Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) – Younger voters would face higher retirement ages but all Americans could join federal retirement accounts in a plan proposed by Sen. Marco …

WASHINGTON (AP) – With time running out, the White House was preparing to press Congress next week to keep money flowing into a federal fund …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – A court fight over Florida's political landscape kicked off Friday, as attorneys for the Republican-controlled Legislature and groups suing them clashed …

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP offered the same thing for Clippers owner Donald Sterling and civil rights advocate Leon Jenkins …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Harry McAlpin was standing outside the Oval Office, moments away from becoming the first black reporter to attend a presidential press conference, …

TALLAHASSEE — The NAACP Florida State Conference has denounced a vote by the Florida House of Representatives rejecting a move to repeal the controversial “stand …

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is bringing a strategy borrowed from the traditional civil rights era playbook to the age of social media and a booming …

The following news items were compiled from Associated Press reports. House approves individual religious exemption to health care law WASHINGTON — Individuals who practice faith …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The head of the Florida Democratic Party is contending that Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s campaign broke the state’s campaign finance laws …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — New Capitol security rules approved by Gov. Rick Scott and Senate and House leaders will prevent overnight protests like the month-long sit-in …