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Obama kicks off inauguration weekend with volunteering
Americans kicked off Barack Obama’s inauguration weekend Saturday with a day of service, with the president and his family volunteering their efforts in Washington. The president will participate in a local project around 11:30 am local time (1630 GMT). Meanwhile, vice president Joe Biden and his family were at the…
CA gun show draws 10,000 people ‘getting ready for the next revolution’
What drew an estimated 10,000 people to a Northern California gun show? Simple. According to one attendee, they’re scared. “Obama wants to take everybody’s guns away,” said Bob Daziel, who stood in line with hundreds on Saturday to get into the Crossroads of The West event in Daly City, California.…
Update: No settlement on ‘fiscal cliff’ as House declines a vote
The Washington Post reported that the House of Representatives will not hold any votes Monday night, ensuring that the country will enter what lawmakers from both major parties have called the “fiscal cliff.” The House declined to take action citing a lack of action from the Republican-controlled Senate, the newspaper…
Watch live: Obama announces task force on gun violence
President Obama makes a statement on gun violence, Vice President Joe Biden attends the event at the Brady Press Briefing Room. Watch live, broadcast by NBC News on Dec. 19. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Joe Biden to head panel on gun violence in wake of Sandy Hook massacre
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will appoint Vice President Joe Biden to head a government panel to formulate a response to gun violence after last week’s school massacre, US media reported. The New York Times and the Washington Post cited White House officials as saying that Obama would formally name…
Watch live: Biden campaigns at University of Wisconsin in Kenosha
Vice President Joe Biden campaigns at the University of Wisconsin in Kenosha. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Oct. 26. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Watch live: Obama and Biden campaign in Ohio
President Barack Obama attends a campaign event with Vice President Joe Biden in Dayton, Ohio. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Oct. 23. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Watch live: Biden campaigns in Ohio
Vice President Joe Biden campaigns at a grassroots event in Canton, Ohio. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Oct. 22. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Matt Taibbi: The Romney-Ryan tax plan should be laughed at
Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi said Monday on Current TV that it was appropriate for Vice President Joe Biden to laugh at his Republican challenger Paul Ryan during last week’s debate. “I think what he did — and he got heavily criticized for laughing and bringing this mocking tone…
Ryan: Abortion is wrong because the fetus looks like a ‘bean’
The first and only 2012 vice presidential debate was historic in that both Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan were both Catholics, but the two men could not have been more different on the issue of reproductive rights for women. “My faith informs me about…
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