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October 19, 2013

Informal spiritual adviser: ‘Obama’s faith has grown in his time in office’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is not an overtly religious man. He and his family rarely attend church, and…
October 18, 2013

Allen West calls Obama ‘a tyrant, not a president’

theGRIO REPORT - Former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) took to his Facebook page Wednesday and referred to President Obama as…
October 18, 2013

Jeh Johnson, Obama’s homeland security nominee: ‘I was not looking for this opportunity’

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday nominated the Pentagon's former top lawyer to help craft the nation's counterterrorism…
October 18, 2013

Cory Booker: Senate victory ‘shows how far we’ve come’

VIDEO - This week, Cory Booker became the fourth African-American ever to be elected to the U.S. Senate. The former…
October 18, 2013

The Tea Party isn’t over: Why crisis politics is here to stay

OPINION - With the government reopened and a deal to avert a debt default in hand, some in Washington are…
October 17, 2013

Obama taps Jeh Johnson as Homeland Security secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling back a trusted counterterrorism adviser from his first term by nominating former…
October 17, 2013

Now, Obama needs to fix Obamacare

ANALYSIS - With the shutdown resolved, President Obama can now turn his attention to the implementation of the Affordable Care…
October 17, 2013

Obama: Focus on budget, immigration, farm bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says now that the shutdown is over, leaders in Washington should focus on a…
October 17, 2013

White House: Furloughed workers can return to work

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration changed the government's status to 'open' early Thursday, more than two weeks after a…
October 16, 2013

What Cory Booker will do in the Senate

ANALYSIS - New Jersey’s Cory Booker, the man who Wednesday became the fourth-ever African-American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate,…
October 16, 2013

Congress votes to end shutdown, avoid US default

WASHINGTON (AP) — Up against a deadline, Congress passed and sent a waiting President Barack Obama legislation late Wednesday night…
October 16, 2013

Obama’s big triumph on the shutdown, debt ceiling

ANALYSIS - if the country, congressional Republicans, congressional Democrats and President Obama all suffered from this 16-day impasse, the Republicans…
October 16, 2013

John Boehner admits ‘we just didn’t win’ budget fight

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress raced Wednesday to approve a bipartisan deal to avert a U.S. default and reopen the federal…
October 15, 2013

America held hostage: From Somali pirates to House Republicans

OPINION - Like some of their Somali analogues, the Republicans have been ignorant about how to navigate the government shutdown...
October 15, 2013

In emerging fiscal deal, Republicans on verge of conceding to Obama

theGRIO REPORT - The agreement on the table now means the Republicans will have taken a risky political stance, suffered…
October 14, 2013

Obama calls White House meeting on default threat

WASHINGTON (AP) — Both President Barack Obama and the top Democrat in Congress reported progress Monday toward a deal to…
October 14, 2013

Tea Partier Larry Klayman to Obama: ‘Put the Quran down’

theGRIO REPORT - The Tea Party and conservatives have been criticized for years for conflating President Obama and the Muslim…
October 13, 2013

Allen West on Obama: He’s acting like a ‘spoiled brat child’

theGRIO REPORT - Former Rep. Allen West (R-FL) commented on President Barack Obama's handling of the government shutdown, saying the…
October 12, 2013

Harry Reid: ‘We haven’t done anything yet’ to compromise ending shutdown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats in Congress lumbered through a day of political maneuvering Saturday while a threatened default…
October 12, 2013

Obama set to meet with Senate Democratic leaders

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to meet with Senate Democratic leaders at the White House.