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The second anniversary this Friday of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act comes at a tricky time. While the Obama administration has been busily stumping for the president’s landmark health care reform law, looming just ahead, on Monday, is the start of a U.S. Supreme Court case that could potentially dismantle…

The tragic case of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old boy fatally shot in a suburban Orlando, Fla., neighborhood last month, has rightly galvanized certain quarters of the country. It has become a symbolic commentary on race, class and justice. But it should also offer a window into a larger, universal question: Where is the meaningful gun-policy…

President Barack Obama accepts a bowl of shamrocks from Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny as first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Joe Biden look on during a reception in the East Room of the White House on March 20. The president wore greenery in his suit pocket in honor of the Irish leader’s visit,…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORWEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2012 In the morning, the President will travel to Boulder City, Nevada. The departure from the South Lawn and arrival at McCarran International Airport are open press. While in Boulder City, the President will visit the Copper Mountain Solar…

Television networks are projecting that Mitt Romney will handily win the Illinois Republican presidential primary. According to the Washington Post, Fox News was the first channel to make the call. Rick Santorum, who had said that he’d take the GOP nomination if he won Illinois, is projected to come in second. Get the latest primary…

Speaker of the House John Boehner, President Barack Obama, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny and Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) walk down the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 20 after a St. Patrick’s Day Lunch.

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORTUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2012In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. This meeting is closed press.Later in the morning, the President, the Vice President and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will meet in the Oval…

Sheryl Huggins Salomon is senior editor-at-large of The Root and a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based editorial consultant. Follow her on Twitter.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney continues collecting delegates as he clobbered main rival Rick Santorum in the Puerto Rico GOP primary yesterday, according to the Washington Post. Romney won the island with 80 percent of the vote and took all 20 delegates. Santorum failed to make it into double digits, and the three other non-pledged…

THE WHITE HOUSEOffice of the Press SecretaryFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FORMONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012In the morning, the President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing and meet with senior advisors in the Oval Office. These meetings are closed press.In the afternoon, the President will meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the…