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October 16, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Up against a deadline, Congress passed and sent a waiting President Barack Obama legislation late Wednesday night…
October 16, 2013
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — The high-profile mayor of New Jersey's largest city won a special election Wednesday to represent…
October 16, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress raced Wednesday to approve a bipartisan deal to avert a U.S. default and reopen the federal…
October 16, 2013
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — The high-profile Democratic mayor of New Jersey's largest city was the favorite to win a…
October 16, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders announced last-minute agreement Wednesday to avert a threatened Treasury default and reopen the government after…
October 16, 2013
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Even Republicans had expected Booker, a Democrat in a Democratic-leaning state, to cruise to victory by…
October 16, 2013
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — Cory Booker, the high-profile Democratic mayor of New Jersey's largest city, was on the ballot…
October 15, 2013
OPINION - Cory Booker promised to rescue our city when he was elected mayor of Newark in 2006. I believe…
October 15, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The current discussion inside Newark's distinctive, deep-rooted and often divisive wards is who should follow Booker and…
October 10, 2013
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is canceling Senate campaign events in the wake of his father's…
October 10, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Back in 2004, when Barack Obama was still a largely unknown state senator running to represent Illinois…
October 10, 2013
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - In the first face-to-face showdown of their U.S. Senate campaign, Democrat Cory Booker repeatedly characterized his…
October 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the Senate plan to move quickly toward a vote to allow the government to borrow…
October 4, 2013
VIDEO - Senate chaplain, Rear Admiral Barry C. Black has emerged as the voice of conscience during the government shutdown...
October 1, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - It's not clear how long the shutdown will last because that will depend on the leverage each…
October 1, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government lurched toward a partial shutdown at midnight on Monday after Republicans stubbornly demanded changes…
September 30, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-led Senate has rejected conditions that House Republicans attached to a temporary spending bill needed to…
September 30, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says Biden will hit the campaign trail on Oct. 11. That's five days before…
September 25, 2013
OPINION - The Catholic senator needs to review the 'love thy neighbor' portion of the Bible that Republicans love to…
September 24, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Egged on by conservative groups, the potential 2016 presidential candidate excoriated Republicans and Democrats in his criticism…