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An emotional President Barack Obama condemned gun violence across the country on Tuesday. Surrounded by family members of victims and with tears streaming down his face, Obama annouced new executive actions aimed at expanding background checks for gu
1. President Barack Obama is defending his plans to tighten gun control restrictions. Speaking from the Oval office, Obama said the steps he'll announce are within his legal authority, while he's offered few details on what those actions might be. Be
This is AP News Minute. Democrats are intensifying their calls for an independent commission to probe any Trump campaign ties to Russia and the president's firing of FBI Director James Comey. But House Speaker Paul Ryan cautioned against rushing to j
This is AP News Minute. President Donald Trump met with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the Oval Office Wednesday morning. During the President's statement, he defended his decision to fire James Comey. [Why did you fire Director Comey?]
This is AP news minute. 1. Tensions in the White House are in full view after a New Yorker interview with new communication director Anthony Scaramucci. In the interview, he used some graphic terms to attack Chief of Staff Reince Preibus and White Ho
1.Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to visit the USS Arizona Memorial at pearl harbor in Hawaii on Tuesday. He becomes the first Japanese prime minister to visit monument to sailors in the ruin killed in the 1941 Japanese attack. 2.Russ
Authorities in Oregon say the armed occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge were given ample opportunity to leave peacefully, but failed to do so, leading to a confrotation with police where one alleged occupier was fatally shot and more th
1. Cleanup is underway for the east coast after a weekend-long snow storm. D.C mayor Muriel Bowser says the snow emergency for the city will be lifted tomorrow evening. While in Baltimore, trucks are moving amount of snow with heavy equipment to make
This is AP news minute. 1. Officials in Tennessee say 13 people have died from a wildfire that ravaged the great smoky mountains, including a person appeared to have a heart attack, while fleeing the flames. They also raised the number of homes and b
This is AP news minute. 1. The girlfriend of a black man who was fatally shot by a Minnesota police officer says the victim, Philando Castile was killed, even though he complied with the officer's instructions. Diamond Reynolds told reporters Thursda
This is AP news minute. 1. Former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres has died at the age of 93. He was hospitalized two weeks ago after a stroke. Peres has been part of Israeli politics almost since the country was founded, and was co-
This is AP news minute. 1. Mexico's Colima volcano increased its activity on Friday, forcing the evacuation of several nearby communities. Dramatic time-elapsed video captured part of the eruption. Authorities say the activity posed a threat to surro
This is AP news minute. 1. A 28-year old African immigrant is in custody in connection with the bombing that rocked the New York city and New Jersey over the weekend. The arrest came just hours after police issued the bulletin and photo of Ahmad Khan
This is AP news minute. 1. Central Italy was hit by another powerful earthquake on Sunday, toppling buildings but causing no immediate loss of life. Close to Sunday's epicenter was the ancient city of Norcia, the birth place of Saint Benedict and fam
This is AP news minute. 1. The presidential candidates have embarked on one final tour of battleground states before Tuesday's election. Hillary Clinton started her day with the campaign stop in Philadelphia while she spoke to the congregation of the
This is AP news minute. 1. Donald Trump vowed to boost defense spending by tens of billions dollars. His comments came in a Philadelphia speech when he outlined his defense plans. 2. It took an act of Congress, but World War II pilot Elaine Harmon wa
This is AP news minute. 1. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump met with president Enrique Pentilde;a Nieto, ahead of his immigration-focus speech in Arizona on Wednesday. Trump called the meeting constructive, but reiterated his stance on bu
This is AP news minute. 1. Iraqi counter-terrorism forces are battling their way into the city of Fallujah, with the help of armor vehicles in shelling enemy targets. Fallujah is the last major city in western Iraq still held by the Islamic State gro
This is AP news minute. 1. Eric Fanning was sworn in as the new army secretary Wednesday, making him first openly gay leader at U.S military service. Fanning's long stalled nomination was approved by the senate on Tuesday. 2. Massive landslides trigg
This is AP News Minute. Senator Bernie Sanders won Oregon's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday. Kentucky's Democratic primary was a close battle with votes between Sanders and Hillary Clinton being counted late into the night. 2 people were k