A second letter sent to the U.S. Senate and another intended for President Obama have potentially positive for the lethal poison ricin. The law enforcement official said the letter is similar to one recently mailed to Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker on Tuesday. Capitol police, the FBI and other agencies have continued an investigation
The Senate today moved forward with a critical piece of the Obama administration's gun safety proposals, CBS News reported. The Senate voted 68-31 to begin debate on a bill that would significantly expand background checks for gun sales. It surpassed the 60-vote needed with support of several Republicans.
Jeri L. Wright, daughter of President Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah, was indicted Wednesday on charges of money laundering and lying to federal authorities, U.S. Justice Department spokesman said.
Thousands of activists rallied on Wednesday in a coordinated series of nationwide protests on Wednesday, in hopes of pressing the U.S. Congress to approve certain measures, to enable those currently deemed as "illegal" a path toward citizenship. Organizers told the press that demonstrations were taking place in at least 18 states, and Washington D.C.
Police in Connecticut arrested Joseph Stravinskas who pulled out a rifle-like BB-gun while President Obama's motorcade passed by him. Authorities said that Stravinskas was pacing back and forth then pulled out the gun as the motorcade went by in Bloomfrield while he was returning to Bradley International Airport. The president just gave a speech at the University of Hartford
President Barack Obama on Tuesday named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's new director Pierson, who most recently served as the agency's chief of staff, will take over from Mark Sullivan, who announced his retirement last month.
President Barack Obama said that the use of chemical weapons in Syria would be a "game-changer," demanding action from the international community. The president stressed that the U.S. and other nations are still determining whether those weapons were used.
President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. remains committed to doing everything in its power to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, even as he contends the Islamic Republic is about a year away from developing it. Obama is due to arrive in the Jewish State next Wednesday.
The Obama administration is "playing defense" over its decision to cancel tours at the White House due to the budget cuts, or "sequester" that took effect at the beginning of the month, Fox News.com reported.
Amid criticism from campaign finance watchdogs, President Obama spent time at a second "political outreach event" of the day to deliver a speech to about 60 donors and former staffers at an Organizing for Action dinner, elucidating the organization's purpose for his second term.
President Obama signed into law a bill passed by both the Democratic Senate and the Republican House a renewal of the Violence Against Women Act. The law ensures that the criminal justice system will respond to all kinds of crimes against women, including domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking.
18-year old Janay McFarlane, mother of a baby boy was shot and killed on Friday in a Chicago suburb just hours after her younger sister sat on the stage behind President Obama, who was listening to him push for gun control.
President Obama presented Clinton Romesha, a former Army staff sergeant who four years ago led a battle against hundreds of Taliban fighters, with the Medal of Honor on Monday. Romesha led the defense of a plywood-and-concrete out post dangerously placed in a valley of the Afghan-mountains.
The United States can lawfully kill a U.S. citizen overseas if it determines the target is an immediate threat to its national security, a legal memo has shown.
