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January 25, 2011

Can Braun capitalize on Emanuel’s residency crisis?

OPINION - Carol Moseley Braun benefits from her status as the consensus candidate of the black community...
January 24, 2011

Clarence Thomas didn’t report wife’s $680,000 income

For at least five years Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas neglected to report his wife Virginia's income from a conservative…
January 24, 2011

Court: Rahm Emanuel’s name can’t appear on ballot

CHICAGO (AP) - A lawyer for Emanuel says they plan to appeal the matter to the Illinois Supreme Court...
January 24, 2011

Bachmann hits campaign trail in Iowa — says national debt is ‘slavery’

Bachmann was born in Iowa, and her family moved to MInnesota when she was young. So is her return to…
January 24, 2011

Powell still bullish on Obama, not joining govt

WASHINGTON (AP) - Powell also lamented the lack of civility in political discourse and urged Americans to display tolerance in…
January 24, 2011

Obama to push faster recovery, more jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama message: his prescription for a more robust economic recovery that cuts persistently high unemployment, now…
January 24, 2011

House leader Cantor says Obama is a US citizen

WASHINGTON (AP) - Appearing Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," Cantor refused to call people who question Obama's citizenship "crazy."...
January 24, 2011

Do black people care about the green movement?

OPINION - Despite President Obama's appointments, with regard to the environment, in America, it's business as usual...
January 21, 2011

Clyburn urges Obama to target minority hardships

WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., said the recession has devastated communities of color, leaving them with extraordinarily high…
January 21, 2011

Michelle Obama going on Oprah Winfrey show

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mrs. Obama will discuss plans to launch a nationwide campaign to support families with someone in the…
January 21, 2011

Low income blacks biggest victims of GOP budget cuts

OPINION - We cannot afford a fiscal policy that sacrifices the resources vital to the survival of low-income people and…
January 20, 2011

Haley Barbour: ‘Not much’ memory of civil rights era

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Barbour says he has little personal recollection of Freedom Summer activities in his state in 1964,…
January 20, 2011

Hawaii gov: Record of President Obama’s birth in 1961 is ‘in the archives’

The new Democratic head of the state vowed when he took office that he would do his best to end…
January 20, 2011

Slideshow: Obamas stun at state dinner for China

SLIDESHOW - Michelle and Barack Obama welcomed a mix of Hollywood A-listers, big business types and prominent Chinese-Americans to the…
January 20, 2011

Obama’s approval rating highest since July 2009

VIDEO - In a recent NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, new numbers show that 53 percent of Americans approve of…