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October 12, 2013

Obamas meets with Malala Yousafzai at White House

NBC News - Malala Yousafzai on Friday met President Barack Obama and the first family in a private audience in…
October 11, 2013

Michelle Obama thanks White House staffers for their hard work during shutdown

theGRIO REPORT - The government shutdown is going in it's second week -meanwhile, President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama…
October 11, 2013

Dr. Ben Carson says Obamacare is ‘worst thing since ‘slavery’

theGRIO REPORT - Conservative firebrand and recent Fox News hire, Dr. Ben Carson, became the latest right winger to compare…
October 11, 2013

Could Republicans really lose the House?

OPINION - A slew of new polls setting off alarms around Washington suggest that for Republicans, shutting down the government…
October 11, 2013

NBC/WSJ poll: Shutdown debate damages GOP

NBC NEWS - The Republican Party has been badly damaged in the ongoing government shutdown and debt limit standoff...
October 11, 2013

Obama signs bill to pay military death benefits

WASHINGTON (AP) — Families of fallen troops will be assured of receiving death benefits under legislation President Barack Obama signed…
October 10, 2013

James Woods calls Obama a ‘true abomination’

theGRIO REPORT - Veteran character actor James Woods is not a fan of President Barack Obama and he is letting…
October 10, 2013

Conservatives keep comparing Obamacare to slavery

Politics Nation - Conservatives have a new talking point: The Affordable Care Act is like the Fugitive Slave Act...
October 10, 2013

Mike Ditka claims not running against Obama is ‘biggest mistake’ he’s ever made

theGRIO REPORT - Back in 2004, when Barack Obama was still a largely unknown state senator running to represent Illinois…
October 10, 2013

Eleanor Holmes Norton interrupts Obama multiple times at White House meeting

theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) interrupted President Obama multiple times when he was answering her question related…
October 10, 2013

Boehner to ask House Republicans for short debt increase

WASHINGTON (AP) — House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner will ask Republicans to approve a short-term extension of the U.S.…
October 9, 2013

Obama invites Republicans to White House

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is inviting Republican lawmakers to the White House in the coming days as pressure…
October 9, 2013

Poll: No heroes in shutdown, GOP gets most blame

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and lawmakers must rise above their incessant bickering and do more to end the…
October 9, 2013

Obama picks Janet Yellen to take over Federal Reserve

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says that in Janet Yellen he's found a tough and proven leader to take…
October 9, 2013

Obama plans to talk to GOP again on shutdown, debt

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is making plans to talk with Republican lawmakers at the White House in the…
October 9, 2013

Arizona lawmaker compares Obama to Hitler, calls him ‘De Fuhrer’ in Facebook post

theGRIO REPORT - It seems like every month another arch-conservative compares President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler...
October 9, 2013

How Obama is helping a future President Clinton or Christie

ANALYSIS - The fiscal standoff in Washington, once an argument about the president's health care law, has turned into a…
October 8, 2013

Obama to Republicans: ‘I’m not budging’

theGRIO REPORT - President Obama used a Tuesday press conference to bluntly and repeatedly reiterate his core position on the…
October 8, 2013

Shutdown takes its toll on White House operations

WASHINGTON (AP) — Now in its second week, the partial government shutdown has taken its toll on the White House,…
October 8, 2013

Ted Nugent: Obama ‘wouldn’t qualify to drive my tour bus’

DETROIT (AP) — Ted Nugent scheduled interviews this week to talk about his new live CD and DVD set, but…