Politics and the jobless rate

theGrio

WASHINGTON (AP) - The weak May unemployment report presents President Barack Obama with a sobering reminder...

Justice Dept. halts Florida voter purge

The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered the state of Florida to halt its purge of suspected non-U.S. citizens from its voter rolls...

Patrick: Bain a 'perfectly fine company'

Caryn Freeman

theGRIO REPORT - Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick talked about his relationship with his predecessor and current Republican candidate for president, Mitt Romney on MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe'...

Obama fundraising appeal: Romney is with Trump

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - The Obama campaign is trying to make even more political hay from Mitt Romney's decision to attend a fundraiser with Donald Trump...

Romney's 'Promise of America' portrays a world without blacks

Mychal Denzel Smith

OPINION - As is true with any candidate, Romney is now tasked with trying to win over voters by presenting his plan for the future of this country. The problem for Romney is that his campaign appears to be stuck in the past...

Obama 2012 reportedly opts for 'fear' over 'hope'

theGrio

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama's aides outlined their campaign strategy to New York magazine this week, and it won't be the hope and change of 2008...

New polls show tight race in Iowa, Nevada and Colorado

Mark Murray

MSNBC - President Barack Obama and presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney are deadlocked in three key presidential battleground states, according to a new round of NBC-Marist polls...

Anti-Obama video airs on 'Fox and Friends'

theGrio

NEW YORK (AP) - Fox News Channel's morning show on Wednesday twice aired a nearly four-minute video that contrasted President Barack Obama's words with negative statistics about his administration in a format that looked similar to a campaign advertisement...