New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been federally indicted on multiple charges stemming from alleged attempts to cover up an affair with a bodyguard.
(NPR) — Democrats and Republicans have chosen leaders for the upcoming two-year session when Republicans take control of the House of Representatives. Both created new posts filled by African-Americans to guarantee diversity in the ranks. Meanwhile, Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel was censured for financial and fundraising misconduct; and Michael Steele loses support to keep his […]
(AJC) — U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Atlanta and former President George H.W. Bush are among the 15 recipients of the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, the White House announced Wednesday. Other recipients of this year’s award include notable figures such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, poet Maya Angelou, billionaire […]
(Washington Post) — That’s the question here. How did Alvin M. Greene, an unemployed military veteran who lives with his father, come up with the $10,400 filing fee for the Democratic Senate primary he won Tuesday? As pressure mounts on Greene to answer speculation that he might have been a Republican plant — an accusation […]
(Guardian UK) A lot of senior people in the Republican party don’t like Michael Steele, who became the party’s national committee chairman in 2009. And not because he’s African American, either. They don’t like him because he gives the impression of being an idiot in interviews such as this: Under Mr Steele’s helm, the “old” […]