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Texas lawmakers send bill to modify concealed handgun licenses to governor Texas lawmakers have sent to Gov. Rick Perry a bill that allows concealed handgun license holders to carry a revolver or semi-automatic pistol, regardless of what they trained with on the shooting range. |
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Obama’s drone rules provide limits, ambiguity President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. |
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Unions, the reliable Democratic supporters, split from president on ObamaCare Labor unions that have solidly backed President Obama are splitting with him over ObamaCare -- with one calling for the “repeal or complete reform” of the president’s signature health-care law. |
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Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault ‘scourge’ Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the “scourge” of sexual assault in the military. |
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Obama tries again to nominate top lawyer on embattled labor relations board President Obama is trying again to get the Senate to confirm the top lawyer for the embattled National Labor Relations Board. |
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Libertarian movement gaining steam in New Hampshire Libertarians eager to move beyond mere ideological victories are making progress in a long-term effort to migrate to one state to concentrate efforts and reshape communities based on their ideals of less government and individualism. |
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Republican rips Obama for meeting with illegal immigrants, icing out officer union A top Republican lawmaker blasted President Obama after he held an Oval Office meeting this week with illegal immigrants, despite having ignored recent requests for a sit-down from the union representing immigration officers. |
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Illinois lawmakers approve plan to allow concealed carry for gun owners Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it, under legislation that swept through the House Friday with the backing of the powerful Democratic speaker from Chicago, a city torn by violence despite what critics claim are the nation's toughest firearms restrictions. |
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Feds fight ruling on access to morning-after pill in New York Department of Justice lawyers filed court papers Friday again asking a federal appeals court to delay lifting age restrictions and prescription requirements on an emergency contraceptive popularly known as the morning-after pill. |
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Republican rips Obama for meeting with illegal immigrants, icing out officer union A top Republican lawmaker blasted President Obama after he held an Oval Office meeting this week with illegal immigrants, despite having ignored recent requests for a sit-down from the union representing immigration officers. |
