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​NSA Director Adm. Mike Rogers cast a dash of doubt Tuesday on the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia-tied hackers sought to help Donald Trump in the 2016 election, explaining for the first time in public testimony why his agency had only "moderate confidence" in that judgment.

2016 marked a sea-change in the progressive electoral coalition that elected and, subsequently reelected, Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.

Black Republicans are not a myth.

Despite ideological differences between them, factions appear to be dissolving.

Yes, it has got to be tough to be a black Republican in the Trump era.

I voted for Donald Trump because there were promises made in our communities, especially the African American community, that jobs would be sent to the young people, vocational programs, apprenticeships—that the government would invest in communities for entrepreneurship.

Despite his rhetoric, Obama leaves behind an overheated racial climate. Can black conservatives heal the divide?

Former State Senator Elbert Guillory (R-Opelousas) and Faye Williams (D-Alexandria), President of National Congress of Black Women, discuss efforts by the Louisiana GOP to attract more Republicans. There are 22,000 black Republicans out of three million registered total voters in the state.

The National Black Chamber of Commerce argued Tuesday that a proposal to overhaul the tax code could be particularly beneficial to minority-owned businesses.

Can Trump be the Republican president who delivers for the black community?

Group’s president Ayshia Connors wants to get more black Republicans in politics.

It’s no secret that black conservatives often have a tough time in American politics, usually dismissed by white liberals and distrusted and viewed as “Uncle Toms” and “sellouts” by their fellow African-Americans.

Some in the Republican party in the city of St. Louis are hoping the candidacy of Andrew Jones, an African-American utility company executive, will cause other African Americans to rethink their allegiance to the Democratic party.

Trump would be doing the Republican Party a huge service if he took this message to the new generation of young, determined and ambitious African Americans.

Black lawmakers emerged from the meeting with Trump at the White House and said the president was at least willing to listen to their concerns.

The healthcare fiasco taught President Trump he can't accomplish big things with just one party. He's looking to work with Democrats but his inner circle anticipates total opposition from Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi.

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott cracked a joke about being a black senator during his speech at the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner Wednesday.

Black Republicans with party experience and credentials need not seek any substantive engagement with the very party they have been taking arrows in the back for over the years.

With this quarter-century vantage point, we know that Judge Gorsuch is the real deal.

Apparently, two coconuts are required to be a good Congressman. And the Republican candidate wants us to know that he's got 'em.