What Obama Got Wrong on Guns

Jan. 11, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where President Obama's restrictions on gun sales inspired a short video from our Genevieve Wood on where his claims miss the mark. In another video, Melissa Quinn boils down a Supreme Court case where nonunion teachers object to paying union dues. Also: House conservatives say they'll respect your money, and the connection between prison reform and an Oregon land rights showdown. Plus: 12 million fewer Americans work now than during the "Reagan recovery."
Commentary What Obama Got Wrong on Guns President Barack Obama made some interesting claims over the past week about why America needs more gun control. We take a look at some of his statements to see how they stand up to the facts. Watch the Video
News California Teachers Gear Up to Take Fight Against Unions to Supreme Court Rebecca Friedrichs and nine teachers are calling into question the agency fees that public-sector workers are required to pay to unions, which they say violate their First Amendment rights. Watch the Video
Commentary The Difference Between Obama's Recovery and Reagan's On almost every measure examined, the 2009-2015 recovery has been the meekest in more than 50 years, writes economist Stephen Moore. Read More
News Paul Ryan Wants to Make History by Changing the Way Congress Spends Your Money House Speaker Paul Ryan has given Congress a New Year's resolution: Skip gigantic spending bills and return to the regular, piece-by-piece appropriations process. Read More
News Conservatives Hoping to Reduce Prison Terms Say Oregon Ranchers Are a Reason Why Conservatives pushing for easing mandatory minimum prison sentences are using an unlikely selling point to their instinctively tough-on-crime colleagues: The story of Oregon ranchers whose terms of incarceration sparked the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge. Read More
News Gov. Scott Walker Threatens Lawsuit Over Obama's Gun Control Orders "President Obama is again disregarding the constitutional principles of separation of powers and exceeding his authority as chief executive," Walker said. Read More
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