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NRA, gun control advocates say fight far from over
Leaders of the National Rifle Association, an influential gun rights group, told members Saturday that the fight against gun control legislation is far from over, but they vowed that none in the organization will ever have to surrender their weapons. Proponents of gun control also asserted that they are in ...
Texas House passes 12 firearms bills on 'gun day'
The Texas House approved a batch of bills Saturday to further soften gun laws that were already among the country's most firearms-friendly, allowing college students to carry handguns in class, putting potentially armed marshals in public schools and exempting the state from any future federal bans on assault rifles, high-capacity ...
NRA official: 'Culture war' more than gun rights
The National Rifle Association kicked off its annual convention Friday with a warning to its members they are engaged in a "culture war" that stretches beyond gun rights, further ramping up emotions surrounding the gun control debate. NRA First Vice President James Porter, a Birmingham, Ala., attorney who will assume ...
Fresh off victory, top US gun lobby has convention
The powerful U.S. gun lobby has spent much of the past year under siege, defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting mounting pressure for stricter laws across the country. Now, after a major victory over President Barack Obama with the defeat of a gun control ...
Fresh off victory, NRA holds convention in Houston
The National Rifle Association has spent much of the past year under siege, ardently defending gun rights following mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut and fighting back against mounting pressure for stricter laws in Washington and state capitols across the country. Now, after winning a major victory over President Barack ...
2016: Rare same-state pairings in the early stages
The early stages of the 2016 presidential race feature an unusual cluster of high-powered potential candidates hailing from the same states, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Rep. Paul Ryan among them. Walker gained Republican Party cult-figure status when he beat back a labor union attempt to oust him from office ...
Former South Texas prosecutor charged with perjury
An ex-prosecutor has been charged with perjury in her defense of a South Texas man charged with killing his baby. The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (http://bit.ly/132kBpl ) reports a Jackson County grand jury April 5 indicted Anna Jimenez on four counts of aggravated perjury. She's free on $10,000 bail. Gov. Rick ...
Authorities: Texas blast probe may be done May 10
The investigation of a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant will likely finish within the next two weeks, state authorities told lawmakers Wednesday, but they also warned that the cause of the catastrophic blast might never be known. "As you can imagine, with this explosion site and the complexities ...
Medicaid problems hinge of doctor, nurse pay
The first question many doctors ask when new patients call for appointments is how they intend to pay. If the answer is Medicaid, the doctor can expect to lose money. The Texas Legislature has been balancing the state's budget by intentionally paying doctors 40 to 75 percent less for Medicaid ...
Perry disgusted by cartoon depicting explosion
Gov. Rick Perry said Friday he's disgusted a California newspaper ran a cartoon that depicts him boasting about booming business in Texas, then shows an explosion, a week after a fertilizer plant explosion killed 14 people in a Texas town. Perry said he wants an apology from the Sacramento Bee ...
Obama consoles families, survivors of Texas blast
President Barack Obama consoled a rural Texas community rocked by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion, telling mourners Thursday they are not alone in their grief and they will have the nation's support to rebuild from the devastation. "This small town's family is bigger now," Obama said during a memorial service ...
Firefighters gather for Texas plant blast memorial
Firefighters and first responders from all over Texas have gathered in Waco to honor those who died in last week's fertilizer plant explosion in West. Video messages from family members were played Thursday during a memorial service in Waco, about 90 miles south of Dallas. President Barack Obama, Texas Gov. ...
Tea Party flexes muscles in Texas GOP Senate win
Once again, the Republican Establishment has been sent a strong message by the voters, this time in Texas, as longshot candidate Rafael "Ted" Cruz won an easy win Tuesday over the sitting Lt. Governor of the Lone Star State in a battle for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. "Tonight’s ...
Erick Erickson On Perry Withdrawal
Rick Perry says he's dropping out of the GOP presidential race. And WSB talk show host and RedState.com editor Erick Erickson says Perry's endorsement of Newt Gingrich adds fuel to the momentum of the Gingrich campaign. "If Newt Gingrich gets out of South Carolina with some positive support, he could ...
Perry Looks For Turnaround
Well behind in the polls, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is using a new internet video to try to combat worries about whether he won't be in the GOP Presidential race for very long. "I have never quit a day in my life," Perry says. "I have never quit in the ...
The Iowa GOP Jumble
While waiting for a Mitt Romney event last night outside Des Moines, I ran into a number of my colleagues in the political press corps. We agreed on one thing - we can't predict what's next in this Republican race for the White House. The polls in recent days have ...
Iowa GOP Debate
While there were no knockdowns or gaffes, Thursday night's final GOP debate here in Iowa gave voters the green light on a final 18 day sprint to the finish line in the Hawkeye State, as Republicans zinged each other and fired on the Obama Administration. The Fox News anchors who ...
Cain leads latest Rasmussen poll
Even though Herman Cain is struggling to shake off allegations of sexual harassment, the former News/Talk WSB talk show host is the leader nationally in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination. According to a new poll by latest Rasmussen Reports, Cain is getting 26 percent support of likely GOP ...
Perry v Cain
Texas Gov. Rick Perry is denying charges leveled by Herman Cain that Perry’s campaign is responsible for leaking stories to the press about sexual harassment allegations leveled at Cain over the past week. “Our campaign had nothing to do with it,” said Perry, as this story finally begins to get ...
Romney v Perry
As the Republican candidates for President leave Sin City after their debate on Tuesday night, it's clear that more sharp elbows are in the forecast as the GOP hopefuls try to separate themselves from each other. It was a feisty debate on the Las Vegas Strip, as the candidates began ...
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