Obama taps Medgar Evers' widow for invocation
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama has picked Myrlie Evers-Williams to deliver the invocation at his second inauguration later this month, according to the Washington Post...
$60 inaugural ball tickets sell out ahead of time
WASHINGTON (AP) — The low-cost tickets to President Barack Obama's inaugural ball were mistakenly put on sale a day early and are now sold out...
Poll: Public approves of Obama's handling of fiscal cliff
theGRIO REPORT - While the resolution of the fiscal cliff fight has left Americans divided, President Barack Obama's approval far exceeds that of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), according to a Washington Post/ABC poll released Tuesday...
Chicagoans gear up for Obama's inauguration
theGRIO REPORT - People are happy Obama has reclaimed his seat, but the novelty of having a Chicago-bred black president has worn off...
Banning assault weapons isn't enough
OPINION - In the wake of the political cowardliness by most in Washington and with many Americans still clinging to their right to own weapons that are used on the battlefields of war and in first grade classrooms, it will take a different approach to end this madness...
President Obama's year in photos
SLIDESHOW - Click through the slideshow to see some of the stand-out moments for the president in 2012...
Gallup: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama voted most admired in 2012
theGRIO REPORT - For the fifth consecutive year in a row, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have been voted the most admired man and woman of 2012, living anywhere world, by a USA Today/Gallup Poll...
Obama pushes for last-minute 'fiscal cliff' deal
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Senate leaders launched last-minute talks Friday to avoid the severe austerity measures known as the 'fiscal cliff'...
Obama on gun control petition: 'We hear you'
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama says his administration has received an outpouring of support for stricter gun laws following last week's elementary...
NRA calls for armed police officer in every school
The National Rifle Association broke its silence Friday on last week's shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school that left 26 children and staff dead.
