'Mo' Cowan officially sworn in as Massachusetts' new senator
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 43-year-old Democrat took his seat Thursday after a swearing-in ceremony led by Vice President Joe Biden...
Steve King candidacy in Iowa: A blessing in disguise for Obama?
OPINION - Steve King is the poster boy for over the top, racially tinged rhetoric in his attacks on President Barack Obama...
Geraldo vs. Cory Booker in 2014?
NBC LATINO - Rivera also announced that he would seek to add nationalizing New York City’s controversial 'stop and frisk' police practice to his platform should he run...
The Mo Cowan conundrum: Can blacks win without appointment?
theGRIO REPORT - There is one common trend that stands out when considering African-Americans and the U.S. Senate: Both of the current black senators are the result of appointments, not elections...
Gov. Patrick diversifies the US Senate
theGRIO REPORT - The move is also notable in that Patrick, the nation's only black governor, chose to use his own perch to add diversity to the Senate, at least briefly...
Mo Cowan appointed to US Senate
theGRIO REPORT - Gov. Deval Patrick (D) will appoint his former chief of staff, Mo Cowan, to be the interim pick to fill the state's vacated U.S. Senate seat...
Obama's big immigration opportunity
ANALYSIS - Republicans are strongly signaling they will back an immigration plan along the outlines of what President Obama proposed Tuesday...
Obama on immigration reform: 'Now is the time'
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Declaring 'now is the time' to fix broken immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Tuesday heralded a rare show of bipartisanship between the White House and Senate lawmakers...
Senate confirms John Kerry for Secretary of State
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday swiftly and unanimously approved President Barack Obama's choice of Sen. John Kerry to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state...
Cory Booker's Lautenberg challenge
thGRIO REPORT - New Jersey's Frank Lautenberg is so far strongly resisting any suggestion that he should step aside and allow fellow Democrat and Newark mayor Cory Booker to replace him in the U.S Senate, repeatedly blasting Booker in public and refusing to say if he will retire...
