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January 12, 2023
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January 12, 2023
Amid recent admission that a second batch of classified documents was found at Biden’s residence, things are heating up on…
January 11, 2023
House Republicans on Wednesday opened their long-promised investigation into President Joe Biden and his family.
January 9, 2023
Many are comparing the insurrection in Brazil to the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack, where Trump supporters tried to overturn…
President Joe Biden, Raphael Warnock, Atlanta
January 9, 2023
President Biden's Jan.15 visit to Ebenezer Baptist Church will come on what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.'s 94th…
January 8, 2023
The African National Congress, the oldest liberation movement against colonialism in Africa, led South Africa’s transition to democracy.
January 7, 2023
In the early hours of Saturday, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries officially made history as the first African American to lead a…
January 7, 2023
Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday.
Anthony Brown
January 6, 2023
As Maryland's first Black AG, Anthony Brown plans to pursue greater authority to investigate police misconduct and civil rights violations.
U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., theGrio.com
January 5, 2023
On the third straight day of votes in the U.S. House of Representatives to select the speaker of the House
January 5, 2023
Cardona sits down with theGrio after brief is filed with the Supreme Court in the legal challenge blocking student debt…
January 4, 2023
On day two of House votes for the speaker of the House, Rep. Byron Donalds, who is Black, was nominated…
January 3, 2023
As the new year is underway, theGrio is keeping an eye on these five political stories in Washington and beyond.
January 3, 2023
Kevin McCarthy’s fate lies in the hands of Republican lawmakers who are slated to convene and vote on the next…
'I Can't Breathe' Protest Held After Man Dies In Police Custody In Minneapolis
December 20, 2022
Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate on Tuesday introduced the PEACE Act to reform the standard for police use…
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, theGrio.com
December 19, 2022
During the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, Biden officials challenged Yoweri Museveni on Uganda's anti-LGBTQ policies, a source tells theGrio.
December 18, 2022
There were 18 executions in the U.S. in 2022, the fewest in any pre-pandemic year since 1991 after 11 were…
December 18, 2022
The House passed a bill Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold a binding referendum on statehood, though it…
December 17, 2022
Donald Trump received standing ovations for speech supporting Israel and denouncing antisemitism, despite dining with a Holocaust denier.
Maxwell Frost
December 12, 2022
Frost reportedly would be able to afford an apartment deposit once he gets his first check from the House of…