Dem, GOP senators reach deal on gun background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) - Subjecting more firearms purchases to federal background checks has been the chief goal of Obama and gun control supporters...
Assault weapons ban won't be in Dems' gun bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has decided that a proposed assault weapons ban won't be part of a gun control bill the Senate plans to debate next month...
There's no excuse for not pardoning Jack Johnson
OPINION - Now is the time for President Obama to pardon the legendary heavyweight boxing champ Jack Johnson...
Jack Johnson pardon sought (again)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers seeking a presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, the world's first black heavyweight boxing champion imprisoned a century ago for his romantic relationships with white women, renewed their efforts on Tuesday...
Deal to avert fiscal cliff appears within reach
NBC NEWS - An agreement in principle to avert broad tax increases and spending cuts appeared imminent Monday night...
In 'fiscal cliff' talks, Obama makes proposal, but GOP objects
WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington politicians have one month to step back from the so-called 'fiscal cliff,' across-the-board tax hikes and austerity-driven spending cuts likely to return the country to recession...
Obama, House leaders optimistic on 'fiscal cliff'
theGRIO REPORT - A White House meeting between President Obama and top congressional leaders concluded Friday with Republicans reaffirming that they will accept some increase in tax revenue...
Has Mitt Romney been 'vetted' like Obama?
OPINION - If in 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama had refused to release his tax returns, we would not currently be in a run-up to President Obama’s re-election because there would not be a President Obama...
Romney: 'I have paid taxes every year'
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney declared Friday that he has 'paid taxes every year — and a lot of taxes'...
Harry Reid: Court ruling paves path to racial profiling
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats and Republicans scrambled for election-year gain from the Supreme Court's ruling Monday that threw out key provisions of Arizona's immigration law...
