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Obama: U.S. should be ashamed if horror of Newtown has already been forgotten
Barack Obama rejected criticism on Thursday that he has delayed too long on gun reform, allowing memories of the Newtown shooting to fade and allowing time for opponents to regroup. In a speech at the White House, attended by parents of gun victims, he said bluntly that the United States…
Obama launches commission to investigate voting irregularities
US President Barack Obama Thursday tasked a presidential commission to probe long lines at polling stations and other irregularities faced by voters in last year’s election. Obama, making good on a promise issued in his victory speech last November, signed an executive order to charter the commission, which will deliver…
Watch live: Obama hosts Mothers Against Violence at White House
President Obama hosts an event at the White House urging Congress to take action to reduce gun violence. Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on March 28. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Obama: discarded assault weapons ban ‘shouldn’t be controversial’
President uses weekly address to call for consideration of ‘common sense’ measures excluded from gun control bill President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to vote over a ban on controversial military-style assault weapons and restrictions on ammunition, despite widespread predictions that such a vote would fail. Ever since the…
Obama has ‘deep disappointment’ over withdrawal of U.S. court of appeals nominee
President accepts with ‘deep disappointment’ Caitlin Halligan’s decision to withdraw as nominee for US court of appeals in DC One of the longest-running standoffs in the partisan battle between the White House and Congress came to an end on Friday when a lawyer caught in the middle finally bowed out.…
FCC Chairman Genachowski stepping down
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski will be stepping down in the coming weeks, he announced Friday morning at a staff meeting. The Obama appointee has run the agency since 2009, and presided over the issuance of vital regulations pertaining to the wireless spectrum, national broadband infrastructure and network neutrality.…
Obama visits Bethlehem’s Nativity Church attributed to Jesus’ birth
US President Barack Obama on Friday visited Bethlehem’s Nativity Church built on the site where tradition says Jesus was born, at the end of a three-day trip to Israel and the West Bank. The visit took place later than expected because of an unexpected sandstorm which forced the president to…
Palestinians invoke MLK, civil rights struggle on Obama tour
Palestinians sour at Barack Obama’s perceived failure to honour their historical struggle have invoked the US civil rights movement and South Africa’s apartheid in a bid to win his sympathy. At a news conference earlier this week, Palestinian MP Mustafa Barghuti said it was clear that the US president would…
Obama jokes that Jerusalem heckler makes him feel at home
During a speech on Thursday in Jerusalem, President Barack Obama handled a heckler by saying that actually the incident had been planned in advance by his team so that he could feel at home. The president was speaking to an audience of university students when a heckler began to shout…
Watch live: Obama delivers speech to Israeli people
On the second day of his first official trip to Israel, President Obama delivers a 45-minute speech to the Israeli people. Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on March 21. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
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