Charles B. Rangel

By Keith Herbert of Newsday One of Hillary Rodham Clinton's most important supporters, Charles Rangel, repudiated her claims she has broader support among "white Americans," calling the comments "the dumbest thing she could ever have said." The Harlem...

Sorry Hillary, they???ve got other plans. The vast majority of Hillary Rodham Clinton???s congressional supporters in New York will be skipping her Saturday drop-out announcement in Washington ??? citing reasons ranging from town halls back in their...

by Jill Zuckman and Mike Dorning Less than 24 hours after a defiant-sounding speech about her candidacy, Sen. Hillary Clinton has decided to drop or suspend her own historic presidential bid and endorse Sen. Barack Obama, quickly shifting attention to.......

by Glenn Thrush of Newsday WASHINGTON--Hillary Rodham Clinton has told close associates that it's highly likely she'll drop out of the presidential race on Friday, according to two prominent Democrats close to the campaign. Calls to Clinton's press office...

by Glenn Thrush Sorry Hillary, they've got other plans. The vast majority of Hillary Rodham Clinton's congressional supporters in New York will be skipping her Saturday drop-out announcement in Washington - citing reasons ranging from town halls back in...

Reports say Clinton will end her campaign this weekend. Spokesman Howard Wolfson: "Senator Clinton will be hosting an event in Washington, DC ... to thank her supporters and express her support for Senator Obama and party unity." Wolfson's statement said....

As the United States edges closer to war, an old question has resurfaced: Will all Americans share the pain? Critics complain that today's all-volunteer military draws heavily from minorities and low-income whites -- men and women from the least...

This will be a 4th of July like all others -- and a 4th of July like no other. When the U.S. honors 226 years of independence Thursday, Americans will celebrate the country's biggest patriotic bash in the usual manner, lighting the skies with brilliant...

LANCASTER, S.C. — On a sweltering afternoon, the Rev. Al Sharpton takes a swig of iced tea and rises to address the crowd at Etta's Kitchen. Hooking his thumbs in the vest of a three-piece suit, the Harlem Democrat explains why he's running for...

Rep. Robert T. Matsui, D-Calif., a World War II internee who rose to become one of the top Asian Americans in Congress during 26 years of service, died late Saturday, his office announced yesterday. He was 63. One of his party's leading spokesmen on...

Charging that an IRS audit was "motivated by partisan politics," NAACP Chairman Julian Bond announced yesterday that the civil rights group would not comply with the federal probe alleging Bond had inappropriately intervened in the presidential campaign...

A third of those granted last-minute pardons or commutations by President Clinton last month skirted the normal Justice Department review process and instead appealed directly to the White House in the waning days of his presidency. According to...