State battles intensify on access to guns - CNN.com

State battles intensify on access to guns - CNN.com: (CNN) -- Debate over guns continues to inflame the nation, especially after the mass killings in a Connecticut school late last year that prompted President Barack Obama to seek new federal restrictions.

Obama's efforts have stalled, but several states are now redefining their own laws for firearms. Those measures run the gamut. On one hand, New York toughed its gun laws. But in one extreme, Missouri sought to effectively obliterate federal gun laws, which eventually failed.

State battles intensify on access to guns - CNN.com

State battles intensify on access to guns - CNN.com: (CNN) -- Debate over guns continues to inflame the nation, especially after the mass killings in a Connecticut school late last year that prompted President Barack Obama to seek new federal restrictions.

Obama's efforts have stalled, but several states are now redefining their own laws for firearms. Those measures run the gamut. On one hand, New York toughed its gun laws. But in one extreme, Missouri sought to effectively obliterate federal gun laws, which eventually failed.

John McCain To Attack Vladimir Putin With Column In Pravda

John McCain To Attack Vladimir Putin With Column In Pravda: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin's op-ed in the New York Times with a column of his own.

McCain will attack Putin in a column in the Russian newspaper Pravda, according to The Cable.

Sequestration Forces Air Force To Limit Free Flu Shots

Sequestration Forces Air Force To Limit Free Flu Shots: WASHINGTON -- The Air Force will no longer be giving free flu shots to civilian employees this year, due to the federal budget cuts known as sequestration.

Last year, 12,000 employees were vaccinated under the Air Force's program, free of charge. Now, only beneficiaries of TRICARE, the Defense Department health system, will be eligible, along with members of the military, their families and military retirees.

Boehner Seeking Democrats’ Help on Fiscal Talks - NYTimes.com

Boehner Seeking Democrats’ Help on Fiscal Talks - NYTimes.com: WASHINGTON — With Congress momentarily freed from the Syrian crisis, lawmakers plunged back into their bitter fiscal standoff on Thursday as Speaker John A. Boehner appealed to the Obama administration and Democratic leaders to help him resolve divisions in the Republican ranks that could lead to a government shutdown by month’s end.

Israeli sources on Obama's Syria approach: 'Not how a superpower acts' | Fox News

Israeli sources on Obama's Syria approach: 'Not how a superpower acts' | Fox News: While leading Israeli officials have publicly struck a tone of muted support for President Obama's decision to seek congressional authorization for strikes on Syria's chemical weapons delivery systems, in private, senior Israeli officials and foreign policy analysts are expressing grave disappointment with the conduct of their ally in Washington

North Carolina law prohibits police from destroying guns | Fox News

North Carolina law prohibits police from destroying guns | Fox News: A new law going into effect this week in North Carolina law prohibits law enforcement from destroying unclaimed guns and firearms acquired through gun buyback programs.

The so-called "save the gun" law passed the Republican-controlled Legislature in the spring as the state moved to strengthen gun rights in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Polarized Congress finds uncommon common ground over strikes in Syria - CNN.com

Polarized Congress finds uncommon common ground over strikes in Syria - CNN.com: Washington (CNN) -- Congress is a stalemated cesspool of government shutdown showdowns that could come straight from an Aaron Sorkin TV series. But on the issue of using military force in Syria, bipartisanship is coming from unexpected places.

Liberal members of Congress are joining forces with some of the most conservative to rein in the president. For instance, two lawmakers who legislate from complete opposite ends of the political spectrum are calling for the president to back down from a possible military strike.