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September 17, 2013
NBC NEWS - A day after a mass shooting left 13 dead within two miles of the Capitol, federal gun…
September 11, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate leaders on Tuesday awarded Congress' highest civilian honor to four girls killed in the…
September 9, 2013
ANALYSIS - The presidency is not one issue, or just about foreign policy...
September 9, 2013
NBC NEWS - With his legacy on the line, President Barack Obama will embark Monday on a full-out public relations…
September 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The crisis in Syria is complex and filled with uncertainty and that has the American public wary…
September 4, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The president's push for a military strike in Syria has divided Democrats in the House of Representatives,…
August 31, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he has decided that the United States should take military action against Syria…
August 29, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun…
August 22, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Congresswoman Wilson is living by example and is a role model for young people in the black…
August 21, 2013
ANALYSIS - A number of prominent Democrats of all races are urging Clinton to run..
August 21, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - This was the last chance for Republicans to truly block the health care law, and they will…
August 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Wednesday after…
August 14, 2013
NBC NEWS - Former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. will learn whether and for how long he could go to prison…
August 13, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has said where he wants to serve time for illegally spending $750,000…
August 2, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe the 40th vote to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law will be a charm for…
July 31, 2013
NBC NEWS - The House approved a measure Wednesday to link interest rates on student loans to financial markets, sending…
July 31, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans and Democrats are meeting in the grand Statuary Hall of the Capitol to commemorate the…
July 30, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Representative John Conyers (D-MI) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) held a press conference today to introduce the…
July 29, 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Rep. Lois DeBerry, one of the longest-serving women lawmakers in the nation and a powerful…
July 26, 2013
ANALYSIS - And some of these polities, particularly the health care law, will benefit middle-income Americans. But the broader economic…