Tag: Mass Shootings

Obama taped an anti-gun violence message for the 2016 ESPY Awards show. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama, Biden make ESPY appearances

Nicole Duran · July 14, 2016 1:16 am

Obama acknowledged that widespread agreement on how to address the grievances is fairly elusive. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama: U.S. will have race problems ‘for quite some time’

Nicole Duran · July 14, 2016 12:13 am

Tim Scott calls for peace amid racial strife

Mariana Barillas · July 13, 2016 10:48 pm

In his speech Tuesday to a crowd of roughly 2,000, President Obama said he was speaking "to insist that we are not as divided as we seem." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

GOP lawmaker: Obama reaped ‘what he sowed’ in Dallas shootings

Kelly Cohen · July 13, 2016 7:30 pm

He was quick to note that Obama said that words have been "inadequate in completely solving this problem." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

WH: Responses to Obama speech show U.S. is ‘making some progress’

Susan Crabtree · July 13, 2016 5:45 pm

Perhaps the only way we can come together as a nation is to find common ground in common sense. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)

Finding common ground in common sense in the wake of Dallas

Lisa Boothe · July 13, 2016 4:03 am

Mark Hughes is a Democrat who supports the Second Amendment. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Man misidentified as Dallas sniper shows up at Paul Ryan’s town hall

Anna Giaritelli · July 13, 2016 2:08 am

The three people arrested are 13, 17 and 20 years old. Police are still looking for another 20-year-old. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

Police: Baton Rouge teens stole guns in plot to slaughter cops

Anna Giaritelli · July 12, 2016 11:26 pm

"We flood communities with so many guns, that it is easier for a teen to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book," said President Obama. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Conservatives fire back after Obama’s gun comments

Mariana Barillas · July 12, 2016 10:21 pm

"The weapon appeared to be fully functional, capable of being fired by a single hand." (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

National Security

Second employee arrested for carrying gun into DHS office

Anna Giaritelli · July 12, 2016 9:24 pm

Watch: President Obama’s tribute to each slain Dallas police officer

Madeleine Morgenstern · July 12, 2016 8:58 pm

Beltway Confidential

Obama says cops are guilty of racial discrimination — at memorial for slain officers

Ashe Schow · July 12, 2016 7:46 pm