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November 18, 2013

Rush Limbaugh to Oprah: If blacks are 'so mistreated' how did you 'happen'?

theGRIO REPORT - This is the second time this year Limbaugh has launched an attack on the OWN media mogul...
November 15, 2013

Obamas to attend Oregon St.-v-Md. basketball game

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama and the first family plan to continue their annual rite of watching the Oregon…
November 15, 2013

Insurance companies are the big winners in the 'Obamacare' media wars

OPINION - It seems to me that three things have converged to form the perfect storm for the Obama White…
November 15, 2013

Is Ted Cruz's father his Jeremiah Wright?

OPINION - Rafael Cruz, the senator’s father is an evangelical pastor whose colorful and often offensive rhetoric, could be a…
November 14, 2013

What’s Bill Clinton up to on Obamacare?

MSNBC - Next Wednesday, President Bill Clinton will be back at the White House when the current incumbent presents him…
November 14, 2013

Ted Cruz's father called black voters 'uninformed' and 'deceived'

theGRIO REPORT - The elder Cruz made the remarks in February during an address to his fellow conservative activists...
November 14, 2013

5 key moments in Obama's health care remarks

theGRIO REPORT - Much of the coverage of the release of data Wednesday on the new health care law focused…
November 14, 2013

Policy cancellations: President Obama will allow old health insurance plans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama on Thursday announced changes to his health care law to give…
November 14, 2013

President Obama: 'We fumbled health care' law rollout

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama is taking responsibility for problems with the launch of the program. He says, quote, 'That's on…
November 14, 2013

Can Obama recover from his health care crisis?

theGRIO REPORT - The president's approval ratings have tumbled to their lowest ever, with President Obama's support down to 40…
November 13, 2013

500,000 newly-insured under Obamacare, but program falling short of expectations

theGRIO REPORT - Just 26,794 acquired insurance from the troubled HealthCare.gov website, even though people from 34 states are using…
November 13, 2013

Homeland Security nominee Jeh Johnson faces confirmation hearings

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's pick to be the Homeland Security secretary said Wednesday that filling key leadership vacancies…
November 13, 2013

Dante de Blasio, Malia Obama named to TIME's 'most influential teens'

theGRIO REPORT - Dante de Blasio and Malia Obama were named to Time magazine's list of most influential teens Tuesday.
November 13, 2013

Bill Clinton calls out President Obama on Obamacare

WASHINGTON (AP) — Adding pressure to fix the administration's problem-plagued health care program, former President Bill Clinton says President Barack…
November 12, 2013

Forest Whitaker turns down chance to play President Barack Obama

theGRIO REPORT - Following his starring role in the hit film The Butler, he has been cast to play Colin…
November 12, 2013

President Obama lunches with US service members at Irish pub

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made an unannounced trip out for lunch with members of the military...
November 12, 2013

Obamacare enrollment falls short of expectations

MSNBC - Health care enrollment numbers fell far below the expected outcome during the first month of website sign-ups, according…
November 11, 2013

Is Elizabeth Warren the next Barack Obama?

ANALYSIS - There is little reason to think Warren will dominate among blacks as Obama did, and so her ability…
November 11, 2013

Obama pays tribute to 107-year-old veteran

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday paid tribute to those who have served in the nation's military,…
November 8, 2013

Petition asks President Obama to meet with Walmart employees

theGRIO REPORT - Walmart employee Charmaine Givens-Thomas has started an online petition to get President Obama to meet with Walmart…