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California faces backlog of 40,000 weapons in hands of felons, mentally ill
Published February 05, 2013
Amid a national debate about preventing the mentally ill from owning firearms, one state has a potentially potent weapon -- in California, officials are allowed to confiscate guns from convicted felons and those with a history of mental illness. Just one problem. Staff shortages and funding cuts in recent years have left a backlog of nearly 20,000 people to disarm.
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Lawmakers press for answers, assurances after sale of US company to Chinese rival
Published February 01, 2013
Lingering security concerns over the sale of a bankrupt U.S. battery company to a Chinese automaker were re-aired during a classified briefing Thursday afternoon, FoxNews.com has learned.
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Lawmakers call for probe into 'botched' ATF sting in Milwaukee
Published February 01, 2013
Several members of Congress are calling for an investigation into an embarrassing series of blunders made by the Milwaukee arm of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives after a newspaper reported this week that the agency conducted a months-long undercover operation that cost taxpayers thousands of dollars and netted very few results.
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Another Benghazi? Report Warns of Threat to US Embassy in Kabul
Published January 31, 2013
A private security company hired by the State Department to protect American diplomats at arguably the most at-risk U.S. embassy in the world provided shoddy security, failed to adequately train its employees and fired staff who raised concerns about unchecked practices and procedures, according to a new report.
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Tennessee lawmaker wants to tie welfare benefits to good grades
Published January 28, 2013
A Tennessee lawmaker is pushing a controversial new bill that would tie welfare benefits to students' performance in school.
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Web of environmental rules threatens Gulf Coast businesses with jail, steep fines
Published January 26, 2013
According to a new report by the Texas Public Policy Foundation, thousands of people are being prosecuted for crimes every day they didn’t know were even on the books. They’ve been threatened, fined and thrown in jail.
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Decision to allow women in combat roles raises questions about draft
Published January 24, 2013
The quickly unveiled announcement that the Pentagon will lift the ban on women in combat has raised a vexing question that is already prompting debate: Will the move ultimately lead to women being required to register for the draft?
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Security concerns grow over sale of US battery maker to Chinese company
Published January 23, 2013
More than a decade of advanced American technology could be handed over to one of the country’s top economic rivals unless the government intervenes to stop the sale, lawmakers say.
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At start of second term, Obama faces gathering storm abroad
Published January 21, 2013
President Obama vowed, during his second inaugural address Monday, to "manage crisis abroad" in pursuit of a more "peaceful world." But four years after the president first took the oath, the task remains perhaps his most daunting.
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NY approves sweeping gun control package, owners worry about new rules
Published January 15, 2013
New York on Tuesday became the first state to approve a comprehensive set of gun control laws in response to last month’s mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, amid concerns among gun owners that the spate of changes to local and state gun laws could make them targets of overzealous politicians and prosecutors.
