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Hispanic Lawmakers Ask Justice Dept. For Stats On Latinos Killed By Police
The letter sent July 28, and obtained by BuzzFeed News, asked for the number of Latino deaths resulting from police interaction during the last five years, as well as the immigration status of...
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Donald Trump Mixes Up The Quds Force And The Kurds In A Radio Interview
Lucas Jackson / Reuters Republican frontrunner Donald Trump appeared to be unfamiliar with well-known terrorist groups and leaders in an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday.Trump was...
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Jeb Bush: Kim Davis Is "Sworn To Uphold The Law"
Brian Snyder / Reuters LACONIA, New Hampshire — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said that the Kentucky clerk who is refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses is "sworn to uphold the law"...
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Joe Biden Says He's Not Sure He Has "Emotional Energy" To Run For President
“Can my family undertake what is an arduous commitment?” the vice president asked. “The honest to God answer is, ‘I just don’t know.’” Vice President Joe Biden talks to students and guests Wednesday...
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Latino Leaders Slam Report That Jose Diaz-Balart's MSNBC Show Will Be Canceled
After a behind the scenes conversation with the president of MSNBC, the letter from NHLA says they were promised more Latino representation, not less, and that Diaz-Balart is the only Hispanic anchor...
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The Judge In The Kentucky Clerk Case Is Making The Situation Worse
In Kentucky, U.S. District Court Judge David Bunning has issued — or not issued — a series of orders and statements in the Kim Davis case that have left major questions about what he means. Edgar...
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Dueling Approaches As A Fun Rubio And A Serious Clinton Descend On Puerto Rico
Rubio talked about the island’s financial crisis and Clinton took on its health care issues, but the events could not have been more different, except for the shots at each other. Carlos Giusti / AP...
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How Hillary Clinton Runs "Joyfully"
Darren Mccollester / Getty Images On Day One, Hillary Clinton climbed aboard her Secret Service seven-seater and, Iowa-bound, headed for I-80 West.It was a fun idea. And after the long slog of the...
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President Obama Signs Executive Order Granting Paid Sick Leave To Federal...
The president said in a Labor Day speech in Boston that not offering workers paid sick leave “is not good for anybody.” President Obama announced on Monday that he is signing an executive order that...
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Senate Democrat: The Administration Could Be Taking More Syrian Refugees Now
The U.S. is expected to resettle a total of 1,800 Syrian refugees by October, and says it will aim to increase that number to between 5,000 and 8,000 next year. Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells BuzzFeed News...
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Rubio: I'd Be Open To More Syrian Refugees If The Security Is Sound
Bryan Thomas / Getty Images Marco Rubio said he would be open to the United States accepting more Syrian refugees — if there is a way of ensuring the refugees don't include those part of a terrorist...
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Kentucky Clerk Asks Appeals Court To Halt Governor's Marriage Equality "Mandate"
After being jailed for violating a federal court order that she stop her “no marriage licenses” policy, Kim Davis presses forward in her own complaint against Gov. Steve Beshear. Kim Davis, the Rowan...
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What Black Lives Matter Is Learning From Edward Snowden
#CampaignZero’s DeRay Mckesson on Snowden and the media. Frederick Florin / AFP / Getty Images WASHINGTON — One of the leading figures in the Black Lives Matter movement, DeRay Mckesson, says he's...
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Kim Davis Released From Jail, Lawyer Says She Will Not "Violate Her Conscience"
Judge David Bunning ordered the Rowan County clerk to be released — and that she not interfere with her deputy clerks’ efforts to grant marriage licenses to all couples. Here lawyer, however, says,...
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Lindsey Graham Calls On U.S. To Take More Syrian Refugees
Alex Wong / Getty Images WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham called on the U.S. to take its "fair share" of refugees from the Syrian conflict on...
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Clinton And Her Supporters Reassure Each Other As Race Tightens
David Greedy / Getty Images BURLINGTON, Iowa — It was the last of nine campaign stops in three days. Her voice was hoarse from so much talking. And by the end of her Labor Day swing through New...
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On "Ellen," Hillary Clinton Gets Dance Lesson, Warm Audience On Emails
Hillary Clinton, center, dances with DJ Stephen "tWitch" Boss and Ellen DeGeneres during a break in the taping of DeGeneres's show on Tuesday. Mary Altaffer / AP Around 6:25 p.m. on Tuesday — just...
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Rick Santorum, Invoking MLK's Time In Jail, Says He's Proud Of Kim Davis
“There’s a long precedent in America from people saying, ‘you know the law has to change to accommodate what is the right thing to do, in their own moral judgment.’” Scott Olson / Getty Images Rick...
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Bernie Sanders: Biden Jumping In Would Make Me Winning Nomination "Achievable...
Biden the Bern. Cliff Owen / AP Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says if Vice President Joe Biden decides to jump into the Democratic primary race it would lower the threshold to win the nomination,...
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Advocates Say U.S. Government Is Treating Some Syrian Refugees Like Terrorists
Refugee resettlement advocates say that laws designed to protect U.S. national security are needlessly delaying or preventing Syrian refugees from being resettled in the United States. Dan Kitwood /...
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