Obama says 'couldn't be prouder' of Jason Collins
WASHINGTON (AP) - Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, Obama said Collins showed the progress the United States has made in recognizing that gays and lesbians deserve full equality...
Beyoncé sings National Anthem live
theGRIO REPORT - Beyoncé proved that she can indeed sing 'The Star Spangled Banner' live today...
Obama press conference: 5 things we learned
theGRIO REPORT - The president held the final press conference of his first term on Monday afternoon, less than a week before his second inauguration. Here's what we learned from his remarks...
Obama deflects criticism about lack of diversity
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is deflecting criticism that his Cabinet for his second term is shaping up to be less diverse than it was during his first...
Obama demands quick action on US debt limit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama demanded on Monday that Congress quickly raise the federal debt limit and warned that he will not allow the Republican opposition to 'collect a ransom for crashing the U.S. economy'...
On guns, a new passion from Obama
theGRIO REPORT - The president showed a passion and urgency on the issue that suggested that he is eager to actually take action, unlike his more modest posture after shootings in Arizona and Colorado over the last two years...
Emboldened Obama emerges after election
ANALYSIS - President Obama sounds like a man who believes he has a mandate and is willing to use it...
Obama defends Susan Rice in face of opposition
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is defending U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice in the aftermath of the deadly Sept. 11 attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Libya and calling Republican criticism of her 'outrageous'...
US basketball has fashionably late Olympic arrival
LONDON (AP) - The U.S. men's Olympic basketball team is favored to win again, and some think it's a matter of the players just showing up...
Obama interrupted during immigration remarks
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama responded angrily to a reporter from a conservative online publication who interrupted him during remarks on immigration in the White House Rose Garden...
