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October 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both President Barack Obama and the top Democrat in Congress reported progress Monday toward a deal to…
October 12, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats in Congress lumbered through a day of political maneuvering Saturday while a threatened default…
October 12, 2013
America's oldest full-time park ranger, Betty Reid Soskin, has been extremely upset at being forced to leave work because Republicans…
October 9, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is inviting Republican lawmakers to the White House in the coming days as pressure…
October 9, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and lawmakers must rise above their incessant bickering and do more to end the…
October 9, 2013
ANALYSIS - The fiscal standoff in Washington, once an argument about the president's health care law, has turned into a…
October 8, 2013
NBC NEWS - Eight Democratic lawmakers were arrested Tuesday while advocating for comprehensive immigration reform in front of the U.S.…
October 7, 2013
NBC NEWS - President Barack Obama again pressured House Republicans to put a 'clean' government spending bill up for a…
October 3, 2013
OCKVILLE, Maryland (AP) — President Barack Obama says the Republican leader of the House is the only thing standing in…
October 2, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The roiling debate over the U.S. government shutdown is extending to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram as fed-up…
October 2, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The New York Republican says he senses that increasing numbers of House Republicans — perhaps as many…
October 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The shutdown will impact in different ways some of the nation's more than 2 million civilian workers,…
October 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Several African-American landmarks and heritage sites have been forced to close Tuesday following the federal government shutdown.
October 1, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says House Republicans have shut down the federal government over an 'ideological crusade' against…
October 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It's not clear how long the shutdown will last because that will depend on the leverage each…
September 27, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — This time, President Barack Obama says, he's not budging...
September 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Samuel L. Jackson has long been one of President Barack Obama's most enthusiastic and outspoken celebrity supporters,…
September 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - At the annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Inc. awards dinner, Obama sounded determined, and at times defiant...
September 19, 2013
OPINION - My colleagues considering voting to cut this nutritional assistance program by $40 billion are about to deal a…
September 19, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leaders scrambled Thursday to line up support in advance of a late-afternoon vote on legislation…