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Poet Richard Blanco shaking hands with President Barack Obama at the Presidential inauguration in January. (Photo/AP)

President Obama invites his inaugural poet Richard Blanco for intimate chat

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Poet Richard Blanco says he was more nervous today than when he recited the inaugural poem, “One Today,” to nearly one million people this past January. … Read More

President Barack Obama greets people on the tarmac as he arrives on Air Force One at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in Atlanta, en route to the Morehouse College commencement and a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) event. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Opinion: Controversy plagues Obama’s administration and diverts attention from real issues

By Raul A. Reyes

Last week, the Obama administration was engulfed by controversy.  Each day brought more revelations on Benghazi, the IRS, and the government probe of the … Read More

Bloomberg Discusses Long-Term Challenges For NYC After Hurricane Sandy

New approach to back immigration bill

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's political support group is joining with a Republican pro-immigration organization and an effort run by New York … Read More

President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico, left, makes remarks to the press as United States President Barack Obama, right, welcomes him to the Oval Office of White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.. (Credit: Ron Sachs / Pool via CNP)

Obama to pitch immigration overhaul in Mexico

By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is headed to Mexico with a domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda. To sell his immigration overhaul back … Read More

In this Saturday, May 9 2009 photo San Angelo Mayor J.W. Lown greets arriving supporters to his election party at the Old Chicken Farm Art Center in San Angelo. (AP Photo/Standard-Times, Patrick Dove)

Former popular Tx gay mayor moved to Mexico for undocumented partner

By Jeremy Roebuck, Associated Press

SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — A secret gnawed at J.W. Lown's conscience after his six years as mayor of this deeply conservative city on the West Texas … Read More

Mayra Alvarez - the Director of Public Health Policy in the Office of Health Reform at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - has a very special message for her sister and other Latinos across the country.

Op-ed: A big sister’s advice – get covered!

By Mayra Alvarez

Alejandra was born when I was eleven years old. She’s sassy, smart, beautiful, but first and foremost, my baby sister. Our two older sisters and I have done … Read More

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Gabriel Gomez talks to media after a debate sponsored by WBZ-TV and The Boston Globe, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 in Boston. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, Barry Chin, Pool)

Gomez seeks first place finish in Tuesday’s Republican primary

By Nathan L. Gonzales @nathanlgonzales

Former Navy SEAL Gabriel Gomez knew his race for the United States Senate would be challenging, but there is no way he could have imagined it would turn out … Read More

United States President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico after making remarks to the press in the Oval Office of White House in Washington, DC on Tuesday, November 27, 2012.. (Ron Sachs / Pool via CNP)

Opinion: President Obama has the chance to improve US/Mexico relations

By Raul A. Reyes

This week, President Obama is off to Mexico and Costa Rica for a three-day trip starting Thursday. A White House statement said that the trip is "is an … Read More

Grover Norquist, a conservative tax activist and president of Americans for Tax Reform, right, testifies in favor of immigration reform legislation during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion: Grover Norquist is now an amnesty-loving immigration activist

By Julio Ricardo Varela

It took about four hours of C-SPAN video to get to the headline acts at yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee immigration hearing in Washington, D.C. Gaby … Read More

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., flanked by Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speaks as immigration reform legislation by the Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" that would create a path for the nation's 11 million unauthorized immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship, Thursday, April 18, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Judiciary committee takes up immigration bill

By Erica Werner, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A far-reaching new immigration bill is getting its first test at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, where opponents of the legislation … Read More