(ABC News) — As President Obama unveiled his executive actions on gun control Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush was having his own firefight. Bush was participating in a primary series hosted by the Greater Derry Chamber of Commerce in New Hampshire when a female attendee asked what he would do about gun proliferation and how he would reduce gun violence….
The Response to President Obama’s Executive Actions on Guns (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times & Tribune /AP Photo) (ABC News) — As President Obama pushes for stronger gun control measures in the United States, FBI data shows that gun background checks have soared in recent years. FBI background checks, which are often used as an indicator of sales trends, hit a…
Thousands of North Koreans gather at the Kim Il Sung Square, Jan. 6, 2015 in Pyongyang, North Korea, to rally in support of their leader Kim Jong Un’s new year address to his country. (ABC News) — North Korea announced Wednesday night that it had conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test. Although the detonation has not yet been confirmed, the possibility…
(ABC News) — President Obama plans to announce executive actions he will take on gun control on Tuesday, a source told ABC News. Obama had announced during his weekly address Friday that he planned to discuss gun control options with Attorney General Loretta Lynch after he returned from his Hawaiian vacation, which ended today. “A few months ago, I directed…
(ABC News) — GOP frontrunner Donald Trump said he’ll be spending at least $2 million a week starting Jan. 4 as the primary season kicks into high gear, after resisting buying advertising in his self-financed campaign. “I’ll be spending a minimum of $2 million a week and perhaps substantially more than that,” he said aboard his plane after boarding at…
(ABC News) — Federal immigration authorities are planning a nationwide sweep of undocumented immigrants and families who are still in the United States even after being ordered by a judge to return home, according to U.S. officials. The move — expected to begin next month if top administration officials give final approval — comes in response to a recent uptick in…
(ABC News) — Republicans still haven’t announced who will deliver the GOP response to President Obama’s last State of the Union address on Jan. 12, but if history is any indication, at least one Republican is already preparing for the huge role. Generally, party leaders don’t announce the speaker until a few days before the State of the Union, although the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday a $2 billion annual effort to cure Alzheimer’s disease by 2025 as part of her broader healthcare strategy in the 2016 presidential election. The Democratic front-runner says her plan will “prevent, effectively treat and make a cure possible” for Alzheimer’s. Clinton’s plan would guarantee consistent funding so researchers can work toward advancing treatment….
(ABC News) — Fifty percent of American voters say they would be “embarrassed” if Donald Trump were president, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released this morning. The current Republican frontrunner, whose 28 percent support in this poll tops his competition for the GOP nomination, would make 23 percent of voters “proud,” the poll found. Other recent national polls…
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Tim Scott will finish his goal of visiting all 46 counties in South Carolina in 2015 with several days to spare. Scott plans a trip Tuesday to Dillon County to meet people and business leaders at Citizens Bank in Dillon at 10:15 a.m. The Republican will then head down Interstate 95 and meet with…
