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NRA begins pushback with Web ad criticizing Obama
In a sharp pushback against any new gun regulations, the National Rifle Association posted a Web video that labels President Barack Obama an "elitist hypocrite" for allowing his daughters to be protected by armed guards while not embracing a proposal for armed guards at all schools.
Banderas, Dawson join Latino inaugural in DC
Antonio Banderas, Rosario Dawson and Marc Anthony are joining an A-list lineup of entertainers who will gather to celebrate Latino culture in Washington on the eve of President Barack Obama's inauguration.
A closer look at the inauguration schedule
The schedule for the second Inaugural of President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden:
AP-GfK poll: Rage over Conn. tragedy tops 9/11
Americans were angrier about last month's horrific school shooting in Connecticut than they were about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
Obama is flexing his leverage on debt, immigration
President Barack Obama is assembling an ambitious second-term agenda, pushing aggressively where he thinks he has political leverage but moving more cautiously on issues where he has less control.
Episcopal priest chosen for inaugural benediction
The pastor of the Episcopal parish known as "the church of the presidents" will give the benediction at President Barack Obama's inauguration.
Second presidential terms loaded with setbacks
Second presidential terms are never easy _ even for George Washington.
Reaction to Obama's gun control proposals
President Barack Obama unveiled sweeping proposals to curb gun violence, including calls for Congress to pass universal background checks and an assault-weapons ban, plus 23 executive actions that don't require congressional approval. Quotes about the proposals:
Tight security, protests expected at inauguration
Tea party fervor has surged and waned in the past four years, Occupy encampments are long gone from parks in the nation's capital, and the crowd for President Barack Obama's second inauguration figures to be significantly smaller than the record-breaking turnout of 2009.
White House calls NRA video repugnant, cowardly
The White House says a National Rifle Association video that makes reference to President Barack Obama's daughters is "repugnant and cowardly."
In letters, children ask Obama to change gun laws
Three days after six teachers and 20 students were killed by a rampaging gunman at a Connecticut elementary school, an 8-year-old Maryland boy pulled out a sheet of paper and wrote President Barack Obama, asking for "some changes in the laws with guns."
Obama taking 23 actions aimed at gun violence
President Barack Obama is taking 23 executive actions aimed at curbing gun violence that don't require congressional action, including measures to encourage schools to hire police officers, increase research on gun violence and improve efforts to prosecute gun crime.
Obama seeks to enhance gun background checks
President Barack Obama is asking Congress to expand background checks on gun buyers to include private sales and is using his executive authority to increase the information available in data banks in the background check system. The White House calls background checks the most efficient and effective way to keep guns away from dangerous individuals.
How the AP-GfK poll on gun control was conducted
The Associated Press-GfK poll on gun control was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Jan. 10-14. It is based on landline telephone and cellphone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,004 adults. Interviews were conducted with 604 respondents on landline telephones and 400 on cellular telephones.
Obama signs bill expanding State Dept. rewards
President Barack Obama signed legislation into law Tuesday expanding the State Department's Rewards for Justice program aimed at capturing the world's most serious human rights abusers, with African warlord Joseph Kony the top target.
Chelsea Clinton headlining inaugural service event
Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton has signed on to help promote President Barack Obama's inaugural kick-off event to get Americans across the country engaged in serving their communities.
Most fade, but these inaugural words endure
A sampling of inaugural addresses remembered for speaking eloquently to their historical moment:
Obama gets a second chance at speech for the ages
Sixteen presidents before Barack Obama got a second chance at giving an inaugural address for the ages. Most didn't make much of it.
SPIN METER: Obama and his Social Security warning
No one doubts dire things will happen, and fast, if the government runs out of borrowing authority in coming weeks. But late Social Security checks need not be among them.
Presidential strut is now iconic inaugural moment
At some point on Inauguration Day, if all goes as expected, the president's limousine will slow to a stop on its journey down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House. A Secret Service agent will open the rear passenger door, and the newly sworn-in president and the first lady will emerge from his car for a several-minute stroll. The crowd will cheer. Barack Obama will wave.
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