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Should President Obama Stop Playing Nice And Get Tough With The GOP? (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and David Frum join Candy Crowley in The Situation Room to discuss President Obama playing nice with Republicans hoping they will follow his example. SOUND OFF: Is it time for President Obama to get tough with the GOP in the debt ceiling debate?

Obama: 'Constructive' Budget Talks To Continue; Leaders To Meet Sunday

Source: Mark Memmott / NPR Saying that today's White House meeting with Congressional leaders was "very constructive," President Obama just announced that budget negotiations will continue through the weekend and that he'll be meeting with Congressional leaders again on Sunday. And when they reconvene, Obama said, it will be "with the expectation that at that point, the parties will at least know where each others' bottom lines are." Lawmakers, he added, know there will be "pain involved politically on all [...]

Former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall Difficult To Find In Report's Wake

As parents of students in Atlanta's public schools learn more about widespread allegations of cheating on the CRCT, the woman in charge of the school system at the time has become difficult to track down.

NAACP Blasts CNN: No African American Anchors In Prime Time

Source: Los Angeles Times CNN's newly announced prime-time news lineup has come under fire by the NAACP, which claims the slate continues a multi-network trend that excludes African Americans from prime-time slots as anchors and hosts. "As CNN announced their new schedule, a glaring omission was present — no African Americans were hosts or anchors in their prime time lineup," NAACP President and Chief Executive Benjamin Todd Jealous said in a statement. "The NAACP is deeply concerned with the lack [...]

Unfiltered: Comedians Kim Whitley, Damon Williams, Buddy Lewis And J. Anthony Brown Laugh It Up On Washington Watch Pt. 1 (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Kim Whitley, Damon Williams, Buddy Lewis and J. Anthony Brown cut up during this special edition of Washington Watch with Roland Martin.

Unfiltered: Comedians Kim Whitley, Damon Williams, Buddy Lewis And J. Anthony Brown Laugh It Up On Washington Watch Pt. 2 (VIDEO)

Roland Martin, Kim Whitley, Damon Williams, Buddy Lewis and J. Anthony Brown cut up during part 2 of this special edition of Washington Watch with Roland Martin.

Unfiltered: TJFV11 Washington Watch Comedy Panel (VIDEO)

Roland Martin sits down with comedians Melanie Comarcho, Ali Siddiq, Marvin Dixon and Gary Owen during the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage 2011.

Michigan Shooting Rampage Kills At Least 7

Source: AP / The Huffington Post Grand Rapids, Mich. – Police say seven people have been fatally shot at two locations in the western Michigan city of Grand Rapids and the victims include a child. Chief Kevin Belk tells The Grand Rapids Press the deaths were discovered Thursday afternoon, and police are looking for a suspect. Belk says the shootings are related. The paper says two women and a child were found dead at one house, and three women and [...]

O.J. Simpson Prosecutor Marcia Clark Says Casey Verdict More Shocking Than Simpson's (VIDEO)

O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark tells HLN's Joy Behar that Casey Anthony's verdict was more shocking than O.J.'s. WATCH:

White House Pushes Back Against Claim That Obama Will Cut Social Security

Source: Sam Stein / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is pushing back against a Wednesday night report that the president is prepared to offer cuts to Social Security as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling. "The story overshoots the runway," said a senior administration official. "The President said in the State of the Union that he wanted a bipartisan process to strengthen Social Security in a balanced way that preserves the promise of the [...]