The governor of Michigan is fending off the latest attacks from politicians and celebrities who have accused him of ignoring a water problem in the city of Flint for too long. The state National Guard has sent additional troops to Flint, where the water supply is so contaminated with lead that it cannot be used […]
A conservative advocacy group in the U.S. became the first group Tuesday to sue to block President Barack Obama’s executive order calling for more background checks for gun buyers. Freedom Watch, which frequently contests actions taken by the Democratic president, contends that Obama did not have the legal authority to expand the government’s background checks […]
Days after announcing new executive actions to tighten controls on gun ownership, President Barack Obama is making his pitch to the public with a nationally televised town hall style meeting. Obama plans to sit down Thursday with CNN’s Anderson Cooper and take questions from a live audience at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, in […]
WHITE HOUSE—A day after U.S. President Barack Obama said the fight against the Islamic State militant group should not be defined as one between America and Islam, the White House is reinforcing that message, while urging Muslim-Americans in the United States to do their part. “We would like to see leaders in the Muslim community stand […]