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Executive Orders

President Barack Obama signs executive actions to curb gun violence as Vice President Joe Biden(L) and invited guests look on January 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, DC. President Obama Wednesday signed 23 executive actions to curb gun violence and demand Congress pass an assault weapons ban and other sweeping measures in response to the Newtown massacre. A senior official also said Obama would call on Congress to pass deeper measures, including bans on high-capacity magazine clips of more than 10 rounds and to prohibit armor-piercing bullets. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama taking 23 actions aimed at gun violence

Erica Werner and Julie Pace, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is taking 23 executive actions aimed at curbing gun violence that don't require congressional action...
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5 reasons why Obama dared to DREAM

David Swerdlick
OPINION - The president’s DREAM Act-ish executive order is an all-out effort to win Latino votes and put his rivals on a difficult political position...
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Fort with key slavery role to be a national monument

Joy-Ann Reid
TheGRIO REPORT - An Army fort with a history steeped in slavery and the Civil War will be designated a national monument...
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