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  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (left) with Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley on Capitol Hill in July. Both senators favor curtailing the minority's right to filibuster judicial nominees.
    With Nominees Stalled, Democrats Reprise Filibuster Threat
    With Republicans blocking the nominations of one African-American and two female judges to a key appeals court, Senate Democrats are again pondering a rules change to curtail the minority's ability to filibuster judicial appointments. But even Democrats themselves are split on whether to proceed.
  • Author James McBride won the 2013 National Book Award for fiction for <em>The Good Lord Bird,</em> about the journey of a young slave in the 1850s.
    'Good Lord Bird,' 'The Unwinding' Win National Book Awards
    A visibly shocked James McBride picked up the fiction prize for his novel The Good Lord Bird about a young slave who joins up with abolitionist John Brown. The nonfiction award was won by George Packer for The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America.
  • President John F. Kennedy speaks to Mexican-American activists at a LULAC gala in Houston's Rice Hotel on Nov. 21, 1963, the day before he was assassinated.
    Mexican-American Vets Ignited Kennedy's Latino Support
    Most politicians recognize the importance of the Latino vote, but John F. Kennedy might have been the first presidential candidate to actively court it. Viva Kennedy clubs started by former Mexican-American veterans were an important factor in Kennedy's 1960 victory.
  • Obama, State Insurance Commissioners Talk Policy Extensions
    President Obama met with state insurance commissioners to discuss changes to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Some commissioners are in a difficult spot because their states passed laws that prohibit policies that don't comply with the law. Now, the president says companies can keep offering non-compliant policies for another year if they want to.
  • Jefferson County OK's Bond "warrants" for sewer debt
    BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Jefferson County commissioners have voted to approve the sale of $1.7 billion in sewer warrants to exit its historic bankruptcy.…
  • Small Town In Utah Forgets To Hold An Election
    Mayor Jay Hortin of Wallsburg, population 275, will stay in office for two more years because the town's new recorder forgot to hold an election. It's the second time in a row this has happened.
  • American Indian Leader Encouraged By White House Meeting
    Native American leaders from across the country gathered at the White House recently for the fifth annual tribal summit. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with Brian Cladoosby, the newly elected president of the National Congress of American Indians, about the top issues in Indian country.
  • A handout picture shows Europe's biggest drone, Eurohawk, made by Northrop Grumman, at the start of its first test flight in Manching, Germany, on Jan. 11. If European officials have their way, the European Union will have its own drones within the next decade.
    The European Union Says It Wants To Join The Drone Club
    Seven EU countries said they would form a club to produce military drones. The European project would join drones made by the U.S., Israel and more recently China.
  • Afghan delegates to the Loya Jirga, or grand assembly, listen to Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday. Some 2,500 elders and community leaders have gathered in Kabul to discuss a U.S.-Afghan security agreement that would define the role of U.S. troops after the combat mission ends next year.
    Everything You Wanted To Know About An Afghan Loya Jirga
    President Hamid Karzai has called together this "grand assembly" of Afghan elders and community leaders to help decide the future role of the U.S. military in the war-ravaged country.
  • Governor Robert Bentley says the grants will "prevent homelessness by giving a helping hand to Alabamians at a time of critical need."
    Grants Awarded To Help Ala. Groups Serve Homeless
    Governor Robert Bentley has announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing Alabama with $1.8 million in grants help fund…
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