National Politics
National politics news: the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court, elections and policy debates, reported with a focus on Hispanic Americans.
Donald Trump took some time off the presidential campaign trail to talk to me about what else, Politics. In a phone interview with "The Donald," Trump said that he thinks Jeb Bush feels "entitled" to the Republican presidential nomination, and because he continues to best Bush in all of the national presidential polls, that is […]
Donald Trump's recent immigration position of scrubbing the birthright citizenship amendment to the U.S. Constitution has pressed Senator Marco Rubio to respond to his fellow Republican presidential candidate. “I am open to doing things that prevent people who deliberately come to the U.S. for purposes of taking advantage of the 14th amendment but I’m not […]
Cuban-American U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D) has joined his colleague Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) in opposing President Obama's new nuclear deal with state sponsor of terrorism, Iran. Melendez, who faces corruption charges, may be pushing back against the Obama administration for bring federal charges against him. "If Iran is to acquire a nuclear bomb, it […]
The murderer of an American, Harry Devert of Pelham, New York, heading to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, may have been arrested by Mexican authorities. Mexico's Federales have announced the arrest of Adrian Reyes Cadena, the suspected leader drug gang in along the Pacific Coast region of that country. Devert was a 33-year-old stock […]
Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump has just outlined his new Immigration policy, taking a hardline position on an existing U.S. immigration law, addressing how he will make Mexico pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border, as well as taking a jab at fellow GOP presidential candidate, Marco Rubio. Trump's immigration position (below) starts […]
Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, addressed Iowa Democratic voters this past weekend, using the opportunity to reach out to black and Hispanic voters, saying that his campaign would be focused on "overcoming racial divisions." Sanders spoke of addressing racial divisions, but then drove a deeper racial wedge by telling Iowans that he spoke for all […]
If you turned off the recent UEFA 'Super Cup' match between FC Barcelona and Sevilla because you thought Barcelona and Argentine striker Leonel Messi were going to rout their opponents, then you missed out on one the best games to be played in a very long time. Barcelona was up 4-2,and seemed to be coasting […]
Fugitive Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzmán used planes, submarines, trains, sailboats and tunnels to smuggle narcotics from Mexico into the United States, court filings show. The man who became public enemy No. 1 in the United States after the death of terrorist Osama Bin Laden escaped from a Mexican prison a month […]
I don't believe that anyone in the Cuban exile community who opposes President Obama's "normalization" of relations with communist Cuba, thought the administration would invite them to the historic U.S. flag-raising ceremony in Havana, Cuba later this week. And, let me just say, I highly doubt any of these Cuban exiles would even want to […]
President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) executive order is bearing the fruits of the program's push to aid illegal immigrant children brought to the U.S. at not fault of their own. Nebraska was the last state to allow these "Dreamers" the opportunity to apply for a state driver's license, and since lifting […]
Eight people — including five children and three adults — were found slain inside a Houston-area home and a man who exchanged gunfire with police has been charged with three counts of capital murder, according to Texas authorities and court records. Court records show that one capital murder count against David Conley covers multiple deaths. […]
Spanish-language TV Network Univision seems bothered about the first Republican presidential debate because according to them, comprehensive immigration reform was not addressed by the 17 candidates that participated in the two debates on Fox News. In reality, all of the candidates that were asked about immigration, answered the questions by stating what they would do […]
Officials in the Mexican city of Acapulco, one of the most dangerous cities in the world, have confirmed that Miguel Angel Jimenez Blanco, the leader of the Xaltianguis community policing group, was shot to death by organized crime, or a drug cartel, and left in the taxi cab he owned. Jimenez was focused on bring awareness […]
"If you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump?"-Kelly Osbourne After making this comment on The View, will Osbourne be submitted to the same scrutiny any character assassination that Donald Trump has endured after he made those controversial, but true statements about illegal immigration […]
Superstar soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo took some of his skills outside the field to play one of the biggest pranks on unsuspecting people in Madrid. The Real Madrid star shared a full video of the prank on Monday — and it's epic. Ronaldo dressed up as a homeless man and hit the streets of the […]
A Salvadoran woman who was part of the surge of Central Americans who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border last year without proper documents is trying to avoid deportation by hiding in a Catholic mission in Atlanta. Claudia Mariela Jurado decided to elude immigration authorities after a judge denied her request for political asylum last week […]
Mexico's ongoing drug war continues to rage on, not just along the U.S. border, but in every corner of the country, including its capitol, Mexico City. Another photographer and four women were found dead in a middle-class neighborhood of Mexico City, and are suspected of being the victims of the crime wave narco-traffickers and […]
