Obama sends warm wishes to new pope
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is offering warm wishes to newly elected Pope Francis.
Politics clouding Obama's coming visit to Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — A week before President Barack Obama is set to arrive in the region, Middle Eastpolitics are already casting a cloud over the visit as Israeli and Palestinian officials plan a series of events to promote their agendas.
The Game gets Obama's face tattooed on his chest
theGRIO REPORT - Outspoken West Coast emcee, The Game, is known for a few things -- his many rap beefs, name dropping fellow rappers in his rhymes, and his love for tattoos...
Obama signs new Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says an expanded anti-violence bill is a "victory" for advocates and survivors of domestic violence.
Obama taps Wal-Mart exec, 2 others for cabinet
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will nominate a trio of top advisers Monday, announcing his picks to run the Energy Department and Environmental Protection Agency, as well as a new budget chief...
Automatic budget cuts, blame game, begin
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans refused Saturday to concede any culpability for failing to stave off huge, automatic spending cuts...
Rosa Parks statue unveiled at Capitol
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.
Senate to vote on moving ahead on Hagel nod
WASHINGTON (AP) — A deeply divided Senate moved toward a vote Tuesday on President Barack Obama's contentious choice of Chuck Hagel to head the Defense Department, with the former Republican senator on track to win confirmation after a protracted political fight.
theGrio’s 100: Key and Peele, the dynamic comedy duo
theGRIO's 100 - Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are both former members of Madtv, but are best known as the stars of Comedy Central’s 'Key and Peele' show...
Ex-NYC mayor Dinkins on legacy, 'ridiculous' politics
VIDEO - Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins sat down with MSNBC’s Alex Witt on Saturday to talk about a range of issues, from America's national debt to partisanship in Washington, and his hard fought battle to become the first black Mayor of New York City in 1989...
