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January 15, 2013

Edwin Meese, ex-Reagan attorney general, raises specter of Obama impeachment

theGRIO REPORT - Edwin Meese, former U.S. attorney general under former president Ronald Reagan, has become the latest prominent Republican…
January 15, 2013

Obama to take private oath in brief family service

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's private swearing-in will be a brief, sparsely attended ceremony in the Blue Room of…
January 15, 2013

Ann Coulter on gun violence: ‘It’s a demographic problem’

theGRIO REPORT - Right wing pundit Ann Coulter has ignited another racial firestorm with her incendiary remarks on gun violence…
January 15, 2013

GOP rep Steve Stockman raises Obama impeachment over gun control executive orders

theGRIO REPORT - Conservative rage over gun control has reached a fever pitch before any new legislation or executive orders…
January 15, 2013

Obama witch doctor t-shirts a big hit at Tea Party convention

theGRIO REPORT - At a Tea Party convention held last weekend in South Carolina, several attendees wore t-shirts depicting President…
January 15, 2013

Arizona governor Jan Brewer opts for federal Medicaid expansion

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Monday she plans to push for an expansion of the state's Medicaid…
January 15, 2013

Obama gets gun violence proposals; NY to pass ban

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama could reveal the details of how the U.S. will address gun violence as early…
January 15, 2013

MLK III: Martin Luther King’s Bible makes historic journey to Obama’s inaugural

OPINION - If my father could see his work and his Bible still inspiring our country after all these years,…
January 14, 2013

Malik Obama, Barack Obama’s half brother, to run for governor of Kenyan county

theGRIO REPORT - Another Obama is getting into electoral politics, and no, it's not Michelle Obama...
January 14, 2013

Justice Clarence Thomas speaks for 1st time in 7 years during aural arguments

WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Clarence Thomas did something at a Supreme Court argument Monday for the first time in nearly…
January 14, 2013

5 things we learned from Obama’s last 1st term press conference

theGRIO REPORT - The president held the final press conference of his first term on Monday afternoon, less than a…
January 14, 2013

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…
January 14, 2013

Chicago man accused of spitting on secret service agent guarding Obama’s home

CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man has been charged with spitting on a Secret Service agent who was guarding President…
January 14, 2013

Obama’s fitness put to test at Pentagon clinic

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama underwent a fitness test at a Pentagon health clinic on Saturday as part of…
January 14, 2013

Obama demands quick action to raise US debt limit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama demanded on Monday that Congress quickly raise the federal debt limit and warned that…