Authors: Louis Milman
NRANews/YouTube(HOUSTON) -- The NRA has a new president, Birmingham, Ala., attorney Jim Porter, and if his old stump speeches are any indication, he has a knack for firing up a crowd.
Porter, who until this week was first vice president at the NRA and chairman of the group’s Legal Affairs Committee, will officially take...
Veterinarian Advises Pot Use Could Delay Putting Down Pets
Written by Louis MilmanAuthors: Louis Milman
Texas Veterinary Cancer Registry(WASHINGTON) -- With several states deregulating marijuana in the past year, a California veterinarian is sparking debate over whether it could be used to help America's sick pets.
Doug Kramer, the pet doctor behind the Vet Guru animal veterinary center, tells a compelling story of how his dog,...
Biden, Sen. Ted Cruz Speak in South Carolina Amid 2016 Buzz
Written by Louis MilmanAuthors: Louis Milman
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, S.C.) -- South Carolina got a taste of two very different political acts Friday night.
On one side was Vice President Joe Biden, a 35-year veteran of the Senate who showered praise on his old congressional colleagues and drew on his standard stump speech from the 2012 campaign, talking...
Authors: Louis Milman
OFFICE OF REP. STEVE KING(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Steve King of Iowa, an outspoken conservative firebrand, will not seek the Republican nomination for his state’s open Senate seat, ABC News has learned.
“I will not run for Senate in 2014,” King said in a tweet Friday evening. “A Senate race takes me out of...
Obama's Weekly Address: Fixing US Immigration, Expanding Trade in Latin America
Written by Carmen CoxAuthors: Carmen Cox
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images(MEXICO CITY) -- Speaking from Mexico City, President Obama uses his weekly address to underscore the message he touted in Mexico and Costa Rica this week about the need to reform the U.S. immigration system and boost trade with Latin America.
"I'm here because Latin America represents an incredible...
GOP Address: NC Gov. Pat McCrory on Efficiency and Job Creation Initatives
Written by Carmen CoxAuthors: Carmen Cox
Streeter Lecka/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In this week's Republican address, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory contrasts the methods for resolving job creation issues in Washington with the methods of Republican governors, who he claims are more efficiently leading to improve their states' economies.
"Like you, when I look to...
Obama: House Will Accept Path to Citizenship in Immigration Bill
Written by Carmen CoxAuthors: Carmen Cox
ABC/Donna Svennevik(MEXICO CITY) -- President Barack Obama praised the Senate's bipartisan immigration bill and said he's confident that the House of Representatives can also pass a plan that includes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
Univision's Maria Elena Salinas interviewed Obama during a two-day trip to...
NRA, GOP Leaders Vow to 'Never Back Away' on Gun Rights
Written by Carmen CoxAuthors: Carmen Cox
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(HOUSTON) -- Big-name Republicans and gun advocates took to the stage in Houston Friday to make it clear that they are not backing down to an administration that seeks stricter gun control measures.
"We will never back away from our resolve to defend our rights and the rights of all law-abiding...
Authors: jc
Douglas Graham/Roll Call(HOUSTON) -- Sen. Ted Cruz challenged Vice President Joe Biden Friday afternoon to join him in a debate over solutions to violence in the United States.
“If he believes the answer to violent crime is not prosecuting felons and fugitives, not prosecuting gun crimes but going after the constitutional rights of...
Biden Reflects on Friendship with McCain in Being Biden
Written by Carmen CoxAuthors: Carmen Cox
Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In the latest installment of the Being Biden audio series, Vice President Joe Biden reflected on his friendship with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., arguing that it’s important to foster trust and strong relationships between members of both parties in Congress.
“I’m...
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