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March 5, 2014

What’s the deal with Kesha Rogers? Democratic Senate candidate compares Obama to Hitler

OPINION - Rogers has compared President Obama to Hitler, complete with a Hitler mustache, and likened Obamacare to the policies…
March 3, 2014

President Obama tries to build international coalition against Russia

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama, as he has done in virtually every foreign policy conflict since he entered office, is…
March 3, 2014

Is President Obama out-of-order on his judicial picks?

theGRIO REPORT - Perhaps more than any issue during his six years in office, some of Obama's strongest black and…
February 28, 2014

Bill O'Reilly calls out 'gangsta rappers' Jay Z, Kanye West

theGRIO REPORT - Fox News host Bill O'Reilly got into a heated conversation with Senior Advisor to President Obama Valerie…
February 28, 2014

President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden go jogging through the White House

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden supported First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign Friday by…
February 27, 2014

President Obama gets personal in launching new program 'My Brother's Keeper'

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama on Thursday spoke in deeply personal terms about growing up without a father and urged…
February 27, 2014

President Obama on his youth: 'I made bad choices. I got high'

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday launched his 'My Brother's Keeper' initiative, urging stronger efforts to create more…
February 27, 2014

Rep. David Scott: President Obama shows 'disrespect' with judicial nominees

theGRIO REPORT - The growing chorus of critics on the Left of President Barack Obama' s Georgia judicial appointees is…
February 27, 2014

With 'My Brother's Keeper,' President Obama looks beyond the White House

theGRIO REPORT - The 'My Brother’s Keeper'initiative to help young black and Hispanic men that President Obama will unveil on…
February 26, 2014

Oklahoma woman loses life-sized wooden painting Obama

VIDEO - Have you seen President Obama? He's about six feet tall and made out of wood. An Oklahoma City…
February 26, 2014

#Breaking Black: Hillary Clinton, the big left and black America

OPINION - Bill Clinton’s two-term presidency, as well as his now infamous behavior on the 2008 campaign trail, may be…
February 26, 2014

President Obama: Health insurance enrollment at 4 million

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that about 4 million people have signed up for health insurance through…
February 25, 2014

Tim Scott honors past and present black senators for Black History Month

VIDEO - MSNBC's Chuck Todd talks to two of the African-American senators who followed in his footsteps. Sen. Tim Scott…
February 25, 2014

President Obama pays tribute to 'Caddyshack' director Harold Ramis

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the late actor and director Harold Ramis, a native of his hometown of…
February 25, 2014

The pros and cons of a Deval Patrick presidential run

theGRIO REPORT - To be sure, there are a number of positives associated with a potential Deval Patrick run for…
February 22, 2014

Obama to award Medal of Honor to 24 Army veterans

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor to 24 Army veterans following a congressionally mandated…
February 22, 2014

Florida man shocked to learn of Medal of Honor

MIAMI (AP) — Melvin Morris was commanding a strike force on a mission near Chi Lang, South Vietnam, when his…
February 21, 2014

Texas GOP governor candidate welcomes Nugent 'apology'

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott says Ted Nugent 'rightly apologized' for degrading comments that resurfaced after…
February 21, 2014

President Obama pitches minimum wage hike with Dem governors

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama promoted his effort to raise the minimum wage on Friday...
February 21, 2014

Ted Nugent apologizes, but not to President Obama, for 'subhuman mongrel' comment

theGRIO REPORT - Right wing musician Ted Nugent has become notorious from making incendiary and often racially insensitive remarks about…