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The president is also expected to focus on some of his signature issues, such as criminal justice reform, after he leaves the White House

PolitickerOne: Is Ben Carson a hypocrite? Plus, "Stump for Trump" girls, Lynette Hardaway and Rochelle Richardson leave CNN's Don Lemon speechless.

Put away your trusty summer playlist -- the White House just released two, one for day and one for night, hand-picked by President Obama.

Gov. Jerry Brown (Calif.) has signed a bill that will help change the way police killings are viewed in the court of law. According to The Los Angeles Times, Brown approved the bill “SB 227,” which blocks the use of a secret grand jury in cases of deadly or excessive force by police. Another law […]

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush abruptly ended a town hall meeting after a Black Lives Matter protester raised a question

A chilling account of how easy it was to roll back protections secured under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 inspired the president to weigh in.

Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush made sure his foreign policy included a plan to defeat ISIS, but also found a way to blame President Obama

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Tuesday assailed another group: Black Lives Matter.

As Republican presidential contender Rick Perry‘s campaign fundraising efforts flounder, his campaign has been thrown into financial crisis and has stopped paying its workers, according to The Huffington Post: National Journal first reported that the campaign had stopped paying its six staffers in South Carolina. Other outlets, citing sources close to the Perry camp, later […]

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump captured most of the headlines following the first GOP debate... for all the wrong reasons.

The Black businessman, who unsuccessfully ran for Chicago mayor earlier this year, announced his presidential candidacy in June. Here's what you need to know, and what a prominent civil rights leader told NewsOne about his bid.

Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton announced an education plan involving the spending of $350 billion over ten years for students to attend college without the lingering fear of debt. According to The New York Times, her higher education plan, dubbed the New College Impact, encompasses a collage of ideas from the past, present, and future with a bipartisan perspective. Clinton’s […]