Whitehouse

White House tours off, Easter egg roll on for now

The White House says it is going forward with plans for its 135-year tradition of the Easter egg roll, while dashing the hopes of some Iowa children who hoped to visit the president’s home.

2013/03/07

n this handout provided by The White House, U.S. President Barack Obama shoots clay targets with a shotgun on the range on August 4, 2012 at Camp David, Maryland. Obama has put forth great effort to pass legislation to ban assault rifles in the wake of the Newtown, CT shooting and was recently quoted as saying "we do skeet shooting all the time," at Camp David. (Photo by Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images)

Obama A Skeet Shooter? See New White House Photo

Two days before President Barack Obama’s first trip outside Washington to promote his gun-control proposals, the White House tried to settle a brewing mystery when it released a photo to back his claim to be a skeet shooter.

2013/02/02

File photo of an AR-15 similar to the weapon James Holmes allegedly used in the Aurora massacre (Photo by Thomas Cooper/Getty Images)

Gun Dealers Challenge Rifle Reporting Requirement

A lawyer for two Arizona gun dealers is arguing that the Obama administration overstepped its legal authority when it required dealers in southwestern border states to report when customers buy multiple high-powered rifles.

2013/01/09