WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A pro-gun U.S. lawmaker on Monday called on Congress and the gun industry to come together on a “sensible, reasonable approach” to curbing high-powered, assault weapons like those used in the Connecticut school shooting last week.

Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat who has earned top marks from the gun industry, said all ideas should be open for discussion after the violence on Friday that killed 20 children aged 6 and 7.

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama
says federal authorities should not target recreational
marijuana use in two Western states that voted to make it legal,
given limited government resources and growing public acceptance
of the controlled substance.

His first comments on the issue come weeks after Washington
state and Colorado voters supported legalizing pot, or cannabis,
last month in ballot measures that stand in direct opposition of
federal law.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama says federal authorities should not target recreational marijuana use in two Western states where it has been made legal given limited government resources and growing public acceptance of the controlled substance.

His first comments on the issue come weeks after Washington state and Colorado voters supported legalizing pot, or cannabis, last month in ballot measures that stand in direct opposition of federal law.

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama
says federal authorities should not target recreational
marijuana use in two Western states where it has been made legal
given limited government resources and growing public acceptance
of the controlled substance.

His first comments on the issue come weeks after Washington
state and Colorado voters supported legalizing pot, or cannabis,
last month in ballot measures that stand in direct opposition of
federal law.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A surge in Hispanics and Asians is set to dramatically change the face of the United States over the next 50 years, with no one ethnic group the majority, according to U.S. figures that depict an aging nation with slower population growth.

By 2060, non-whites will make up 57 percent of the U.S. population, more than doubling from 116.2 million in 2012 to 241.3 million, according to projections by the U.S. Census Bureau released on Wednesday. Racial minorities are now 37 percent of the population, it said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday designated the radical Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra, an important element in the opposition struggle, as a foreign terrorist organization and said it was trying to hijack the rebellion on behalf of al Qaeda in Iraq.

U.S. officials said the al-Nusra group had claimed responsibility for carrying out nearly 600 attacks in major cities that have killed numerous innocent Syrians.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators are relaxing school meal rules aimed at reining in calories and portion sizes after some students, parents and lawmakers complained that new stricter policies left many children hungry.

Under the adjustment, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it would suspend daily and weekly maximum amounts for grains and meat or meat alternatives. That means school districts this year can serve larger portions of those items without penalty.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s re-election this month gave supporters of comprehensive immigration reform an immediate dose of optimism.

They hoped that Obama, bolstered by the 70 percent-plus support he received from Hispanic voters, might now feel ready to champion the cause he largely avoided during his first term.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s re-election this month gave supporters of comprehensive immigration reform an immediate dose of optimism.

They hoped that Obama, bolstered by the 70 percent-plus support he received from Hispanic voters, might now feel ready to champion the cause he largely avoided during his first term.