Dem, GOP senators reach deal on gun background checks

Alan Fram, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Subjecting more firearms purchases to federal background checks has been the chief goal of Obama and gun control supporters...

Rosa Parks statue unveiled at Capitol

Suzanne Gamboa, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rosa Parks is famous for her 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a city bus in Alabama to a white man, but there's plenty about the rest of her experiences that she deliberately withheld from her family.

Deal to avert fiscal cliff appears within reach

NBC News

NBC NEWS - An agreement in principle to avert broad tax increases and spending cuts appeared imminent Monday night...

Obama ups pressure in fiscal cliff talks

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama upped the pressure on Republican leaders to reach a fiscal deal, as the Senate tried to work out a compromise agreement as early as Sunday...

White House meeting a last stab at a fiscal deal

Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders have arrived at the White House for a meeting with President Barack Obama in an eleventh-hour effort to avert a fiscal cliff...

Obama, House leaders optimistic on 'fiscal cliff'

theGrio

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...

What is the 'fiscal cliff' anyway?

Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - So just what is this 'fiscal cliff' that has the financial markets rattled and economists and policymakers alike in a tizzy over the potential for sending the economy into another tailspin?...

Congress honors black Marines

Andres Gonzalez, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of African-American veterans who helped to integrate the Marine Corps during World War II at a time segregation was an everyday reality are now proud recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor.