Violence has no place in US: Lawmakers after White House Correspondents dinner firingA shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner caused alarm. President Donald Trump and other officials were evacuated safel...
26 Apr, 2026, 12.28 PM IST
How the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner unfolded, check timelineShots rang out at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. President Donald Trump and his cabinet w...
26 Apr, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
Cries of ‘Get down!’ & correspondents ‘ducked under the table’; media recalls panic and chaos at White House dinner shootingIt was meant to be a glitzy night with President Donald Trump addressing journalists at a Washington ballroom. Agents swarmed around tables...
26 Apr, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
Trump vows to undo Biden gun restrictions if re-electedThe NRA enthusiastically backed Trump during the 2016 race and throughout his administration, cheering him on as he appointed three conserv...
10 Feb, 2024, 07.16 AM IST
US mass shootings count crosses 100 in 2023: All you need to know about gun laws, who opposes it, who supports and moreGun violence has become a deeply ingrained and persistent feature of American society, with the issue being heavily politicized, pitting th...
28 Mar, 2023, 10.24 PM IST
New York hotel shooting: Suspect converted semi-automatic weapon into automatic with illegal glock switchA senior law enforcement official said that the New York hotel shooter used a semi-automatic weapon after converting it into an automatic o...
03 Oct, 2022, 10.06 PM IST
For any market to work well, we need good data and no externalities — the US gun industry evades both: David Hemenway"However, over the years, there has been very little information on guns, despite this being such a big product in the US. Such information...
09 Jun, 2022, 10.10 PM IST
Texas school shooting: Joe Biden says US needs to stand up to gun lobby"It's time to act,” Biden said Tuesday evening in remarks from the White House. "We can do so much more."
25 May, 2022, 09.44 AM IST
Just like Mom and Dad's gun: US gunmaker unveils semi-automatic rifle marketed to kidsThe gun dubbed the JR-15 is being marketed by maker WEE1 Tactical as "the first in a line of shooting platforms that will safely help adult...
19 Feb, 2022, 07.58 AM IST
Donald Trump promises to get rid of 'gun-free zones'In his address at the National Rifle Association(NRA), Trump called Clinton "the most anti-gun, anti- Second Amendment candidate ever to ru...
21 May, 2016, 12.03 PM IST
Most Americans support 'smart' guns: SurveyA new survey suggests that nearly 60% of Americans are willing to purchase a childproof gun that is only operable in the hands of an author...
22 Jan, 2016, 04.32 PM IST
US President Barack Obama weeps as he unveils gun control measuresAmid stiff resistance from Republican-controlled Congress to steps for tightening control on firearms, Obama yesterday vowed to curb the bl...
06 Jan, 2016, 04.49 PM IST
As 'America's Doctor', Vivek Murthy will hit the ground running: Barack Obama"He'll bring his lifetime of experience promoting public health to bear on priorities ranging from stopping new diseases to helping our kid...
16 Dec, 2014, 11.49 AM IST
US journal denounces move to block nomination of Vivek MurthyA leading American med journal has lashed out at US lawmakers for being influenced by the gun lobby's to block Vivek Murthy from the post o...
09 May, 2014, 09.24 AM IST
Guns in US and banks in Europe are the lobbies which control the rulersStatesmen and elected rulers decide the fate of the world or at least their petty nations. Churchill, Stalin, Lincoln, Gandhi et al.
23 Apr, 2013, 01.12 AM IST
- India votes for resolution on resumption of arms treaty talks
Seventeen countries abstained from voting. The arms trade talks had collapsed in July this year after the US said it needed more time to co...
26 Dec, 2012, 03.35 PM IST
- McCain courts gun owners of rifle association lobbying group
John McCain visited a gun shop but bought just a fishing scale during the first stop in a day of courtship of gun owners and their influent...
17 May, 2008, 01.26 AM IST