Politics

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Tuesday night criticized President Barack Obama for agreeing to adjust the measure of inflation for safety net programs like Social Security.

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) said Tuesday that he wouldn't regretting losing his seat over tighter regulations on guns and invited the NRA to spend money to oppose his reelection.

A Republican lawmaker in Oklahoma thinks that he can prevent another horrific mass school killing like the one in Newtown, Connecticut by arming teachers and giving them the same training as law enforcement.

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) has an A rating from the National Rifle Association but he says that Democrats are at fault for not passing more gun control legislation.

It took CNN host Carol Costello just over two minutes on Tuesday to skewer the National Rifle Association's past extremism when it came to fighting gun legislation, pointing out criticisms that it fuels the country's "enormous appetite" for firearms.

An Australian gun control advocate told the panelists at The Young Turks on Tuesday that the country's high standards on regulating firearms haven't diminished the quality of life in her country.

A police dispatcher in Colorado listened helplessly on the phone on Tuesday to what authorities believe was at least a triple murder-suicide.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) says that schools in his state will be safer when school districts are given the ability to allow staff to carry guns.

CBS News host Norah O'Donnell on Tuesday called out Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel for telling Attorney General Eric Holder to "shut the fuck up" about reinstating the assault weapons ban when both men worked for President Barack Obama's administration in 2009.

Newark New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D) said Monday that he wants to be a leader in the drug reform movement no matter where he goes next in his public career, explaining that America must "radically change" the "insanity" of its generations-old drug war.

On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow challenged the notion that Congress was unable to pass any new regulations on firearms because of the powerful gun lobby.

Ben White, the chief economic correspondent for Politico, said Monday that a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff appeared to be imminent now that the national spotlight had moved to gun violence.

A gun store owner near Austin, Texas -- who has previously refused to do business with Muslims or Obama-voting liberals -- is offering teachers a discount on training for conceal-carry permits because he believes the solution to mass shootings is to have more guns in schools.