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January 19, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Steve Kerrigan, President and CEO of the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC) spoke to theGrio about why this…
January 18, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) - President Barack Obama's inauguration is shaping up to be an event as star-studded as any red…
January 18, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Whether visitors want to try one of the first family's favorite restaurants, discover a sense of history…
January 18, 2013
ATLANTA (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to use a Bible that belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.…
January 17, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - It will be the first up or down fact check of a Barack Obama campaign pledge for…
January 16, 2013
WASHINGTON - In an exclusive interview, a D.C. man told News4 that his father died on New Year's Eve while…
January 15, 2013
NBC LATINO - Not everyone gets invited to participate in a presidential inauguration, and then turns it down, but Reverend…
January 14, 2013
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The State Museum is marking the 100th birthday of photographer Gordon Parks with an exhibit of
January 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's capital is swarming with women wearing crimson and cream, as one of the country's largest…
January 11, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Inaugural revelers hoping to get close to President Barack Obama at a ball are going to have…
January 10, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The evangelical pastor chosen to give the benediction at President Barack Obama's inauguration has withdrawn after anti-gay…
January 10, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tickets to President Barack Obama's inauguration this month are supposed to be free, but they're being sold…
January 9, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Planners of President Barack Obama’s second inauguration are soliciting high-dollar contributions up to $1 million to help
January 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Following an election when Latinos showed their growing political influence, a coalition of groups is coordinating a…
January 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The low-cost tickets to President Barack Obama's inaugural ball were mistakenly put on sale a day early…
December 31, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - NBC News has confirmed that Mrs. Lillian Miles Lewis, wife of U.S. Representative John Lewis, died on…
December 26, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Visitors coming to the nation's capital for President Barack Obama's second inauguration can't stay in the one…
December 18, 2012
Washington DC mayor and current Democratic council member for Ward 8 is not the most diplomatic when it comes to…
December 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - First lady Michelle Obama dropped off 900 gifts yesterday as part of a Toys for Tots event…
December 12, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther…