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May 21, 2013

GOP leaders say Obama impeachment talk premature

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The Republican National Committee chairman and a leading conservative, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, urged caution Monday…
May 21, 2013

Obama pledges urgent aid to Oklahoma town

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma Tuesday in the wake of "one of the…
May 21, 2013

Black GOP Virginia Lt. gov. nominee stirs controversy with anti-gay views

OPINION - Virginia Republicans have selected a dyed-in-the-wool, black conservative minister and activist as their nominee for lieutenant governor. And…
May 20, 2013

White House aides learned of IRS details in April, but didn’t tell Obama

NBC News - The White House first learned of a draft report detailing abuses by IRS officials in targeting conservative…
May 20, 2013

Obama to visit South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will visit three African nations this summer...
May 20, 2013

Why there’s no ‘excuse’ for simplifying Obama’s message to Morehouse men

OPINION - Interestingly enough, both the president’s detractors as well as his supporters will seize on the same soundbite from…
May 20, 2013

Morehouse grads ‘proud’ to witness historic Obama commencement speech

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama delivered a fearless and passionate commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, which despite the…
May 19, 2013

Obama to Morehouse grads: Serve others, set examples as good fathers, men

ATLANTA (AP) -rically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college...
May 19, 2013

Full text and video of President Barack Obama’s address to Morehouse graduates

NEWS - President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address to graduates of Morehouse College on Sunday, making history as the…
May 18, 2013

Black pastor stirs controversy ahead of Obama’s Morehouse commencement speech

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama will deliver the commencement speech at Morehouse College -- the storied predominantly black men's college…
May 17, 2013

President Obama, first lady address graduates at HBCUs

theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Graduation season is underway and students and their families are joined by a few special guests as…
May 17, 2013

How Susan Rice could benefit from the GOP’s latest Benghazi push

ANALYSIS - The release of e-mails related to the administration's response to the Benghazi attack show how little of a…
May 16, 2013

Heritage letter to Republicans on Capitol Hill: Don’t legislate, just scandalize Obama

OPINION - Finally, we have something out of the Heritage Foundation that is entirely accurate...
May 16, 2013

Why Republicans are still obsessed with repealing Obamacare

ANALYSIS - House Republicans held their 37th vote to scrap all or parts of 'Obamacare,' illustrating a determined campaign to…
May 16, 2013

Obama in the crosshairs as Washington’s scandal culture kicks into overdrive

OPINION - May has so far been a whirlwind for the Obama administration, first with the never ending Benghazi non-scandal…
May 15, 2013

No, Obama is not Nixon

ANALYSIS - A series of controversies, mostly notably the IRS specifically using terms like 'Tea Party' as a trigger for…
May 14, 2013

Republican outrage over IRS targeting Tea Party didn’t extend to NAACP

OPINION - Where was the outrage when the IRS audited the NAACP in 2004?...
May 14, 2013

Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel among stars in attendance at Obama fundraiser

NEW YORK (AP) — Huddling with A-list celebrities and top re-election donors, President Barack Obama bemoaned the partisan forces that…
May 13, 2013

Obama faces new challenges, but not ‘curse’

ANALYSIS - Obama hardly seems likely to be forced out of office, impeached or have the kind of incident like…
May 13, 2013

Obama calls GOP talk on Benghazi a ‘sideshow’

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is dismissing Republican criticism of his administration's handling of the attack on a U.S.…