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January 4, 2011
OPINION - Republicans are making Obama their 'whipping boy' and perpetuating the voter fraud myth for two reasons...
January 4, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress passed the bill at the end of last year to respond to several serious outbreaks of…
January 4, 2011
OPINION - It's a fight that African-Americans, who remain the most needy when it comes to getting affordable health care,…
January 3, 2011
OPINION - As the economy recovers over the next year, the president can be well-positioned to take credit for the…
January 1, 2011
HONOLULU (AP) - Obama said his New Year's resolution is to do everything he can to grow the economy, create…
December 29, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The New York Democrat still owes money to his former lawyers, who represented him in an ethics…
December 28, 2010
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Greene said Monday he would wait to see who else filed before commenting on the race.…
December 26, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) - Jackson has been dogged by links to the corruption case against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and…
December 22, 2010
OPINION - The current legislative has produced what might be Obama's two best political weeks in as many years...
December 17, 2010
CLUTCH - Height, who passed away this past April at the age of 98, was one of the most significant…
December 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The measure would extend tax cuts for families at every income level, renew jobless benefits for the…
December 15, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House, in introducing the stand-alone bill, sought to avoid the complications of combining it with a…
December 9, 2010
theGRIO Q&A - Scott has made headlines because he is the first black Republican elected to Congress from South Carolina…
December 7, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Maxine Waters will ask the House to investigate the ethics committee's decision to place two of…
December 7, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama called the news conference in the face of Democratic criticism of the agreement, which still needs…
December 3, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - Twenty states still allow schools to administer corporal punishment and some don't require parental consent or notification...
December 2, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first lady said in a statement after the vote that she was "thrilled" about House passage...
December 2, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "I brought it onto myself," Rangel told the House. But he also said politics was at work...
December 1, 2010
(AP) - Unless Congress changes its mind, benefits that had been extended up to 99 weeks will end this month...
December 1, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Greasy foods and sugary soft drinks could disappear from schools as Congress is poised to approve a…