Obama tackles gun violence during Chicago visit
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama returned home to Chicago Friday and as expected, gave a spirited discussion on the gun violence issue troubling the city...
Chicago: Obama expected to talk gun violence
theGRIO REPORT - As President Barack Obama returns home to Chicago Friday, many residents are coming off of an emotionally charged re-awakening of the violence issue plaguing the city’s streets...
Fox News hosts mock 102-year-old woman
theGRIO REPORT - Many Americans found the story of 102-year-old Desiline Victor to be heartwarming...
Obama's State of the Union: Lowest rated since 2000
NEW YORK (AP) - The 33.5 million people who saw President Barack Obama's fifth State of the Union made it the smallest audience for the annual speech since Bill Clinton's last address in 2000...
Jason Wu: Michelle Obama's designer of choice?
Michelle Obama's selection of a Jason Wu dress for attending President Obama's State of the Union address has caused quite a stir.
Obama spoke personally with Pendletons after State of the Union
theGRIO REPORT - One of the photos released by the White House after this week's State of the Union address was a picture of President Obama talking with the parents of Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old who was gunned down in Chicago last month in a killing that has galvanized gun control advocates...
The president, according to the White House, spoke with Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton and Nathaniel Pendleton Sr after his speech to Congress and the nation. Obama's words about Hadiya Pendleton were one of the most memorable moments of his speech, and her parents were guests in the First Lady's box.
State of the Union takeaways for black America
SLIDESHOW - President Obama hit the road Wednesday to stump for the ideas he outlined in his first State of the Union address of his second term the night before...
Antonin Scalia: State of the Union is a 'childish spectacle'
WASHINGTON (AP) — While his colleagues got ready to go to the Capitol, Justice Antonin Scalia sat on a stage across town and held forth about why, for the 16th consecutive year, he would not be joining them for the State of the Union...
Obama travels to NC to rally support for jobs plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is kicking off three days of travel to rally support for the job-creation and economic proposals he unveiled in his State of the Union address...
State of the Union: Obama impassioned on guns
theGRIO REPORT - Obama used the conclusion of his speech to tens of millions of Americans to demand Congress vote on his gun control proposals...
