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December 18, 2012

How will Tim Scott help Republicans in the Senate?

OPINION - The evidence suggests Senator Scott will be useful to Republicans, but only up to a point...
December 18, 2012

Obama makes shortlist for TIME's Person of the Year

NBC NEWS - On Tuesday morning, TIME magazine's short list of eight potential choices for its iconic Person of the…
December 17, 2012

Electoral College set to affirm President Obama's re-election

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Tradition trumped suspense Monday as members of the Electoral College cast the official, final votes…
December 17, 2012

Tim Scott appointed to the US Senate, will be only black member

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Tim Scott, a Republican, is expected to be appointed Monday to the U.S. Senate seat that…
December 17, 2012

'Take that n-word off the TV, we wanna watch football!': Twitter community erupts to Obama's NFL preemption

theGRIO REPORT - Last night's Sunday Night Football game between the San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots was interrupted…
December 17, 2012

Why gun control could pass now

ANALYSIS - Gun control advocates have urged bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines after all of the mass killings…
December 17, 2012

How the assault weapons ban has been assaulted

theGRIO REPORT - The recent massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut—the second worst school shooting in U.S.…
December 16, 2012

Senate Democrats will try to bring back the assault weapons ban

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic lawmakers said Sunday that military-style assault weapons should be banned and that a national commission should…
December 16, 2012

Michael Eric Dyson on 'Meet the Press': Address mental illness, but also guns

VIDEO - On 'Meet the Press' this week, Professor Michael Eric Dyson sparred with former Education Secretary Bill Bennett and…
December 16, 2012

Obama in Newtown: ‘We’re not doing enough’ to protect our kids

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — He spoke for a nation in sorrow, but the slaughter of all those little boys and…
December 16, 2012

Speaker Boehner offers millionaire tax hike to Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner has signaled new movement in 'fiscal cliff' talks that had appeared…
December 16, 2012

Obama to speak at Connecticut vigil

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will attend an evening vigil in Newtown, Connecticut, on Sunday to mourn with a…
December 15, 2012

Secretary of state Hillary Clinton faints, sustains concussion

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who skipped an overseas trip this past week because of a…
December 14, 2012

Susan Rice withdrawal sparks gender concerns on Cabinet

WASHINGTON (AP) - The top contenders for the 'big three' jobs in President Barack Obama's second-term Cabinet are all white…
December 14, 2012

First lady Michelle Obama keeps mum on president's Christmas gift

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama is keeping mum on what she plans to get President Barack Obama for Christmas.