Bullets whizzed past a woman's head as she fled from an 18-year-old gunman who had posed as a stranded motorist to convince her family to help him on the roadside of a Montana Indian reservation, the woman recounted to relatives. The man claimed he had run out of gas, then pulled a gun, demanded money […]
Jorge Mendes, a Portugues sports agent, who represents non other than Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, married Sandra Barosa in his native Portugal. Ronaldo, who was Mendes' best man, gifted his friend and agent an entire Greek Island worth anywhere between three and fifty million euros. The wedding was attended some Soccer world elites- Florentino […]
Miami, FL-Hillary Clinton announced that she supported lifting the U.S. embargo against Cuba, and said that she would ask Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and the rest of the Congress, to lift the decades-long embargo. But while Clinton outline the reasons why the "failed" embargo needed to be lifted, Clinton also […]
Who said Donald Trump wasn't a confident man? The man who will tell you at drop of a dime that he is "successful and rich," and that he builds "great things" is running for president in 2016, says that his "numero uno" (Espanol for number one) with the Hispanic community. Trump, who is riding a […]
A Colombian beauty pageant winner will not be competing in any upcoming contests after being busted in China for possession of drugs. 22-year-old Juliana Lopez was arrested on July 18 by Chinese authorities after supposedly smuggling psychoactive drugs in her laptop computer, and could face the death penalty. According to a the girl's uncle, the […]
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has changed her position on Cuba, and will ask Congress to lift the U.S. embargo against the communist island. GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush pointed out that Clinton has opposed the easing of "restrictions against Cuba," but is now changing her tune, as the former First Lady and Secretary of […]
Over the past 11 months, at least 8 people have been jailed in Venezuela, according to Fox News Latino. The arrests come as street confrontations between students demanding free speech and government forces have been raging for years. Fox News lists the arrested opposition: Lessi Marcano (48), Ginette Hernández (23), Leonel Sánchez (47), Víctor Ugas […]
The effort to relieve, or bail out the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico from its current economic struggles, has just received a big boost form the Obama administration. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has said that allowing Puerto Rico the opportunity to file for bankruptcy will in fact help the island get out from under […]
Former Futbol, or Soccer great, Diego Armando Maradona could make a run for the FIFA presidency next year. The devout socialist, who has the faces of both Che Guevara and Fidel Castro tattooed on his body, is said to be mulling over the decision make a run for the top Soccer job in the world. […]
Harlem Suarez, a 23 year old man connected to ISIS was planning to attack Key West and South Beach beach fronts with buried bombs. His target date was July 4th, a popular beach day in South Florida, but the planning did not come together for him. He however remained intent in bringing terror to South Florida. […]
Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez (IL), who is one of the most outspoken supporters for a pathway to amnesty for all illegal immigrants living in the U.S., took to the House floor to make the case for why Congress needed to act, and bailout the island of Puerto Rico from its current state of economic misery. […]
Jeb Bush broke out the Spanish again. This time during an interview with MSNBC. In the interview Bush said: “I was hurt hearing somebody speaking in such a vulgar fashion. This makes solving this problem much more difficult. When we have politicians like that we cannot progress. In a political sense it was bad, and […]
Mexican-born model Anett Pikula, now a U.S. citizen, has been arrested at the U.S. southern border on drug possession charges. Border agents found $134,000 in cocaine stashed away the gold 2006 Mercedes Benz that the "overly talkative" and flirtatious Pikula was driving back into the U.S. Pikula's flirting may work on men (not this time) […]
As if having been born into a cartel and gang-ridden Central America was not enough, now MS-13 is recruiting new arrivals in New York, so they can help bring about the same type of thug tactics to America. The war against gangs and cartels is one that already plagues the United States on the souther […]
The communist group in Peru, which killed thousands at the height of its influence in Peru, was just dealt a major blow by Peruvian authorities. A 120 soldier Peruvian Army unit conducted a raid on the "production camp" and rescued 36 captive men, women and children. 26 of the rescued were children being held for indoctrination […]
Last week we saw a sight many thought they'd never see. The Cuban flag being raised in Washington DC, and hanging in the State Department's lobby signifies a huge, historical shift in US foreign policy. The embargo however remains. Now, as negotiations and diplomatic relations continue, Cuba is making some demands which they have made […]
As Hispanic Heritage month approaches, Pedro Martinez has just been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. The Red Socks legend is arguably one of the best closers ever in baseball. Born in The Dominican Republic, Martinez becomes one of the 9 hispanic players born outside of the United Stated to be inducted […]
Judge Dolly M. Gee of Federal District Court for the Central District of California has ordered the Obama administration to release all children of people crossing the border illegally. In the decision, the judge decreed that the detention of children which the Obama administration has been carrying out, violates am obscure court settlement which deals with […]
One of all-time favorite baseball players growing up as a kid in Los Angeles was then-Mexican pitcher Fernando Valenzuela. My dad used to take us to Dodger stadium to watch baseball games, and on two occasions, we were treated to Valenzuela's outings. It didn't really matter to me that he was Hispanic, it was his […]






