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President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney returned to the campaign trail on Wednesday in preparation for Nov. 6 after spending a day focusing on the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Sandy in mid-Atlantic states, according to the Hill. Mitt Romney and President Obama will re-emerge on the presidential trail on Wednesday, but in starkly…

Two members of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at the University of Florida who wore blackface to a party last week found themselves in the midst of controversy on campus and across the nation after the image was posted to Instagram, the Huffington Post reports. The photo, taken at an off-campus party on Oct. 24,…

THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting will be closed press. In the afternoon, the President will depart from the White House en route…

Valerie Jarrett isn’t paying much attention to media polls in the days leading up to Election Day because she is rightly more focused on voter turnout — and the momentum that is building in the African-American community, Michael H. Cottman writes at BlackAmericaWeb. Valerie Jarrett, a senior strategist for the Obama campaign, isn’t paying much…

In a piece at Ebony, Michael Arceneaux lambastes Mitt Romney for flip-flopping on the topic of FEMA during an election year and in the face of Hurricane Sandy, saying no one should believe a word that comes out of the presidential candidate’s mouth. Ever secure in his choice to follow the sociopath’s guide to winning the…

The Washington Examiner reports that President Barack Obama, concerned that his supporters will be turned away at the voting booths during early voting, is offering legal assistance to those who encounter obstacles at the polls. He made the statement during an interview on Thursday with American Urban Radio Networks: “If people have problems voting, we can…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2012 In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting will be closed press. Like The Root on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter. 

(The Root) — Last week, four-star retired general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama’s re-election bid. Powell, a lifelong Republican, broke with his party ranks for the second time, having chosen Obama over fellow veteran John McCain in 2008. Powell waited until after the candidates’ foreign policy debate to make…

Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page addresses former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s recent Facebook smear of President Barack Obama, in which she alleges a cover-up regarding  the attack in Libya. Page likens the allegation to the Birther crusade. “Why the lies?” she wrote on her Facebook page about the aftermath of the tragic Sept. 11 attack…