S.A. Miller

Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, Carly Fiorina seek to stand out from 2016 Republican field

The three most recent entrants in the 2016 presidential race -- Republicans Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee and Carly Fiorina -- did their best on Sunday's talk shows to stand out in a crowded GOP field by taking stances that break with party dogma.

May 10, 2015

Mike Huckabee: Americans don’t want Social Security reform

Mike Huckabee says his opposition to Social Security reform doesn't make him sound like a Democrat -- but like an American.

May 10, 2015

Bernard Sanders declares Supreme Court ‘litmus test’ to fight Koch brothers

Sen. Bernard Sanders says his Supreme Court nominees would have to vow to overturn the Citizens United ruling that allowed unlimited corporate spending in elections.

May 10, 2015

Carly Fiorina breaks with GOP on trade deal

Carly Fiorina on Sunday voiced opposition to giving President Obama the authority to fast track a massive trade deal with Pacific Rim countries.

May 10, 2015

Michael McCaul: ‘Terrorism has gone viral’ from Islamic State’s online recruitment

House Homeland Security Chairman Michael T. McCaul on Sunday warned Americans to brace for more terrorist attacks inside the U.S. because of the proliferation of online recruitment, especially by the terrorist army known as the Islamic State.

May 10, 2015

Ben Carson: ‘Real life’ trumps political experience

GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson defended his lack of government experience Sunday by saying he's got "real-life experience."

May 10, 2015

U.S. employers add 223,000 jobs; unemployment rate falls to 5.4 percent

Warmer weather helped bring the labor market back to life after a winter slumber, with 223,000 jobs added in April to contribute to lowering the U.S. unemployment rate from 5.5 percent to 5.4 percent.

May 8, 2015

Liberal agenda gets remade as web video

Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and MoveOn.org Civic Action launched a series of web videos in an interactive online campaign to test out ideas from the liberal agenda, staring with videos promoting a $15 minimum "living wage" and other laws to help working families.

May 7, 2015

Hillary Clinton tops with Iowa Democrats: poll

The scandals over her email and foreign donations to the family charity hasn't put a dent in Hillary Clinton's popularity with Iowa Democrats, a new poll shows.

May 7, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s immigrant promises please Hispanics, who want action over words

Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign pledge to give pro-immigration activists almost everything they want -- including expanding President Obama's deportation amnesty to more illegal immigrants -- wowed activists but also left them wondering whether she was merely pandering to Hispanic voters.

May 6, 2015

Bernie Sanders struggles to gain foothold early in presidential race

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders tested out his stump speech at a town hall meeting Tuesday, receiving enthusiastic applause and a standing ovation from the crowd with his calls to tax the rich and expand the federal safety net and benefits for other Americans — but most voters won't hear about it.

May 5, 2015

Democratic Party announces six presidential primary debates

Hillary Rodham Clinton and the other candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination will have an opportunity to face off in at least six debates, the Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday.

May 5, 2015

Hillary Clinton: Path to citizenship for all illegal immigrants

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton will call for a full path to citizenship for illegal immigrants at an event Tuesday in Nevada, as she goes all-in on the issue in pursuit of Hispanic votes.

May 5, 2015

Bill Clinton: ‘There’s one set of rules for us and another set for everybody else’

Former President Bill Clinton is defending the millions of dollars in foreign money that flowed into the Clinton Foundation and are creating issues for his wife's 2016 presidential bid, telling NBC News' Cynthia McFadden the charity has never done anything "knowingly inappropriate" and that his family gets held to a higher standard than others.

May 4, 2015

Hillary Clinton pushed left as Bernie Sanders’ socialist ideas resonate in Iowa

The liberal agenda that Sen. Bernard Sanders' presidential run helped push to the forefront has proved popular with Democratic voters even in the old farm towns of Iowa, where party officials say the pressure is increasing on Hillary Rodham Clinton to move left to compete in the first-in-the-nation caucuses.

May 3, 2015

Bernie Sanders launches presidential run, takes on Hillary Clinton

Sen. Bernard Sanders on Thursday announced that he was running for the White House, adding a fierce liberal voice to the race and giving Hillary Clinton her first challenger for the Democratic nomination.

April 30, 2015

Hillary Clinton seizes on Baltimore riots, calls for criminal justice reforms

Pointing to the Baltimore riots, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday called for sweeping criminal justice reforms and mandatory body cameras for law officers across the country that she said would help end a "pattern" of cops killing innocent black men.

April 29, 2015

Baltimore riots put Martin O’Malley on defensive, cast shadow over race relations record

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is laboring to shore up support among African-Americans and liberal voters after the Baltimore riots cast a shadow over his record on race relations during 15 years running the city and the state — a record he'd hoped would be the center of a White House bid.

April 29, 2015

Hillary Clinton doubles down on racial justice in first campaign address

Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday demanded sweeping criminal justice reforms to end a "pattern" of black men being killed by police and black communities being subjugated by poverty, as the Baltimore riots pushed race relations to the forefront of her presidential campaign.

April 29, 2015

Baltimore riots: Hillary Clinton calls Freddie Gray death tragic, urges criminal justice reform

Hillary Rodham Clinton, at a fundraiser for her presidential campaign Tuesday, said the violence in Baltimore was "heartbreaking" and called for criminal justice reform.

April 28, 2015