Trayvon's mom to participate in racial profiling forum
MIAMI - The mother of slain Miami teen Trayvon Martin is expected to attend a congressional forum in Washington D.C. Tuesday to discuss racial profiling and hate crimes issues...
Children help first lady plant White House garden
WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama is harvesting vegetables and plants at the White House with children from across the country for the first time...
Obama marks St. Patrick's Day with pint in a pub
WASHINGTON, DC (AP) - President Barack Obama tilted back a glass of the dark Irish brew Saturday, observing St. Patrick's Day at a boisterous Irish pub with his ancestral cousin from Moneygall, Ireland, at his side...
Clooney's Washington blitz on Sudan reaches Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) - Actor George Clooney's blitz of the U.S. capital to bring attention to the humanitarian crisis in border regions between Sudan and South Sudan arrived at the Oval Office on Thursday...
Slideshow: Obamas host glamorous state dinner
SLIDESHOW - President Obama and First Lady Michelle hosted the the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, and his wife Samantha Cameron for their fourth State Dinner...
Visually impaired student taped to chair by teacher
A Washington, D.C. teacher was fired recently after taping a visually-impaired fourth grader to his chair, according to the New York Daily News...
Angela Davis poster stirs controversy in DC court
More than 40 years since she was placed on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list, Angela Davis' image still causes a stir...
Slideshow: The Obamas dine with supporters
SLIDESHOW - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama broke bread with a group of small-dollar donors to his re-election campaign on Thursday...
Smithsonian's black museum inspires celebration
Huge interest and investment in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture has left executive directors of smaller black museum around the country worried about the competition...
Why were women left out of a birth control hearing?
OPINION - Republicans tried to start a war about religion at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing yesterday, but like Pogo, they 'met the enemy and he is us.'...
