MINNEAPOLIS -- President Barack Obama emphasized background checks and a ban on military assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in a speech to Minnesota law enforcement officials and local ...

President Barack Obama says gun-control advocates have to do a little more listening than they do sometimes in the debate over firearms in America.

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights said it will change the rules so that mental health providers can share data with the National Instant Criminal Background Check ...

Catholic bishops gave a shot in the arm to President Barack Obama’s announcement yesterday that his administration will require all gun sellers to register as dealers and complete background checks on ...

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights said it will change the rules so that mental health providers can share data with the National Instant Criminal Background Check ...

WASHINGTON, April 8, 2013 -- President Obama takes his gun control push to Connecticut today, speaking just 50 miles north of the site where 20 children and six educators were murdered last year. The ...

In his prime-time Sunday night address from the Oval Office, President Obama covered a range of issues pertaining to America’s ongoing struggle with ISIS. But among the usual military- and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican praised President Barack Obama's proposals for curbing gun violence, saying they are a "step in a right direction." The Vatican's chief spokesman the Rev. Federico ...