(AP) — President Barack Obama said in a nationally televised address Tuesday night that recent diplomatic steps offer “the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons” inside
Jefferson, the first African American Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry in 2001 and became chief justice three years later. Texas
By Michael A. Fletcher, Washington Post (AP)- Juanita Abernathy watched from her Atlanta home as civil rights and political figures, old and new, led the nation’s commemoration of
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, the ranking member of the powerful House committee on Science, Space and Technology, announced Monday at a labor union breakfast that she would be
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder recently announced key policy changes designed to reduce our nation’s prison population. Under Mr. Holder’s plan, the Justice Department will no longer hand
(AP) — The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution on Wednesday authorizing a limited U.S. military intervention in Syria, setting the stage for a debate in the
