Obama, flushed with success from his recent election win, laid out an ambitious agenda for his second term. Some have questioned whether it was too ambitious.
As Vice President Joe Biden begins a week of meetings with pro and anti-gun lobby groups on the anniversary of the Arizona shootings, pressure is mounting for gun law reform.
Jared Lee Loughner, the suspected gunman in the shooting that injured former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed six people in Arizona, was denied by a federal court to halt forced medication to end his treatment at a medical facility, according to reports.
A federal judge on Monday said that Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect in last year’s mass shooting that killed six people and injured former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, will spend four months longer in a prison hospital, according to reports.
Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords formally submitted her resignation to the House of Representatives, appearing in the congressional building to deliver her letter.
Memorial services were held throughout the day in Tucson to commemorate the anniversary of a shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded more than a dozen more, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz).
Gabrielle Giffords’s friend and colleague, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said on Monday that the wounded congresswoman is showing great signs of recovery.
Gabrielle Giffords Update: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords opened her eyes for the first time since Saturday’s shooting, and is making “fantastic forward progress,” her doctors have said.