Anthony Foxx: 'No such thing as a Democratic or Republican road'

Julie Pace, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Monday tapped rising Democratic politician Anthony Foxx to lead the Department of Transportation, an agency at the center of Washington's fiscal fights...

Hearing held in case of poisoned letters mailed to Obama

Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man charged with making a deadly poison sent to President Barack Obama and others was ordered held without bond until a hearing later this week when prosecutors are expected to describe what evidence they have against him...

In a first, black voter turnout rate passes whites

Hope Yen, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - America's blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time...

Obama spoofs Daniel Day-Lewis

theGrio

VIDEO - President Obama teamed up with director Steven Spielberg to make a gag video for the White House Correspondent’s Dinner about Daniel-Day Lewis portraying Obama in a Spielberg film..

Obama to name Anthony Foxx as Transportation Secretary

Perry Bacon Jr.

theGRIO REPORT - Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx will be nominated Monday by President Obama to become the new Secretary of Transportation, according to a White House official...

Ex-French president top gift giver to Obama family

Matthew Lee, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel wife, Carla Bruni, were clearly taken with President Barack Obama and his family back in 2011...

What do Bush and Obama have in common?

Perry Bacon Jr.

OPINION - George W. Bush and Barack Obama, neither of whom was considered an ideologue before they entered office, have presided over the most politically divisive time in modern American history...

Is Obama's presidency already over?

Perry Bacon Jr.

ANALYSIS - Looking forward, the future of Obama's agenda is not dependent on his leadership skills or his speeches, but the rest of the political structure...