“The time is now to reform America’s largest jail system and to root out misconduct in America’s largest sheriff’s department.”

Modi’s win ends an era of shaky coalition governments, giving him ample room to advance economic modernisation.

“Sharpton thinks Obama should take more cues from his wife, Michelle. He still thinks about the time he bumped into her at a recent Chicago fund-raiser. He claims the conversation went like this.

Some officials in Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign viewed Christie’s praise of the president as a traitorous act, as did many other Republicans. But Christie didn’t back down.

What the Republicans are doing is nothing short of blackmail – in more ways than one. So far, President Obama has stood-up to it. But, this battle looks as if it will persist, bringing hardship to many and even threats to the security of the country.

Solis, the first Latina to serve in a Cabinet, is stepping down, the White House announced Wednesday.

Both the US House of Representative and the US Senate voted to approve the ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Legislation. The ball is now in President Obama’s court to seal the deal.

National exit polls show that more than 70 percent of Asian American voters broke for Obama, and that this voting bloc may have also played a pivotal role in swing states such as Nevada.

There was applause when Crowley suggested that it also took others in the administration as much as two weeks to abandon the idea that the attacks were related to protests over an anti-Islam video.

“President Obama relentlessly drove the narrative that Romney can’t be trusted, and put him on the defense much of the time.”

MSNBC’s special coverage begins at 8p ET/6p MT.

Current California law requires eligible voters to register at least two weeks before Election Day. The new law will take effect once California implements a new statewide voter database, which could take several years.

Romney’s commentary on the region suggests, Latin America would not only remain out of frame, but out of focus should Romney secure the presidency.

Analysts, however, predict a close race between current Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, of the ruling FNM, and Perry Christie, a former prime minister and leader of the opposition PLP.

Ambassador to Washington coming home in March