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July 5, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama will summon top Republican and Democratic leaders to the White House this week for another…
July 1, 2011
OPINION - Should the stalling continue, the extension of the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit will be put at risk…
June 30, 2011
VIDEO - Some Republicans were clearly irked by the president's criticism during his Wednesday press conference...
June 29, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The president said members of Congress needed to stay in Washington until budget negotiations are finished --…
June 29, 2011
OPINION - Given the allegations against him, it may have behooved the telegenic 46-year old to keep his nose to…
June 28, 2011
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich being found guilty on 17 of 20 corruption charges might mean the House Ethics Committee…
June 24, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House has voted down a measure giving President Barack Obama the authority to continue the U.S.…
June 22, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tonya Robinson, Hastings' attorney, said Hastings denies Packer's charges "in the strongest terms."...
June 20, 2011
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has one of the highest staff turnover rates in Congress, having gone through 11 chiefs…
June 17, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - There have been several discussions on legislating fatherhood at the federal level for years, but much of…
June 13, 2011
BALTIMORE (AP) - He says his nephew's roommate, Jake Carey, was critically wounded in the attack Friday. Both were students…
June 1, 2011
HELENA, Montana (AP) - John Abarr, a 41-year-old night auditor at a Great Falls could have a hard time getting…
May 26, 2011
Jim Clyburn, the highest-ranking African-American in Congress, on Wednesday blamed most of President Barack Obama's political problems on racism...
May 25, 2011
OPINION - There would be absolutely no political repercussions, let alone political fall-out to Obama for pardoning Johnson...
May 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Rep. Cleaver told TheGrio, "no president is always right. We have taken every president to task since…
April 28, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - Running on a campaign platform of job creation and economic development, finance attorney Terri Sewell struck a…
April 26, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - But Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina told MSNBC that government safety-net programs like Medicare and Medicaid…
April 15, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - "It's kind of ironic that this week we're celebrating emancipation when we're not emancipated," Mayor Vincent Gray…
April 14, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the compromise negotiations, Democrats won the deletion of all of the EPA-related provisions as well as…
April 14, 2011
OPINION - Even if he doesn't succeed at obtaining the change he is seeking, progressives will at least give him…