Politics

Chicago Wins Bid For Obama Presidential Library

10:35pm May 12, 2015

by Cheryl Corley

The Barack Obama Foundation announced Tuesday the bid from the University of Chicago — in the president's adopted home town — beat out proposals from Hawaii, New York and another Chicago university.

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President Obama spoke at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming Poverty at Georgetown University Tuesday.

Obama: We Must 'Guard Against Cynicism' When It Comes To Poverty

8:31pm May 12, 2015

by Scott Horsley

"There's a lot we can do," President Obama said at a forum in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. Just across town, progressive leaders laid out plans to tackle poverty.

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Texas Republican state Sen. Craig Estes' bill reinforces that clergy would not have to perform same-sex marriages.

Texas Sen. Doesn't Want Clergy 'Coerced' Into Officiating Same-Sex Marriages

8:09pm May 12, 2015

by Wade Goodwyn

In Texas, state legislators are considering a number of bills disapproving of same-sex marriage. They are also learning some lessons from the "religious freedom" controversy in Indiana.

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John Kerry Meets With President Putin In Sochi

7:22pm May 12, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry finally got the meeting he's been chasing for many months. He met face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the resort town of Sochi, Russia, Tuesday.

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Senators Deny Obama Authority To Expedite Pacific Trade Deal

7:22pm May 12, 2015

by Ailsa Chang

The U.S. Senate blocked a measure that would give President Obama fast-track trade authority to complete a massive Pacific trade deal. Most of Obama's opponents on trade come from his own party.

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Fast-Track Trade Measure Fails Key Test Vote In Senate

4:38pm May 12, 2015

by Brian Naylor

The White House calls the vote merely a "procedural snafu" and expects to eventually prevail.

John Hinckley Jr. in 1981, escorted by police in Washington, D.C., following his arrest after shooting and seriously wounding then-President Ronald Reagan. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

Reagan Shooter John Hinckley's Lawyers Say He's Ready To Be Free

4:34pm May 12, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

Hinckley's lawyer argued that the depression and psychosis that fueled his drive to shoot President Reagan and others in 1981 is "in full, stable, sustained remission." Now it's up to a federal judge.

Saudi King, Several Gulf Rulers To Skip U.S. Summit

1:31pm May 12, 2015

by Scott Horsley

After the White House announced Saudi Arabia's king would meet this week with President Obama in Washington, D.C., Saudi Arabia announced the king would send other Saudi leaders instead.

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been a leading voice on the left against the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the president's signature trade initiative.

Sen. Warren On The 'Tilted Process' Of Asia Trade Bill

1:06pm May 12, 2015

The Trans-Pacific Partnership has become the president's signature trade initiative, but it is also very unpopular with Democrats, including Elizabeth Warren.

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to step onto the national stage with his progressive

NYC Mayor Seeks National Spotlight, New 'Contract With America'

11:17am May 12, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

Just two years into his job as mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio is unveiling a progressive "Contract With America" in Washington. But critics back home say it's all too much, too soon.

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