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gun control

Vacation over, Obama looking at ways to reduce gun violence

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hawaiian vacation over, President Barack Obama says he is energized for his final year in office and ready to tackle unfinished business, turning immediate attention to the issue of gun violence. Obama scheduled a meeting Monday with Attorney General Loretta Lynch to discuss a three-month review of what

guns

Obama explores executive action on guns

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama is looking for ways to keep guns out of the hands of "a dangerous few" without depending on Congress to pass a law on the fraught subject of gun control. He's says he'll meet his attorney general, Loretta Lynch,

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Health care repeal vote to open a political year in Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been like a long-delayed New Year's resolution for Republicans. But 2016 will finally be the year when they put legislation on President Barack Obama's desk repealing his health care law. The bill undoing the president's signature initiative will be

Massachusetts

Clinton, Obama top lists of most-admired, Gallup says

BOSTON – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama topped this year's Gallup poll of the most-admired woman and man, while U.S. survey results since 1948 show several people with ties to Boston, Massachusetts and New England have made regular appearances. The late Ted Kennedy, the

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In final year, Obama encourages staff to ‘stay on offense’

WASHINGTON (AP) — In June, during one of the best stretches of his presidency, Barack Obama strode through a West Wing hallway exclaiming: "Offense! Stay on offense!" It was a rallying cry for a White House that suddenly seemed to find its footing in the final quarter of Obama&

Democrats

Budget deal done, Obama and Congress go their own ways

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five days after Paul Ryan was sworn in as House speaker, the White House promised to invite him to meet President Barack Obama for a perfunctory but traditional photo opportunity. It would be a chance for the leaders to shake hands for the cameras and exchange pledges to

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Obama vows an active role in 2016 presidential race

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama closed his next-to-last year in office with rare praise for congressional Republican leaders who helped orchestrate a bipartisan budget deal Friday, then vowed to work hard to beat the GOP and get a fellow Democrat elected to succeed him in the White House. "I

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Obama convenes a discussion of religious pluralism

WASHINGTON – During debates about immigration, extremist ideologies and diversity of beliefs in the U.S., religious pluralism will take center stage at the White House Thursday. An afternoon gathering, entitled "Celebrating and Protecting America's Tradition of Religious Pluralism," will bring together various religious leaders and representatives