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January 28, 2014

President Obama hiking minimum pay for new federal contracts

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will sign an executive order setting the minimum wage for workers under new federal…
January 28, 2014

Obamacare success overlooked after failures over-covered

OPINION - You can say what you want about Obamacare, but you can’t call it a failure. It is turning…
January 27, 2014

Poll: Impressions of Obamacare rollout improve

WASHINGTON (AP) — Memo to the White House: The website may be fixed, but President Barack Obama's new health insurance…
January 27, 2014

Congressional Black Caucus slams President Obama for lack of African-American judicial nominees

theGRIO REPORT - The Congressional Black Caucus have long been some of President Barack Obama's staunchest supporters on Capitol Hill…
January 24, 2014

Tim Scott convenes panel of past and present black senators

theGRIO REPORT - Sen. Tim Scott is part of a very small community of African-Americans who have served in the…
January 24, 2014

Marijuana decriminalization goes mainstream

theGRIO REPORT - We've finally found an issue on which even President Obama and Texas Gov. Rick Perry can agree:…
January 23, 2014

Anti-Obama filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza charged with fraud

NEW YORK (AP) — A conservative scholar and author known recently for his critical works on President Barack Obama was…
January 23, 2014

Obama’s ex-campaign manager joins pro-Hillary group

theGRIO REPORT - The move is the only the latest sign that key Democrats are organizing to anoint Clinton as…
January 23, 2014

Bill O’Reilly to interview President Obama before Super Bowl

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama will sit for a live interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly before the…
January 23, 2014

Poll: People see Obama as nice guy, so-so president

WASHINGTON (AP) - Taking stock of President Barack Obama at the five-year mark in his term, less than a third…
January 23, 2014

President Obama targets college sexual assault epidemic

WASHINGTON (AP) - A White House report highlights a stunning prevalence of rape on college campuses, with 1 in 5…
January 23, 2014

Poll finds drop in uninsured rate post-Obamacare

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's uninsured rate dropped modestly this month as the major coverage expansion under President Barack Obama's…
January 23, 2014

Arizona legislature faces risk of no African-American state lawmaker for 1st time in over 60 years

theGRIO REPORT - Arizona has currently only one African-American representative in its legislature and with an expected departure in January…
January 22, 2014

Obama commission encourages early vote expansion

WASHINGTON (AP) — Responding to frustratingly long lines in the last national election, a presidential commission on Wednesday encouraged expansion…
January 21, 2014

Black Republican in Florida on President Obama: ‘Hang him high’

theGRIO REPORT - A Florida House Republican candidate chose Martin Luther King Day to issue some particularly harsh invective against…
January 21, 2014

Katy Perry: I ‘might have won Wisconsin’ for President Obama

TODAY - This just in: Katy Perry believes in aliens. But that's not the only revelation she makes in her…
January 21, 2014

Montana judge who trashed Obama had history of bigoted emails

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A former Montana judge who was investigated for forwarding a racist email involving President Barack Obama…
January 21, 2014

President Obama to meet with Pope Francis in March

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican as part of a weeklong European…
January 21, 2014

Robert De Niro to President Obama: ‘Pick your battles’

theGRIO REPORT - The 'Grudge Match' star has been a longtime supporter of the president and campaigned at his side…
January 21, 2014

Sarah Palin tells President Obama to stop playing ‘race card’ on MLK Day

theGRIO REPORT - The former Alaska governor offered this unsolicited advice in a post on her Facebook page...