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Last summer, an Alabama man made the foolhardy choice of threatening President Barack Obama via Twitter. After getting a visit from the Secret Service, 26-year-old Jarvis Britton apologized for his outbursts. However, a second round of threats this past September landed Britton a year in federal prison.

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Yesterday (May 19), 500 young men received inspiring words from President Barack Obama at the 129th Commencement ceremony at Morehouse College. It wasn’t the POTUS’ first graduation address of the season, nor is it his last. But it was perhaps the most special and heartfelt, because he was speaking to a sea individuals much like himself.

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In a dash to nab a suspect in the ricin letter mailings to President Obama and a Mississippi Senator, authorities pegged Paul Kevin Curtis as a chief suspect. Now that the charges against Curtis have been dropped and details involving the case and the ongoing investigation have begun to emerge. Allegedly, Curtis wasn’t even aware of […]

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A pair of letters sent to President Barack Obama and Republican Senator Roger Wicker yesterday (April 16)  reportedly tested positive for the poiso, ricin in an initial analysis. Law officials announced earlier today (April 17) that the letters intended for President Obama and Sen. Wicker were seized at a processing facility away from the White […]

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Earlier today (March 26), President Barack Obama appointed former field agent Julia Pierson as the next director of the U.S. Secret Service. Pierson is the first woman to ever hold the office.

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History Channel has a hit on its hands with the new miniseries The Bible, and also a bit of controversy as well. Conservative pundit Glenn Beck caused a stir during last night’s (March 17) airing after tweeting that an actor of color playing Satan resembled President Barack Obama.

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Those familiar with Michelle Obama and her Let’s Move! campaign have seen her adamant efforts fight childhood obesity and encourage children to live healthier lifestyles. Dancing has often been the exercise of choice in the campaign, and things clearly haven’t changed, as the FLOTUS recently displayed a few of her smooth moves to Pitbull’s “Echa Pa’ Lla.”

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President Obama unveiled the full-length statue of Rosa Parks on Capitol Hill, earlier today. House Speaker John Boehner joined the commander in chief to reveal the statue in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall.

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For weeks, the political buzz word in Washington and abroad has been the confusing term known as sequestration. Although it sounds complicated, the meaning behind the term is actually quite easy to follow. A sequester, in understandable terms, is an automatic, across-the-board spending cut in the federal budget. If lawmakers in Congress don’t come to […]

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Kanye West and rants go together like peanut butter and jelly, and once again Yeezy used the stage to vent some frustrations. While in London Saturday night, the Chicago superstar railed against the GRAMMYs, Justin Timberlake’s “Suit & Tie” single and even President Barack Obama.

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Just a few weeks ago, it was announced that Rosa Parks would become the first Black woman to earn a statue on Capitol Hill. Reports confirm that President Barack Obama will now be a part of the historic moment slated to occur Wednesday (Feb. 27).

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Just weeks after the tragic murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, the late teen’s mother, Cleopatra Cowley, appeared in a public service announcement calling for Congress to reform the nation’s gun laws. The spot, paid for by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, stands at a mere 30-seconds, but it conveys a feeling of pain and anguish that too many mothers […]