Politics

CBS News is reporting that President Obama signed historic legislation Wednesday morning repealing the 17-year-old “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that banned gay men and women from serving openly in the military. Obama hailed the bill as one that will “strengthen our national security and uphold the ideals that our fighting men and women risk…

When President Obama signs legislation Wednesday repealing “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” he will fulfill one of his key campaign promises to both the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community and the entire nation. Yet while high-profile gay and lesbian pundits such as Rachel Maddow and Andrew Sullivan are roundly declaring the repeal to be…

President Barack Obama will sign the repeal of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” on Wednesday. The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe asks what’s next now that the controversial law has been repealed. Although it is not clear how long it will take to undo “Don’t ask, don’t tell,” military leaders are preparing for the full integration of…

Read the latest news about blacks and abortion on The Root. Ryan Bomberger was born of a rape nearly 30 years ago. He is alive today because his biological mother made a choice, he says, to put him up for adoption rather than have an abortion. He is grateful, though he realizes the choice was…

Much has been made of President Obama’s recent tax-cut backtrack, but the most disheartening White House move actually played out far away from Capitol Hill. Buried within the news cycle was the announcement that the United States would no longer press Israel to stop West Bank settlement construction as a precondition for continued peace-process negotiations…

By R. Jeffrey Smith and Carol D. Leonnig A lengthy House investigation of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has been derailed by infighting within the politically charged ethics committee over errors in building a case against her, according to congressional sources with direct knowledge of the probe. The probe, opened in 2009, dissolved this fall and…

People want to put a lot of blame for the current conditions of the nation — from the bad economy to the heightened partisanship — on Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. There is certainly a level of truth to that, but perhaps not as much as one would think. In a few weeks,…

The Washington Post is reporting that President Obama signed into law the most significant tax bill in nearly a decade Friday. The law will extend Bush-era tax cuts for another two years in an effort to boost the tepid economic recovery. In remarks before signing the bill, Obama called it “a substantial victory for middle-class…

Despite the hue and cry by House Democrats about how much the wealthy benefit from the tax plan President Obama brokered with the GOP, the bill overcame Democratic opposition in the House late last night. It will be signed by the president as early as today. Congress approved the most significant tax bill in nearly a decade…