Tag: Barack Obama

Obama: Gun lobby doesn’t have to ‘hold America hostage’

Nicole Duran · January 5, 2016 5:07 pm

"It undermines the Second Amendment and it will do nothing to keep people safe," Rubio said. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Rubio: Obama ‘obsessed with undermining the Second Amendment’

Al Weaver · January 5, 2016 2:46 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: The pen is mightier than the gun

Washington Examiner · January 5, 2016 2:00 pm

President Obama is never asked by the media if he thinks leaving Iraq had something to do with the chaos engulfing the region, or the vulnerability of citizens here and in Europe to Islamic State-inspired attacks. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama’s pass from the press

Noemie Emery · January 5, 2016 5:03 am

"Every day in America, 89 people die from gun violence; 31 of these are murdered. This is unacceptable, it is intolerable, and it is why the vast majority of Americans support strengthening the background-check system," said Baltimore Mayor and USCM President Stephanie Rawlings in a statement Monday. (AP File Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Mayors conference gets Obama’s back on guns

Anna Giaritelli · January 5, 2016 3:50 am

"I want to express the committee's expectation that the Department of Justice will allocate its resources to the enforcement of existing federal law," wrote Republican Rep. John Culberson. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

House appropriations panel to Obama: Don’t even think about funding gun control

Anna Giaritelli · January 5, 2016 12:17 am

Obama’s gun action looks to shut down ‘gun show loophole’

Nicole Duran · January 4, 2016 11:30 pm

New Cruz ad: Republicans must act like Obama

Ryan Lovelace · January 4, 2016 9:49 pm

"Well, I will say that there's a lot of skepticism rooted in Republican claims that they care about improving mental healthcare in this country when they're prepared this week to actually take their 60th vote to repeal the very law that has done more to expand access to mental healthcare than any other law in decades," Earnest said. (AP file photo/Susan Walsh)

Earnest says GOP not serious about tackling mental health

Nicole Duran · January 4, 2016 9:23 pm

"The good news is, is that these are not only recommendations that are well within my legal authority and the Executive Branch, but that are also ones that the overwhelming majority of the American people, including gun owners, support and believe in," President Obama told reporters during a meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: Gun measures will be ‘entirely consistent’ with Second Amendment

Nicole Duran · January 4, 2016 8:28 pm

A White House spokesman says President Obama is not closely following the situation at a federal wildlife preserve in southeastern Oregon that is being occupied by armed protestors. (Mark Graves/The Oregonian via AP)

National Security

White House: Obama not closely monitoring Oregon standoff

Nicole Duran · January 4, 2016 7:25 pm

Cruz's example against "unelected bureaucrats deciding education matters" solicited an unexpected reaction. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Cruz promises to repeal Obama executive order on guns

Al Weaver · January 4, 2016 7:19 pm