The embattled Democratic National Committee has called for resignation letters from all its staffers, with chairman Tom Perez launching a major overhaul of the party.

Top Republican lawmakers are calling for U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself after revelations that he met with the Russian ambassador during election season, a dramatic departure from testimony he gave during his confirmation testimony.

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Senate Democrats plan to hold a marathon 24-hour session leading up to the vote of Education Secretary nominee, Betsy DeVos.

A nearly 15-hour filibuster led by Senate Democrats until early Thursday paved the way for "high-profile congressional votes on restricting firearms just days after the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history," writes Politico.

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Criminal justice reform has been a major issue for President Barack Obama, progressives and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. In recent months the Koch Brothers, Democrats and a…

NewsOne’s PolitickerOne blog tackles some of the most important topics in politics: Election 2016, moves by the Obama administration, voting rights, lawmaking, and the way…

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Should the Black Lives Matter movement host/sponsor a presidential debate/forum to see where candidates stand on our issues?

Democratic lawmakers are introducing a new bill that is set to restore the cornerstone of the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court gutted the…

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Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Thursday said that the Rev. Leah D. Daughtry will serve as chief executive officer of the…

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Rev. James Meeks joined Roland Martin on “NewsOne Now” to discuss why he and a group of Black pastors in Chicago backed Republican gubernatorial candidate…

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In what would seem to be a last ditch effort to gin up the Black vote on election day, Democrats are invoking the shooting deaths…

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The 2014 Mid-Term elections are just a few months away. Republicans are ramping up their messaging machine and seem to be controlling the narrative, hitting…