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Joe Biden: Ravens ‘did the right thing’ in cutting Ray Rice

Vice President Joseph R. Biden is applauding the Baltimore Ravens' decision to fire Ray Rice, saying the team "did the right thing" after video surfaced Monday of the running back punching his wife and knocking her out. Published September 9, 2014

Most Americans back military action on Islamic State, dissatisfied with Obama leadership: poll

An overwhelming 71 percent of Americans support airstrikes against the terrorist Islamic State group and 65 percent want expanded U.S. strikes, according to a new poll released Tuesday. Published September 9, 2014

Bruce Braley surges ahead in Iowa Senate race: poll

Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley has broken into the lead of the U.S. Senate race in Iowa with a 4 percentage point lead over Republican candidate Joni Ernst, found a new poll released Monday. Published September 8, 2014

Rep. Mike Rogers: Obama making ‘gear shift’ to attack Islamic State

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers said Monday that President Obama was making a "gear shift" in strategy to more aggressively confront the terrorist army known as Islamic State. Published September 8, 2014

Hispanic Caucus got ‘no heads-up’ from Obama on immigration delay: Rep. Sanchez

Rep. Loretta Sánchez on Monday blasted President Obama for delaying executive action on immigration laws until after the midterm elections, saying the Hispanic Caucus is "disappointed" and "frustrated" with the president. Published September 8, 2014

Sen. Kay Hagan rekindles ‘war on women’ attack on Republican Thom Tillis

Sen. Kay Hagan on Monday hit Republican challenger Thom Tillis for opposing birth control and abortion rights, dismissing his call for making birth control pills available without a prescription as "politicking." Published September 8, 2014

Alison Grimes shuns Obama on trail, but her parents visit the White House

The parents of Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes visited the White House before she announced her run in Kentucky, according to the Hill. Published September 8, 2014

Americans are adamant: Federal funds should be used for universal preschool

An overwhelming 70 percent of voters favor using federal funds to provide universal preschool education, according to a new Gallup poll released Monday. Published September 8, 2014

Gabby Giffords’ gun control group runs ad to boost Ron Barber

Gabrielle Giffords' gun control group has made its first foray into the midterm campaigns, launching a TV ad to boost Democratic Rep. Ron Barber, her handpicked successor who is locked in a tight race in Ms. Giffords' old southern Arizona congressional district. Published September 7, 2014

Influx of illegal immigrant children presents challenges for U.S. schools

Central American children may be surging across the southwest border, but their effect is felt in school districts across the country — and nowhere more than in Alexandria, Virginia, where federal authorities this year placed 205 in a city of fewer than 150,000 people. Published September 3, 2014

Kay Hagan, Thom Tillis ready for first debate in North Carolina Senate race

North Carolina voters already have seen plenty of Sen. Kay Hagan and state House Speaker Thom Tillis on TV, mostly in grainy video clips or freeze-frame photos that make them look either angry or foolish, as a barrage of attack ads muddy the airways in the state's hard-fought U.S. Senate contest. Published September 1, 2014

Republicans may shift immigration debate to protecting jobs

An effort is underway to push the Republican Party to rethink its close ties to business groups on immigration, with conservatives arguing that the way to fight immigration-reform proposals is to focus on how they would force Americans into a tougher competition for jobs. Published August 31, 2014

Police saddled with unwanted equipment amid militarization scrutiny

The sheriff's department in Chelan County, east of Seattle, figured it could use an armored vehicle to transport its SWAT team's response to thorny situations, thereby erasing the fear of taking fire as they sped into active shooter or barricade incidents. Published August 28, 2014

AFL-CIO won’t endorse any Democrat with Obama economic team: Richard Trumka

The country's largest labor union won't endorse any Democrat who has the same economic team as President Obama and won't be getting behind Hillary Rodham Clinton early in the 2016 presidential race, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Thursday. Published August 28, 2014

Labor boss pushes Obama for ‘bold’ action on immigration

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Thursday called on President Obama to take "bold" action with executive orders to ease immigration laws, including stopping deportations for most of America's roughly 11 million illegal aliens. Published August 28, 2014

Unions prod Obama toward executive action on immigration

Labor unions Wednesday increased pressure on President Obama to use executive action to ease immigration laws, saying that's the best hope for undocumented workers who are being exploited and mistreated by unscrupulous employers. Published August 27, 2014