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March 7, 2013

Obama tries charm offensive on Republicans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shifting course in the face of political gridlock, President Barack Obama is making rare overtures to rank-and-file…
March 6, 2013

Republicans still struggling with their future

ANALYSIS - Five months after Election Day, the Republicans are still grappling with how they should reorient their party to…
March 2, 2013

Big budget cuts begin as both sides trade blame

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans refused Saturday to concede any culpability for failing to stave off…
February 27, 2013

Welcome to Obama's more progressive America

OPINION - The back and forth between the president and Republicans over the $85 billion in cuts due to go…
February 26, 2013

Chuck Hagel confirmed as Defense Secretary by US Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to confirm Chuck Hagel to be the nation's next defense secretary.
February 25, 2013

Why Republicans are fighting Obama on the sequester

ANALYSIS - The drama around the $85 billion in federal government cuts due to start on March 1, known as…
February 25, 2013

Obama urges Congress to compromise on cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing an end of the week deadline, President Barack Obama said Monday that Congress can avert sweeping…
February 22, 2013

Chuck Hagel has enough support for US defense secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) - Chuck Hagel secured the necessary votes for the U.S. Senate to confirm him to be the next…
February 20, 2013

Tim Scott, Marco Rubio and the GOP's diversity primary

ANALYSIS - But a more quiet shift is also taking place: the party that officially opposes affirmative action is heavily…
February 19, 2013

Obama to press Republicans on averting cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Tuesday was to urge congressional Republicans to accept more tax revenue in order…
February 12, 2013

Full text: President Obama's first State of the Union dress of 2nd term

VIDEO - President Barack Obama‘s 2013 State of the Union address, as prepared for delivery on Feb. 12, 2013...
February 12, 2013

Senate panel approves Chuck Hagel for Pentagon chief

WASHINGTON (AP) - A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday voted to approve President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel…
February 12, 2013

Obama to continue confrontation with Republicans in State of the Union speech

ANALYSIS - President Obama is likely to repeat the aggressive and decidedly liberal tone of his inaugural address last month,…
February 8, 2013

Woman says former South Carolina GOP director targeted her with racially-charged 'trolling'

theGRIO REPORT - When Dawn Catherine reacted to an incendiary tweet on Super Bowl Sunday, she never expected to become…
February 7, 2013

Republicans who oppose Obamacare could deny millions of low-income people insurance

theGRIO REPORT - About 4.7 low-income million Americans who would be newly eligible for Medicaid in 2014 live in the…
February 5, 2013

Obama signs bill averting government default

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill raising the government's borrowing limit, averting a default…
February 4, 2013

theGrio's 100: Nina Turner, taking on voter suppression in Ohio

theGRIO'S 100 - The Ohio state senator emerged as one of the loudest voices in the country against controversial voting…
January 30, 2013

GOP electoral vote split push faces backlash… from Republicans

theGRIO REPORT - Republican-backed plans to make electoral voting in swing states like Michigan, Virginia, Ohio and Florida proportional has…
January 29, 2013

Obama on immigration overhaul: 'Now is the time'

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Declaring 'now is the time' to fix broken immigration laws, President Barack Obama on Tuesday heralded…
January 25, 2013

NAACP condemns Virginia GOP plan to split electoral votes

theGRIO REPORT - Since Virginia serves as a crucial and hard-fought swing state, with a growing and influential minority voting…