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January 5, 2016
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama unveiled an array of measures on Tuesday tightening control and enforcement of firearms in…
December 14, 2013
NEWTOWN, Connecticut (AP) — Bells tolled 26 times to honor the children and educators killed one year ago in a…
December 10, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress' easy renewal of an expiring ban on undetectable plastic guns belies the larger reality that one…
August 1, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted in dramatic fashion Wednesday to approve one of President Barack Obama's nominees...
June 18, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Obama is unlikely to sign a major gun control bill during his presidency, as Republicans control…
June 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will meet Thursday with relatives…
May 7, 2013
OPINION - The NRA, which has been in the spotlight since the brutal murders in Newtown, Connecticut, seems to be…
April 18, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is seeking to refocus a nervous nation's attention on those killed and gravely wounded…
April 17, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the Senate's opposition to a bill that would have expanded background checks for…
April 16, 2013
VIDEO - North Korea probably lacks the ability to deliver nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles but the United States must…
April 15, 2013
ANALYSIS - Two weeks ago, President Obama was getting criticism from all sides, with liberals arguing he was squandering an…
April 11, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is lauding the role the families of the Newtown shooting victims played in pressing…
April 11, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control supporters won the first Senate showdown Thursday over how to respond to the December carnage…
April 10, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - Subjecting more firearms purchases to federal background checks has been the chief goal of Obama and gun…
April 8, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says Obama is going to argue in his speech that lawmakers have an obligation…
March 28, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - A fiery President Obama pointedly urged Congress to pass gun control legislation in a speech Thursday, repeatedly…
March 20, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The strong momentum early this year around new gun control laws, spurred by the mass shooting in…
February 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - President Barack Obama returned home to Chicago Friday and as expected, gave a spirited discussion on the…
February 15, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is bestowing the Presidential Citizens Medal on the six adults killed in the Newtown,…
February 6, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Officials and community leaders here are closely watching the national debate over reducing gun violence. And when…