Senior White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer: “We feel very good about how the last two and half weeks have gone.” Jim Bourg / Reuters WASHINGTON — President Obama's strategy of rolling out progressive...
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Ebola Cleanup Company Removes "Certifications" From Website After BuzzFeed...
Bio-Recovery Corp. claimed to be “EPA licensed” and won a contract to clean up the New York City apartment of an Ebola patient. But after BuzzFeed News investigated , some of those claims have...
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This Reaction To Obama’s Immigration Actions Shows Why DREAMers Won’t Stop...
“I’m going to cry if I need to because my parents’ future is still in limbo. I’m gonna throw all the shade I can to people who thank Obama for his bullshit speech.” After President Obama announced...
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How The Immigrant Rights Movement Got Obama To Save Millions From Deportations
President Obama’s executive actions to give legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants have been framed as a president choosing to be confrontational and daring. But the real story is...
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Michael Brown’s Neighborhood In Ferguson Is Dying
Ferguson, Missouri — Four months ago, Jenay Robinson and her two cousins looked at a modest two-bedroom apartment for only $550 a month in the Canfield Green Apartments.Sure, the Canfield Green area...
View ArticleBackstage Twitter Feed Of Iranian Diplomat's Nephew Returns After Long Silence
Where did Ali Araghchi go? A tweet on Sunday is his first in months. VIENNA — The nephew of a top Iranian diplomat who in previous rounds of nuclear negotiations was known for tweeting backstage...
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Why D.C. Will Always Love Marion Barry
The late mayor was a very flawed man. But he also gave Washington, D.C.’s working-class black residents a taste of the economic prosperity that racial apartheid had long denied them. Olivier...
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Terrorists Shot This Journalist Twice And He Can't Get U.S. Asylum
Said Muse Dahir kept his newspaper and radio show going in Somalia, even as al-Shabaab militants wreak violence in the country. What happened after he crossed into the U.S. Said Muse Dahir As his...
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Resigns
It’s the first cabinet-level departure since Democrats lost the Senate in the midterm elections. He will remain in his post until his replacement is confirmed. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel resigned...
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World Powers And Iran Fail To Agree On Nuclear Deal
Talks will be extended until June 30, with the aim of coming to a headline agreement within three months, says British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. Rosie Gray reports from Vienna for BuzzFeed...
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Poll: Latino Voters Overwhelmingly Support Obama's Immigration Actions
The first poll of Latino voters since Obama’s executive actions, first given to BuzzFeed News, shows that nearly 90% support his move, while 80% think it would be a mistake for the GOP to oppose them....
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How To Bury The News That The Iran Nuclear Talks Failed
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s resignation was announced on Monday, amid reports he was ousted after an ineffectual tenure. (Also, the Iran nuclear talks will be extended seven more months.) The...
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Ted Cruz Suggests Joe Lieberman For Next Defense Secretary
“I urge the President to give him full and fair consideration for this critical position.” U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) Gary Cameron / Reuters WASHINGTON — Conservative Sen. Ted Cruz suggested through...
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NOM Loses, Again, In Appeal Trying To Intervene In Oregon's Marriage Case
The National Organization for Marriage is still fighting a marriage case that, for most people, ended more than six months ago. Deanna Geiger and Janine Nelson, plaintiffs in the case challenging...
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Washington Bails On Demilitarization After Ferguson
BuzzFeed News on the quiet collapse of a bipartisan response to Ferguson. Lucas Jackson / Reuters WASHINGTON — Lawmakers vowed changes to the Pentagon programs that deliver military-grade equipment to...
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